I-SDL imele I-Simple DirectMedia Layer, isethi yamalabhulali athuthukiswe ngolimi C futhi enganikeza imisebenzi ethile eyisisekelo ukuze kwenziwe imisebenzi yokudweba ye-2D, ukuphathwa komphumela womsindo, nokuphathwa kwesithombe. Izindaba ebezigqama ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule ukuthi uRyan Gordon (owaziwa nangokuthi u-Icculus) uthole i-Epic MegaGrant ukuze athuthukise i-SDL, engasiza ama-API esizukulwane esizayo.
Sibonga i-SDL, i ukuthuthukiswa komdlalo wevidiyo we-multiplatform, ukwenza kube lula kubathuthukisi, okwenza kube lula ukuthi izihloko eziningi zize ku-Linux. Futhi ukuthi le sethi yemitapo yolwazi ivumela ukufinyelela okuphansi kwehadiwe yomsindo, ikhibhodi, igundane, izinti zokujabula, kanye nemifanekiso. Ngakho-ke, ingasetshenziswa yisoftware yokulingisa, ukudlala ividiyo nomsindo, kanye nezinjini zemidlalo yevidiyo.
Ryan gordon Ungomunye wabantu abanomthwalo wemfanelo wokuthuthukiswa kwe-SDL, futhi ungumqambi wamachweba wegeyimu yevidiyo ye-Linux ne-macOS, kanye namanye amapulatifomu, esebenza kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva. Emuva kwesimemezelo asenza kuPatreon mayelana nezinhloso zakhe, ukubeke kwacaca ukuthi iSDL kusekuningi asazokusho.
Inkinga kuze kube manje ukuthi I-Vulkan API Ingokwesimanjemanje kakhulu, iyathembisa futhi inamandla kune-OpenGL, nokho le API ibiyinkimbinkimbi futhi kube nezinkinga nge-SDL. Manje lokho uRyzen Gordon akwenzile ukwenza lula umsebenzi ngeVulkan, nakuba bezoqhubeka nokusebenza nabanye abafana neDirect3D, Metal, njll. Futhi nakuba kuzoba khona ukulinganiselwa okuthile, kuzokwenza ama-API esizukulwane esilandelayo afinyeleleke kalula kubo bonke abathuthukisi benjini okungeyona i-AAA.
Ekugcineni, ukuthuthukiswa kwe-SDL kuzofika yenza umsebenzi wentuthuko ube lula, futhi ngendlela esobala kakhudlwana konjiniyela, ukuze bakwazi ukwenza imidlalo yabo ngaphandle kwenkinga enkulu.
I-Vala compiler yenza ukusebenza nge-SDL kube lula kakhulu kwabaqalayo.