Re: [clutter] 2.5D?

On Nov 15, 2007 1:00 PM, Matthew Allum <mallum@openedhand.com> wrote:
> Clutter isn't stopping you from dropping into full OpenGL if you really
> want to.
>
> Clutter is not some general abstraction to Open GL - one of the major
> aims of Clutter is to provide a very simple API to the developer that he
> can create very nice 'blingy' (urg I hate that word) applications
> without needing to know anything at all about OpenGL nor it
> complexity's. The more 3D stuff we add, the more this becomes not the
> case. The kind of applications we expect to be created are very '2.5D'

yep. I think Clutter do well enough in terms of flexibility as far as
rendering is concerned. It brings out the not-funny part of OpenGL
programming that is managing the transformations and the view and
allows to focus on the fun part that is drawing.

Besides, the tough part is really in the interaction part: providing
APIs to help building those fluid interfaces that are part live, part
controlled by the user. Kind of a "missing link" between animations
and events.

regards,
Christophe.

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