At work, we will soon be starting on a very interesting project which is dear to my heart. As a way to evaluate different development tools (C++, Java, Flash, and Authorware), each of us will be programming the same game in a different language. I think that I will be assigned to do it in C++, since that is my area of expertese. I have also been able to do some graphic design work for the game, which is also a lot of fun.

Some of the game requirements are that it runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms, that it can display 2D graphics, and that it can play sound. I plan on developing my version in Visual C++ 6.0, using DirectX, since that is what I am best at. If I finish early enough (we can each spend no more than 20 hours on the project), I would like to try to also develop an SDL version to run on the Mac. I'm a little scared about that part, since I don't know the first thing about Mac programming. But, I think I could at least do something basic.

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