research Raylib vs SDL vs something else ?

[Dishpit]

No description provided.

[raysan5]

Here it is a comparison I did a while ago: https://gist.github.com/raysan5/17392498d40e2cb281f5d09c0a4bf798

In any case, latest raylib 5.0 added SDL as optional backend.

[warmwaffles]

There's your answer @Dishpit, Raylib.

[Dishpit]

The creator of one of the graphics libs in question paying a visit to my project and dropping a really well-written comparison between the two was NOT on my bingo card

One of the key things I'm looking for with graphics is general-purpose usage, allowing Omega users to do anything from building games to writing software with GUI layers

while both SDL and Raylib have gamdev at the forefront, I love that Raylib has a gui module available AND has a much smaller overall footprint, so it should be a lot easier to get it integrated natively into the language. It also helps that it's not platform specific (GTK is more tailored toward linux, for example) and prevents having to fork over thousands of dollars for Qt or operate under their restrictive licensing

So yeah, it's looking like Raylib's the right direction to go. Thanks, @raysan5! 🚀

[warmwaffles]

Indeed, I did not expect it either.