If you don't have a compiler and editor yet, these guides can help you get started with some choice suitable for Orx. Windows does not need any particular set up.

• Setting up a Development Environment on Linux
• Setting up a Development Environment for Mac OS X

• Building the Orx library on Windows with Visual Studio
• Building the Orx library on Windows with Codelite
• Compiling Orx with mingw32/gmake on Windows
• Building the Orx library on Linux with Codelite
• Building the Orx library on Linux with Code::Blocks
• Cloning and building the Orx library on the Mac
• Building the Orx library on a Mac with Codelite
• Building the Orx library on a Mac with Code::Blocks
• Building the Orx Library with Xcode on Mac OS X

For troubleshooting help building Orx please see: Troubleshoot Building Orx

• Creating your own Orx-based Project using 'init'
• Setting up a game project on the Mac