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-Getting people to use SDL Perl: Docs, API, and Distribution
+Introduction Box2D for Perl Games!
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-<h4><i>The road so far</i></h4><br />
-Things have been busy but fruitful. Our two core modules are getting to be a bit more stable. <a href="http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=Alien-SDL+1.403">Alien::SDL 1.405</a> is behaving well. This foundational stability will start to show results in <a href="http://matrix.cpantesters.org/?dist=SDL+2.405">SDL</a> too I believe. Most excitingly the main developer of frozen-bubble is reviewing our <a href="http://search.cpan.org/~kthakore/Games-FrozenBubble-2.202/lib/Games/FrozenBubble.pm">Games::FrozenBubble</a> port to CPAN. All good and well, but to keep this project going we need to improve.<br />
+So over the last couple days I have started binding Box2D 2.1.0 to Perl. <a href="http://www.box2d.org/">Box2D</a> is a 2D physics engine used in game such as the popular <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=video&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0CF0QtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2BqfjGDsHUs&rct=j&q=angry%20birds%20gameplay&tbm=vid&ei=eUO-TaXaKcSCtgf67Y21BQ&usg=AFQjCNEs9L34n_0Q_Rc6eMqvfj8arpl6vg&sig2=5G8hr533dr24sYJXWactMw&cad=rja">Angry Birds</a>. Here is the repository:<br />
+<a href="https://github.com/PerlGameDev/Box2D-perl">https://github.com/PerlGameDev/Box2D-perl</a><br />
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-<h4><i>Getting people to use SDL Perl</i></h4><br />
-After a long chat with a new SDL user on #sdl today, I realize we still have some way to go. Currently it seems we are lacking in a few areas. We can definitely use some feedback and help in these areas. <br />
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-<ul><li>Tutorials/Documentation<br />
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-<ul><li>We have more docs now on http://sdl.perl.org but they suck</li>
-<li>What type of tutorials do you think will be good for beginners?</li>
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-<ul><li>A project start to finish?</li>
-<li>Individual tutorials for various topics?</li>
-<li>What needs to go in SDL::CookBook?</li>
-</ul></ul>
-<li>API sweetness</li>
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-<ul><li>SDL Perl depends on distinct C libraries</li>
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-<ul><li>This makes naming conventions, data formats different the SDL:: namespaces</li>
-<li>How do people design this stuff?</li>
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-<ul><li>We are hackers and we just go do stuff but I think this needs some prior thought</li>
-<li>Any takers?</li>
-</ul></ul></ul>
-<li>Distribution</li>
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-<ul><li>If SDL scripts can be packaged up simply for game developers to distribute their games it will be a big plus</li>
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-<ul><li>One way is a Wx::Perl::Packer clone</li>
-<li>Another is a CPAN/Steam clone that game devs can upload games too and people can point and click download games? </li>
-</ul></ul></ul><div>If anyone wants to help in these areas please talk to us on sdl-devel@perl.org. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3102167581424744259-7164362190686365958?l=yapgh.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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+Also here is the helloWorld Box2D <a href="https://github.com/PerlGameDev/Box2D-perl/blob/master/examples/helloWorld.pl">example</a> in pure Perl and rendered with SDL Perl. You can<br />
+see the video on <a href="http://vimeo.com/23140451">Box2D Hello World and SDL</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br />
+To run this example you will need to install Box2D 2.1.0 .<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3102167581424744259-4564257794842221147?l=yapgh.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>
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