Hey all! I'm building a game with a friend (computer game, not calc). I would like some recommendations for good libraries to use. I'd like them to be fairly lightweight, (ex. I'm using LodePNG for reading PNG files. It is only 1 .cpp file and a header file). Libraries should also run on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and need to be usable with C++.

Libraries Needed:
 - physics engine (doesn't have to be complex, I can work with just rectangles and circles if need be)
 - ogg file decoder (for Ogg Vorbis audio files. Will be used with OpenAL so streaming capabilities would be much appreciated).
 - graphics engine
   Required Features:
    - sprites
    - tile maps
    - text
    - any more advanced features welcome!
 - cross-platform input (Keyboard, Mouse, etc.)

Thanks in advance guys!

-Bindernews

 

For some of these, I use SFML or "Small Fast Multimedia Library". It can provide you graphics, ogg loading, and cross platform input.

For the graphics, it can load sprites and text, you'd have to write your own tilemap routine, though tilemaps are pretty simple to write.

SFML also provides networking support.

http://www.sfml-dev.org/

For physics, I've heard good things about Box2D. I haven't used it though, so I can't tell you much about it.

http://box2d.org/

Both are usable in C++.

I've never messed with SDL or SFML, but I would go the route HOMER-16 suggested.