Any Game Developers Here??

[NeoFur]

I've been thinking of making some  point-and-click games with these.
I'm currently learning to use em' anyone here using them to.

Adventure Game Studio
http://www.bigbluecup.com/ac.shtml

(AGS for short) allows you to create your own point-and-click adventure games, similar to the early 90's Sierra and Lucasarts adventures. It consists of an easy-to-use development environment, and run-time engine.

The game interface is fully customizable, although the classic Sierra interface is supported by default. You need no programming experience to make a game using AGS - setting most game options is just a matter of point-and-click (though scripting is of course available if you prefer). AGS manages most of the game so that you don't have to - it provides load/save game functions, inventory management, and more.

Add in some interactions (ie. what happens when the player clicks on various things) and you're done. You can even create a standalone EXE file containing your entire game, which you can then distribute.

So, how much does it cost? Nothing. That's right, AGS is free, and you can even create commercial games with it (subject to license terms).


Ren'Py
http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Home_Page

Ren'Py is an engine that supports the creation of visual novels and dating sims, forms of computer-mediated storytelling. It supports a movie script-like syntax that makes creating simple games easy, while still being customizable and extensible by advanced creators. With no additional work by the game-maker, it supports features expected of all visual novels, like loading, saving, preferences, and rollback. Ren'Py is supported on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux x86, and can be made to run on other platforms.

Ren'Py is open-source software, and is free to use for commercial and non-commercial purposes. It does not require you to open-source your game.

[SerFox]

My mate is a software developer but would look down on these things since he works from scratch. I personally use rpg maker becuase it's easy and fun

[nido]

Both engines listed seem to be ready-built games which need some art and a story. If they fit your need I think you should use them. However, if you have a "new" idea of how you would like to organise your game, I don't think these engines will be much help.

I personally like Pygame (http://www.pygame.org/news.html).

It's the SDL library written in python. It's open source, and there are a lot of other games listed too on the site. True, the whole game dynamics will then be under your control, but that also means you can define them as you see fit.

[Serge Wolf]

The Adventure game Studio is a good program to use. I've seen many great games produce by this program. It's really, really versatile, but only if your looking to make adventure/point and click games. Which happen to be my fav.

Another one, I've seen would be OHRPGCE. Yeah Weird name for a game program, but Again, I've seen some really great games produced by this program as well, though its more of a start by scratch than anything else. Its really good for RPGs and such.

[paintedwildcat]

I've used AGS for a school project before.. it works pretty much as advertised, in my experience. Of course, you need to get suitable graphic resources.. (which is 'fun' when your artist is overworked with other stuff..)

RenPy seems interesting.. when next I get time, I've got vague plans to poke at exactly how extensible it is, and see if I can hook another engine into it for a better storytelling experience.. but knowing me, that won't be anytime soon. '>

[NeoFur]

Adventure Game Studio seems like the best choice fur me.
Ren'Py is a close second for visual Anime novels.

Another FREE one I found is the Wintermute Engine.
The 3D or 2.5D demo they have is pretty nice.

Downloaded OHRPGCE (Official Hamster Republic Role Playing Game Construction Engine)
 I'll give it a look when I get some time.

Wintermute Engine
http://dead-code.org/home/index.php/about/
Wintermute Engine Development Kit is a set of tools for creating and running graphical “point&click” adventure games, both traditional 2D ones and modern 2.5D games (3D characters on 2D backgrounds). The kit includes the runtime interpreter (Wintermute Engine, or WME) and GUI editors for managing and creating the game content (WME tools) as well as the documentation, demonstrational data and prefabricated templates.

[Adrius]

I think i'll give AGS a shot, it seems kinda neat. I was actually trying to start doing some game development in BASIC awhile back, but I never really got the hang of it.

[Fox MiCloud]

I want to be one, Those look like something to look at, any tips would also be good.

[SerFox]

If you want somehting to get quick and flexible results, search up 3D Rad Free. It's really good and not many people have heard of it, ti's a really flexible engine with it's own programming language, only thing is with the free version you have to find a way to compile your own .exe's but that's no biggie theres net pages on it

[Feros Darkshade]

I am currently attending college, majoring in Computer Science, in aspirations of becoming a game developer.

As for now, though, I stick to RPG Maker 1, 2, and 3 on the Playstation and PS2 consoles. I actually run the official site for the PS RPG Makers, so if anyone needs any information on those, or help with the makers themselves, just shoot me a PM.

[Firehazard]

Quote (NeoFur @ Mar. 21 2007, 12:22 am)

Adventure Game Studio http://www.bigbluecup.com/ac.shtml (AGS for short) allows you to create your own point-and-click adventure games, similar to the early 90's Sierra and Lucasarts adventures. It consists of an easy-to-use development environment, and run-time engine. The game interface is fully customizable, although the classic Sierra interface is supported by default. You need no programming experience to make a game using AGS - setting most game options is just a matter of point-and-click (though scripting is of course available if you prefer). AGS manages most of the game so that you don't have to - it provides load/save game functions, inventory management, and more. Add in some interactions (ie. what happens when the player clicks on various things) and you're done. You can even create a standalone EXE file containing your entire game, which you can then distribute. So, how much does it cost? Nothing. That's right, AGS is free, and you can even create commercial games with it (subject to license terms).

ZOMG!  Thank you!  *hugs*  It just so happens we've been discussing the possibility of creating a game based on the furry comic Ozy and Millie over on its forum.  This might prove extremely useful.  Thanks! *hugs again*

[NeoFur]

Quote (Firehazard @ Mar. 22 2007, 7:47 pm)

ZOMG!  Thank you!  *hugs*  It just so happens we've been discussing the possibility of creating a game based on the furry comic Ozy and Millie over on its forum.  This might prove extremely useful.  Thanks! *hugs again*

I've been Huggied

Glad to be of service, hope you find it useful.
Hers a list of some other engines, Commercial and Open source.

http://www.adventuredevelopers.com/engines.php

[Vintage]

I use Game Maker 7 Pro for my games.  I used to use RPG Maker 2000 and 2003, but eventually moved on.  GM is very flexible, but it isn't very user-friendly, especially if you haven't programmed before.  It contains a Drag and Drop interface if you don't want to program, however, which drops the learning curve considerably.

[Red Reynart]

Hello you are speaking to a Freelancer.

I use Spere game engine and Editor for 2D games. Any 2d from top down to side scrolling. The engine is seems old but has a ton of capability and you make everything from scratch. Maps, Music, Sprites etc. The Engine uses Java Scrip, Not Java. So creating scrips are simple is you have time to type one. Not only you can have many maps at once, which I think is nice so you don't have to hunt for a black area to make a inside you just warp to another map.

As said Sphere is very capabe that many have made Tetrus to a Final Fantasy game with it.


But I like 3D a lot so I use XNA which you can dowload from Microsofts website which is free to use and is used for the creation of PC an XBOX games.

Torque is another 2D editor/engine that I use, Pricy yes but is very powerfull and cuts scripting time in hal because it has a lot of where you just click the function. This, which is funnt, can run along with XNA.

Editors of 3D graphic that I use to both create and modify games is mainly the tools by Discreet. This includes Gmax, 3D Studio Max 9, and Maya. these are the most powerful tools that I know when it comes to makeing a game and or 3d graphics. They are pricey except for Gmax which you can find free. But the tools are very effective that Maya has won many awards for actrully makeing and creating effects for movies.

Enjoy

[Frenotx]

If anyone is interested in making 3d games, I am very interested in making models for you. I use 3ds max, and have a decent amount of experience. I have never worked with games before, but a friend of mine is making his own game engine and has already expressed interest in collaborating with me. Check out my dev art page (in my sig) to see some of my work.

[Ante]

My favorite game maker is "Game Maker" (http://www.gamemaker.nl). They just give you a bunch of systems, a powerful script system, as well as a drag and drop event system. It takes a lot of work out of it, such as making your own graphic and movement engines (though I can never get the movement working well, it seems. I just use pixel-based movement. It's just as good and I haven't seen it cause any problems). The pro version, for only $20, allows you to transform sprites, play videos, remove "made in game maker" splash screens, use a bunch of advanced 3D stuff, and all of that fun stuff. It's a really great system for anyone who just needs to make simple games and needs a simple engine.

Currently, I'm working on a brawler with my brother. He is doing all of the sprites and stuff, and maybe the music, and I'm doing everything else, for now. I have movement systems for both keyboards and USB controllers done, a combo system, and the ability to pick up and throw barrels and stuff. It took a while, and I had to do a lot of annoying debugging, but it's all coming out pretty well. I'll probably work on enemy AI and stuff next. He is finally finished with all of the first sprite's animations, so he might get lazy. It's a furry game, so if anyone wants to help, we could probably use some artists, ideas and maybe some testers, so IM me if you are interested. Once it's finished, I'll probably sell it cheap online or something and we also plan to make an arcade game out of it (probably only one cabinet, which will go in the arcade my brother plans to open, if he does open it).

[Lemonsqueez]

i dont realy make games but i make maps for games like counter  strike and thing like that