Making games in Linux compatible with Linux and Windows

[dirtyrascal666]

Alright, hello to anyone and everyone looking at this who is interested, i'm looking for info on what software and any sites (links), to what it would take to make a linux/windows compatible, 3d game, because me and some friends, have the idea, the ambition, and anything it would take to make the game we thought up, if anyone has any ideas as to what we need to learn, do, or even start with please reply, thanks in advance! (we have very little previous background, but most likely enough to get us going) any info is greatly appreciated

Thanks
Mikel

Edit: De-capslocked the thread title. --Maedhros.
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[BlackEdder]

Please loose the caps....

For a lot of opensource games sdl is a popular choice as a multimedia dev layer. If you want to go 3d then there are a couple of engines that I know of: ogre and cube. If you want to start from bottom-up then just make sure you use opengl and it should work on both windows and linux.

You might want to checkout happypenguin.org to get some ideas from there.

[dirtyrascal666]

thank you so much for pointing me in any direction : D
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[coren2000]

Unfortunately openGL doesn't do much other than graphics. OpenAL can now handle sound for you.
I have no idea about any comparable libraries for DirectInput (Joystick stuff).
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[Slingshot]

Crystalspace and Neoengine are also well supported open source 3D engines. Blender can be used for free form modeling and making Python games.

Look for more programs in the dev-games