Hi Thomas, <Shutter!> I couldn't imagine converting something like that over, then discarding it for something I didn't even need. Best Regards, Hayden
-----Original Message----- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 9:54 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] prices of game creation kits Hi, Exactly. Were I not already a trained software developer I would be more than willing to invest in a tool like BGT, because of its features and ease of use. However, as it is I have already written my own game development tool, Genesis 3D, and it also has a lot of the hard work done. I should know I just spent the past thre/four months converting all of it from C# .NET to C++ and the Win32 API for MOTA beta 11. However, I think I know more than most how much hard work goes into a tool like BGT. Writing all the basic components like the input core, audio core, speech core, level editor, etc. It takes a long time and is a lot of work. All of that has to be done before you even start on a game, and I think it is safe to say everyone wants to get started right away with writing the game and not have to worry about the low level components. That's what BGT offers a person. A chance to start writing games without having to do all the low level programming and development from scratch. On 4/9/10, Philip Bennefall <phi...@blastbay.com> wrote: > Hi Travis, > > Of course, people are free to make their individual choices for what tools > they want to use for the particular task at hand. For those who can use a > general purpose programming language and who are willing to spend the extra > time building things from scratch, that's fair enough. But with BGT you are > getting lots of things done for you out of the box that will significantly > speed up the development process. Also, if you make a few games using the > pro version of the tool you will certainly make that money back and more > there to. The lite version is 65 USD, so now we're talking the same price > range as the others you mention. But as the owner of these resources, the > codebase that forms the components that feature in BGT, I feel that I want > to be compensated if people are going to use this to make money. Especially > with it being a one-time fee, I think it's more than reasonable. For those > who want to make free games, the lite version is available as I said and I > am able to make that more affordable since people won't actually be making > money with the aid of my tools. > > That is the best way in which I can explain my thinking behind the pricing > of BGT. And I can say that I have spent thousands of dollars getting some of > this code written, except of course for the parts that I wrote myself; they > only cost me time. > > Kind regards, > > Philip ennefall --- 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://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@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://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
