BennuGD (also referred as Bennu Game Development or Bennu) is a high-level
open-source
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video game development
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suite, originally created as a Fenix Project
fork
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by Argentinian
hacker
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SpliterGU.
It is officially supported for
Windows
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,
Linux
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,
GP2X Wiz
The GP2X Wiz is a handheld game console and portable media player developed by South Korean company GamePark Holdings running a Linux kernel-based embedded operating system.
GP2X Wiz was released in May 2009, and was the first console from both ...
,
GP2X Caanoo and Dingux, but can also be run on multiple other platforms to some extent, including
FreeBSD
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,
Mac OS X
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,
iOS
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, and consoles such as
GP2X,
Dingoo A320, and
Wii
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. Most recently BennuGD has been ported to
Sega Dreamcast
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and
PlayStation 2
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.
BennuGD focuses on modularity and portability and makes it easy for both beginners and experienced users to create their own games.
BennuGD is a
console application
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A console application can be used with a computer terminal, a system console, or a terminal emu ...
. There are several
integrated development environment
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s (IDE) available, but none are officially supported. The package includes a
compiler
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,
run-time code, and different
shared libraries
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to extend core functionality.
BennuGD was created as a Fenix Project
fork
In cutlery or kitchenware, a fork (from 'pitchfork') is a utensil, now usually made of metal, whose long handle terminates in a head that branches into several narrow and often slightly curved tines with which one can spear foods either to h ...
by the Argentinian
hacker
A hacker is a person skilled in information technology who achieves goals and solves problems by non-standard means. The term has become associated in popular culture with a security hackersomeone with knowledge of bug (computing), bugs or exp ...
SplinterGU after some disagreements in the Fenix Project's community.
In January 2010, the first part of a two-part series of articles on BennuGD was published in the Spanish ''TodoLinux'' magazine. In February 2010, the second part was published.
References
External links
* {{Official website, bennugd.org
Video game development software
Scripting languages