opengl and 2d help

[lasertown]

Hi everyone,

I'm looking into creating a 2d game and I want the hardware acceleration that comes with using opengl. I went through NeHe's tutorials and he rendered a 2D image using a texture. Is this the way one does 2D graphics in opengl? I've searched for a while and have not found anything that explicitly says that textures are the only way to render 2D images with opengl.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[Syrinx]

Hi,

I'm a bit n00b myself on 3D accelerated games but am working on one as well (although it's 2d game). At least I use just texturemapped polygons with alpha, seems to work OK so I think it's the way to do it.