5.1 Examples

GL Galore comes with a number of examples that demonstrate certain features and should allow you to get started really quickly. Here's a list of examples that are distributed with GL Galore:

BlockTube

A swirling, falling tunnel of reflective slabs which fade from hue to hue. Original code by Lars Damerow

Boing

A clone of the first graphics demo for the Amiga 1000, which was written by Dale Luck and RJ Mical during a break at the 1984 CES. Original code by Jim Brooks

Cel shading

Demonstrates cel shading. Original code by Jeff Molofee

Cityflow

Waves move across a sea of boxes. The city swells. The walls are closing in. Original code by Jamie Zawinski

Cube

The OpenGL equivalent of "Hello World"

Gears

The classic OpenGL gears demo. Original code by Brian Paul

Gears 2

A variant of the OpenGL gears demo based on code found in the MiniGL SDK

Gears 3

The OpenGL gears demo, this time with a texture

GLMatrix

The 3D digital rain effect, as seen in the title sequence of a popular movie. Based on code by Jamie Zawinski

Morph3D

Platonic solids that turn inside out and get spikey. Based on code by Marcelo F. Vianna

MultiDisplays

Demonstrates how to use multiple displays with GL Galore

Simple

Simple rotating GL triangle. Based on code by Camilla Berglund

SmoothScroll

Uses OpenGL for hardware-accelerated 2D drawing of Hollywood brushes

SplitView

Renders four views of the same scene in one window. Based on code by Camilla Berglund

Spots

Demonstrates GL lights. Based on code by Mark J. Kilgard

Sproingies

Slinky-like creatures walk down an infinite staircase and occasionally explode! Based on code by Ed Mackey

Warp

Example of what an extreme field of view can do

Wave

Wave simulation in OpenGL. Based on code by Jakob Thomsen