Better native D 2D graphics library?

[Gan via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Sunday, 8 February 2015 at 09:52:50 UTC, Namespace wrote:
> On Sunday, 8 February 2015 at 01:39:19 UTC, Gan wrote:
>> On Saturday, 7 February 2015 at 23:29:01 UTC, Namespace wrote:
>>> On Saturday, 7 February 2015 at 22:09:03 UTC, Gan wrote:
>>>> Is there a better D graphics library in the works?
>>>>
>>>> I'm using SFML(which is very easy and has lots of features) 
>>>> but it seems to use a lot of ram(if you leave it running for 
>>>> a while on a graphic intensive scene) and trying to make it 
>>>> include the dependencies with the compiled executable is 
>>>> complicated.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a D 2D graphics library that's just as easy, cross 
>>>> platform, doesn't use X11, allows drawing to off-screen 
>>>> buffers and drawing those to screen? (plus supports nice 
>>>> drawing of shapes, circles, rectangles, lines)
>>>>
>>>> I'm probably asking too much- I doubt such a thing exists.
>>>
>>> I once wrote such a library: https://github.com/Dgame/Dgame
>>> But since I left D I don't maintain it. Maybe that will 
>>> change in the next few weeks. But otherwise you are free to 
>>> use or improve it.
>>
>> That's really cool. Very very similar to SFML.
>>
>> Only thing that makes me concerned is:
>> static immutable string Disk = "D";
>> static immutable string Mode = "Release";
>>
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ 
>> ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\derelict\\lib\\dmd\\DerelictSDL2.lib");
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ 
>> ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\derelict\\lib\\dmd\\DerelictUtil.lib");
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ 
>> ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\derelict\\lib\\dmd\\DerelictGL3.lib");
>>
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\Dgame\\lib\\" ~ Mode 
>> ~ "\\DgameInternal.lib");
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\Dgame\\lib\\" ~ Mode 
>> ~ "\\DgameAudio.lib");
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\Dgame\\lib\\" ~ Mode 
>> ~ "\\DgameGraphics.lib");
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\Dgame\\lib\\" ~ Mode 
>> ~ "\\DgameSystem.lib");
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\Dgame\\lib\\" ~ Mode 
>> ~ "\\DgameMath.lib");
>> pragma(lib, Disk ~ ":\\D\\dmd2\\src\\ext\\Dgame\\lib\\" ~ Mode 
>> ~ "\\DgameWindow.lib");
>>
>> I'm not entirely sure what that is or if it's cross-compatible 
>> friendly or sharing-with-friends friendly.
>> Though I really hope you re-maintain it.
>
> It worked on Mac, Linux and Windows so far without any problems.
> Forget to add the documentation page I made: 
> http://rswhite.de/dgame4/

Very cool. I was debating switching to SDL but now I'm only 
debating between switching from SFML to DGame.

When I leave my SFML game running for 7 hours, it uses 700mb of 
ram. Also my friend can't play my games due to missing dylibs(the 
SFML setup process is complicated). Those are the main reasons 
I'm looking for an alternative.
I'll do a DGame test, if it beats SFML on those issues- I'm 
hooked.