Hi Dark, Well put. That in a nutshell is the issue. Programming is after all just writing instructions in a language the computer can understand. As such since those instructions often time have to be specifically defined there is no easy way to give a yes/no answer or select it from a list of options. The differences in instructions here are limitless and can't be just put into a question and answer format.
For example, Tim mentioned being able to select a 2d game or 3d game from the list. That's not practical simply because the instructions---the code---for those types of games would be pretty different. I should know because I happen to have a 2d side-scroller version of MOTA and a 3d FPS version in the works, and I will say from first-hand experience I've had to rewrite several functions from scratch simply because the instructions are totally different for the two different types of environment. Oneonly needs to move along the x and y axis of the grid and the other has to move along an x, y, and z axis. Therefore the walk, run, climb, and other movement functions have to behave differently. That's just one minor example of where the styles of game differ and can't necessarily be packaged into a one-size fits all solution. Cheers! Cheers! On 11/18/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > hi tim. > > This was tried with audio game maker, and really didn't work out at all. The > problem is even if you wrote a game completely in English syntax, you've > stil got a hole bunch of things to defign. > > Take a symple space invaders game as an example. > > you first need to setup the playing field as sterrio, decide how much your > character moves according to key presses, have each invader represented by a > sound, have the game track the amount of time it takes invaders to land and > change the sounds accordingly, have your character move left and right and > thus line up the invaders, have a method for tracking shooting to say when > you press a key a shoot sound is pressed, and if pressed when an invader is > not centered you miss, where as if it is centered you hit, have the game > track lives lost when invaders land etc. > > thus, even doing this in plane english there is lots of stuff to write and > you just couldn't do it effectively with a sort of question and answer or > filling in form fields, you have to actually write the instructions. > > this is what bgt does, it lets you concentrate on writing just the game > instructions. Complications come because you can't quite write the > instructions in plane english but must put them a specific way for the game > to understand. > > that's why level editers track editers and the like are so useful. You can > play with the factors in a game without having to setup the hole malarchy > from scratch. > > for example, setting up a racing game would require a huge amount of > instructions, about speed and distance and laps tracked and handling and > such, but making tracks for existing racing games like rail racer or top > speed just requires playing with the environment. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
