Hmmm, could it be used to create, say, a game in the style of Legend of Zelda? I'm not necessarily talkin one of the newer games, at least not yet. I mean something like the original. I remember you said it would be murder to code from scratch and I can understand why, but maybe the Genesis engine could handle it? I'm certainly curious about it. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 7:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Engine Discussion.
> Hi Dark, > At this point I haven't figured out what to sell the Genesis Engine for, > but I don't expect it to be anywhere near the price of the GMA Engine. > Understand I am writing this engine for two primary reasons, and I think > if priced right this could help the accessible market out in a large way. > First, as you know i have written two games the old fassion way, by > hand, and each game took over a years time to produce. I really don't > want to spend years of my time putting out one game here and there, > because they take too long to produce. The answer is to have a > prototyping tool, Genesis 3D, which has all the necessary code in place > for a high-quality 3D action game. All I need do is draw the levels, set > properties on things in that level, drop the files in with the pre-built > game.exe file and I have a new game. > Second, I have been hanging around the blind gaming comunity, reading > the mag, interacting on lists, but I have always been disappointed in > the accessible games available to us as blind gamers. Sure there are > some good games like Sarah, SOD, Tank Commander, that stand out and are > worth the cash. However, there are far too many just point and shoot or > Bop It type games which I have little to no interest in. One reason for > this is most accessible game developers are self-taught programmers, > have little to no formal training, and aren't really skilled programmers > yet. Those that do have the skills are too busy with day to day life to > really do something revolutionary or visionary. > By taking the task upon myself to design a fully accessible 3D game > engine and designer it makes making the games I like to play easy for > even a non-programmer who wants to make games. If they can operate > menus, buttons, etc and with a good game idea they should be able to use > the Genesis wizards to create a completely new game in a very short > amount of time. > > > > > dark wrote: >> Hi tom. >> >> Sounds good, I especially like the idea of short cutting around the >> programming and getting streight down to level design and game behaviour. >> >> My only concern is that lisensing fees for the engine might turn out to >> be >> beyond the means of hobby developers who might have a more primary >> career, --- eg, the sort of thing I see myself doing! >> >> I'm not saying I expect the engine to be free, but if it's is anything >> like >> the same price as the gma engine for the program, then it's entirely >> unlikely I'd be willing to spend money on it. Of course, I have no plans >> of >> being a full time accessible games developer, and people who are thinking >> about doing that might have different opinions. >> >> Beware the Grue! >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
