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- | === Tools for rapid prototyping of games === | + | ==== Tools for rapid prototyping of games ==== |
Good things for prototype systems: | Good things for prototype systems: | ||
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* Ease of moving to a production engine | * Ease of moving to a production engine | ||
- | == Experimental gameplay == | + | ==== Experimental gameplay |
- | http:// | + | Making games with little time, people or costs -> http:// |
How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days: Tips and Tricks from 4 Grad Students Who Made Over 50 Games in 1 Semester | How to Prototype a Game in Under 7 Days: Tips and Tricks from 4 Grad Students Who Made Over 50 Games in 1 Semester | ||
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</ | </ | ||
- | == Online == | + | ==== Online |
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+ | Eg: [[plant game]] | ||
Advantages: | Advantages: | ||
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haxe (compiles to swf/js/...) -> [[http:// | haxe (compiles to swf/js/...) -> [[http:// | ||
- | == 3D Engine | + | ...? |
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+ | ==== 3D engine | ||
Advantages: | Advantages: | ||
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PyGame -> http:// | PyGame -> http:// | ||
- | Mainly sprite based examples, there are some 3D games, but most seem to involve calling opengl commands wrapped in scheme, rather than a complete | + | Mainly sprite based examples, there are some 3D games, but most seem to involve calling opengl commands wrapped in python, rather than a nice high level entity model (I might be wrong these days tho). |
- | == Old School == | + | Panda3d -> http:// |
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+ | Free software python based game engine for windows & linux from Carnegie Mellon. Looks really good. | ||
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+ | ==== Old School | ||
Blitz Basic -> http:// | Blitz Basic -> http:// | ||
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Lots of games written in this, very popular in the indy game dev scene. | Lots of games written in this, very popular in the indy game dev scene. | ||
- | == Costly == | + | ==== Costly |
Virtools -> http:// | Virtools -> http:// | ||
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Unity -> http:// | Unity -> http:// | ||
- | Panda3d -> http:// | ||