Game developers threaten to abandon Apple for deprecating OpenGL

Game developers threaten to abandon Apple for deprecating OpenGL

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https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2018/jun/07/game-developers-apple-opengl/

A notice of OpenGL’s deprecation in Apple’s documentation has game developers threatening to abandon the company’s platforms.

OpenGL has been a tried-and-trusted library for cross-platform game developers for decades. Up-and-coming APIs like Vulkan and Apple’s own Metal offer promising alternatives, but many projects still use OpenGL.

Game developers threaten to abandon Apple for deprecating OpenGL

Jun 7, 2018, 1:51pm UTC
https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2018/jun/07/game-developers-apple-opengl/ > A notice of OpenGL’s deprecation in Apple’s documentation has game developers threatening to abandon the company’s platforms. > OpenGL has been a tried-and-trusted library for cross-platform game developers for decades. Up-and-coming APIs like Vulkan and Apple’s own Metal offer promising alternatives, but many projects still use OpenGL.