Hi Michael, Sure. There isn't anything on the GMA website about the GMA engine, because David Greenwood won't share any information about it unless you purchase a demo/evaluation version of the software. Which as I recall was something like $50 just for the evaluation version or something like that. I decided not to use that engine myself for a number of technical reasons, and the main one was I knew I had the skills to create something equal in one of the .Net languages or C++. So didn't have to pay the kind of licensing fees David wanted for the engine.
Anyway, I understand your point. Something like Shades of Doom or Sarah isn't that far behind the mainstream in some areas. That's precisely the types of games I will be producing with my own game engine, G3D, and of course anyone who licenses Philip Bennefall's BGT can create a game exactly on par with what you are discussing. So we are getting there. Its a matter of getting the right tools in the hands of developers and giving them the proper training to use them that is holding us back at this point as far as I am concerned. As far as talking about mainstream games on list it is perfectly fine to talk about them on list. This is a gaming list after all. So if you want to talk about them its totally on topic for the list. I'm sure other gamers and developers would like to hear about them as well. Cheers! On 8/10/11, Michael Gauler <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I don't know absolutely nothing about the GMA engine. > I have played games made with it and I had basic training in software > development, allthough much things were not covered. > Thus I would like to know how the engine worked, but all people say tthat > the engine is there and can be used, but on the GMA site is absolutely no > information, not even a "for info about it, contact me". > Because I don't know the engine, I can't know how maps of his engine are > really created. > I just wanted to use the Shades of Doom game as an example to show that the > game was not that far behind mainstream and that (in theory) the adition of > map and modding capabilities or a multiplayer feature, if desired, would > bring us up to speed in this area at least so, that audio Quake wouldn't be > the only atempt at this kind of work, which is older than SOD (original > Quake itself) and probably hard to get today (full version). > I don't know if talking about purely mainstream games of different styles > belongs here, but in case not, you could write me off list, so that I could > tell you about the games I know or give you links to read about them. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > 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 __ [email protected] 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].
