Dear Monks,

I am writing a soccer program as a fun project. I don't need any fancy graphics, hardware acceleration, ... I am more interested in the gameplay / algorithms / strategy.

I finally managed to get OpenGL working under Win XP and have created some parts of my program. Then, some weeks ago, I bought an Asus Eee PC and the same fiddling around with OpenGL support happened once more (Xandros & Mandriva are installed on the Eee), without success.

What would be your suggestion for a portable and easy to use graphics solution with good Perl integration?

I already had some crazy ideas about using some browser plugin or some kind of ajax grid talking to a little perl http server, maybe if performance is not the main factor, using the browser as GUI could be the best solution. Any suggestions are welcome!

Update: Guys, thank you all very much for your input over the last days. I think I'll go the SDL route and try to get it running on windows, too. I am sure there is something to learn on the way.

In reply to WANTED: Simple & portable graphics to use with Perl by jds17

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