Software Used

From Hero of Allacrost

As with any major programming project, Allacrost would not exist without the trillions of lines of code that were written by others, which the Allacrost engine sits upon. This page is a list of the programs and libraries that Allacrost developers user to do their programming, artwork, music, or whatever else, and serves as a means of thanking them. We extend an extra special thanks out to the free and open-source software used, without which the Allacrost project would have never came into existance in the first place. Paid, closed-source software is also listed for completeness, but since they were already given money for their product(s), they already have plenty of thanks. :)

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'''Software Name''' http://project-url.org<br>
''Used by: comma-delimited list of users''<br>
Brief description.

Free and Open Source Software

General Development

Mediawiki http://www.mediawiki.org
Used by: Steu
Mediawiki is this wiki system, it was implemented in January 2006 to be the wiki for the Allacrost project.

phpwcms http://www.phpwcms.de/
Used by: Balthazar, Roots
phpwcms is a web content management system. As of January 2006, it is used for the design of the Allacrost website (V3.0 of the site)

Programming Development

GCC http://gcc.gnu.org/
Used by: Roots, gorzuate, snipe714, Balthazar, visage, Steu, MindFlayer
GCC is the GNU Compiler Collection, which can compile several different languages, including C++. It has been used to compile new builds of Allacrost thousands of times.

GNU Autoconf http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/
Used by: gorzuate
Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages.

GNU Automake http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
Used by: gorzuate
Automake is a tool for automatically generating 'Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards.

KDevelop http://www.kdevelop.org/
Used by: Roots, MindFlayer
KDevelop is an integrated development environment and source code editor.

Qt http://www.trolltech.com/products/qt/index.html
Used by: gorzuate
Qt is a comprehensive C++ application development framework. It includes a class library and tools for cross-platform development and internationalization.

Scite http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html
Used by: Steu
A free source code editor for Win32 and X, and Steu's weapon of choice when hacking away at the Allacrost project code.

TortoiseSVN http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
Used by: MindFlayer, roos
TortoiseSVN is a free (under GPL-license) Windows application designed for quick & easy working with files under Subversion version control system.

Vim http://www.vim.org
Used by: gorzuate
Vim is a highly configurable text editor built to enable efficient text editing. It is an improved version of the vi editor distributed with most UNIX systems.

Xcode http://developer.apple.com/tools/xcode/index.html
Used by: visage
Xcode is the standard IDE that comes with Mac OS X.

Artwork Development

The GIMP http://www.gimp.org/
Used by: Roots
GIMP: The GNU Image Manipulation Program, is a powerful image editor that has been used to create several pieces of artwork for Allacrost.

Tile Studio http://tilestudio.sourceforge.net/
Used by: BigPapaN0z
This software aids artists in the design of graphics for tile and sprite based games.

Music and Sound Development

Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Used by: Roots
Audacity is a free, cross-platform sound editor that has been used to convert sound formats and make modifications to audio sources.

Paid and Propriety Software

General Development

Programming Development

Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualc/
Used by: Roos, MindFlayer
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition is a powerful and latest C++ IDE engineered by Microsoft. Microsoft Visual C++ IDEs are generally considered the "de facto"-standard for developing C++ programs in Windows environments. This version is available as a free download at the MSDN site.

Artwork Development

Adobe Photoshop CS2 http://www.adobe.com/
Used by: BigPapaN0z
This software aids artists in the design of graphics for tile and sprite based games.

Music and Sound Development