> I'd like to take a stab at compiling this on every Amiga
> related platform that I use [...] He then told me that all I
> would need to do would be to compile it and I should be
> good to go

Just to remind you of what might be problematic with this specific port on big-endian environments:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7555&forum=10&start=8

> he said I would need gcc and libsdl. So what I'm wondering
> is how do I get them

http://downloads.morph.zone/find.php?find=sdk

> I heard there is a coding for MorphOS tutorial around here
> somewhere....

http://library.morph.zone/First_steps_in_MorphOS_programming