What is fes?

fes is a classic pong video game clone written for Mac OS X. It was created to learn how to make video games. You can download fes to give it a try. It was tested to run on Mac OS X Leopard and Snow Leopard.

What was learned building this?

• The Objective-C programming language and Xcode
• Keyboard event handling
• Collision detection
• Pathfinding
• Compose and record electronic music / sound effects
• OpenGL:
  • Vertical synchronization
  • Orthographic projection
  • Vertex processing
  • Texture mapping
  • Font loading and rendering
• OpenAL:
  • Reading and decoding audio data from files
  • Playing soundtracks and sound effects