SDL Framework

Available for both Windows and Linux and part of the SDL (short for Simple DirectMedia Layer) library, SDL Framework is a simple framework that allows users to create low-key, 2D games using the Lua programming language.

Tipping the scales at just somewhere below 3 MB, this portable framework is quite lightweight, especially considering that it's for creating two-dimensional games. It promotes rapid application development through Lua, and it's worth pointing out that it also bundles a fair share of sample projects, both as Windows batch files and Lua files.

It comes with support for networking, for some of the most popular image formats, as well as for TrueType font rendering. It also allows users to add input from either one, keyboard, mouse, and joystick and it sports various audio functions, mainly geared towards sound mixing.

The framework offers its users a noteworthy set of useful APIs. For instance, it provides a thread API that acts as a sort of simplified version of pthreads, an API responsible for querying the potential of various sound cards, and one for reading and playing differing tracks from a CD-ROM.

Users can read more about this little framework by visiting the official website or the SourceForge repository.