SDLucid is a C++ wrapper library for the Simple Direct Media Layer by Sam Latinga. It aims to not only be a wrapper, but also to offer a cleaner interface than the original SDL as well as more functionality. Want to see it in action? Here is a screenshot of the example contained in the distribution, nicely showing off the transforms code. SDLucid provides all of the following features that are not provided in SDL:

• a nice interface :-)
• fast graphics primitives (polygons, circles...) with arbitrary fill modes
• affine transformations on surfaces (i.e. stretching, rotation...)
• bitmap fonts
• mp3, mod, wav playing with arbitrary mixing and samplerate conversion.

• make a new and clean interface to SDL that stays as close as possible to SDL terminology, but no closer.
• implement mighty functionality that's easy to use (some of this functionality duplicates what is available as SDL_mixer,SDL_image,SDL_ttf etc)
• use naming conventions that loosely resemble those of the STL, so SDLucid doesn't introduce another naming scheme into a client program
• stick to one mighty image format: PNG
• use exceptions for error reporting

• a good c++ compiler (gcc 2.95 will do)
• SDL, obviously. :)
• ixlib, a C++ tool library.

• libpng
• smpeg
• libmikmod
• FreeType