SHIPPOU Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Here is a list I am putting together, of free (no trial, demos, or regestration) programs to crat games, some detales, and web sites they are at. I hope this will be helpfull to future game makers. The infi. I collected is of personal experance. I used many many web sites to find these guys. Adrift http://www.adrift.org.uk/ notes--free version lets you save games up to a cetain size, programming required. Unlimited regestered version costs $19.00 USD-1 pleyer Adventure Book http://www.ingold.fsnet.co.uk/software.htm notes-text style game, need to know visual basic, and have programming libraries.-1 player Adventure Builder http://www.conroyhome.net/alan/ab/index.htm notes-simple text game, need to learn a scripting language -1 player Adventure Construction Kit http://www.appsoftheweb.com/compcandy.htm notes-unknown, untested Adventure Game Studio http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ notes-fairly easy to use, point and click, or point and drag mapping, need to know some programming language-1 player AGAST http://www.allitis.com/agast/index.html notes-need to learn a programming language, fairly simple.-1 player AGT http://www.markwelch.com/agt.htm notes-unknown, untested, very old program-1 player alice http://www.alice.org/ notes-some programming required, 62 meg file!-1 player Azalta http://www2.mozcom.com/~deadlock/azalta/azalta.html notes-tile based mapping. programming usefull-1 player Blackfish http://www.buschnick.net/index.html notes-tile based mapping Blender3d http://www.blender3d.com/ notes-3d moddling, animation, and game tool (with plug ins), fairly easy to use, scripting knowledge very usefull-multi player over a LAN only. Blitz Basic http://www.config.freeuk.com/amiga/blitz/ notes-any one up to learn another programming language?-1 player byond http://www.byond.com/ notes-this game is very well looked apon, and has many clames as being powerfull. 100% scripting language required-multi player internet button talk http://www.stephen.com/button/button.html notes-creat text games, need to know some scripting-1 player caecho http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-arc ... aecho.html notas - fabricante del juego del texto, necesidad de saber algunas escrituras, necesidad de saber espả̮̱̉ol - un jugador Cat http://www.richmond62.freeserve.co.uk/index.htm notes-anothet text game creator, need to know some scripting-1 player Clean Game Library http://www.cs.kun.nl/~clean/platformgameinfo.html creat side scroller, and platform games.-1 player Crystal Space 3D SDK http://sourceforge.net/projects/crystal/ notes-unknown cog http://cogengine.sourceforge.net/introduction.html notes-open sorce game creation, non functional editor-1 player dimension3 http://www.klinksoftware.com/ notes-unknown, untested-1 player Game Builder Lite http://www.dosgames.com/g_gcs.php notes-unknown, untested Game Maker http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/gmaker/index.html notes-creat scrolling and platform games with no programming...knowledge of how C++ works is very helpfull-1 player genesis3d http://www.genesis3d.com/ notes-unknown, untested Gmax http://www4.discreet.com/gmax/ notes-3d moddling, and animation tool ZZT http://www.dosgames.com/g_gcs.php notes-old school game maker. Very old school. Use arrow keys, and hot keys to creat a puzzle/adventure game. Knowing the simple script language is helpfull, but not nessary-1 player TO BE CONTINUED WHEN i HAVE THE ENERGY ********** One of the old guard of RS. RS birthday = Feb - 27 - 2002 Proud member of the original forum.********** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Roach Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 alright, seems pretty cool, if i knew how to make em, and if i was intrested :P but if im gonna start, coming back to this thread :P Doctor of Dental Surgery-2014Medical Doctor-2018?Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon-2024? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny89 Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Ive only looked at a few, but they seem alright! people try some!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubsa Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Which ones do you particularly reccommend Ship? This is how much you all raised for charity. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 I've said it before and I'm saying it again: It's impossible to make a good "game" with programs like this. It won't be unique at all. If you really want to make a game, learn a programming language. It will take time, but so will making anything even remotely playable with game-creation programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firedemon Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Game Maker http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/gmaker/index.html notes-creat scrolling and platform games with no programming...knowledge of how C++ works is very helpfull-1 player TO BE CONTINUED WHEN i HAVE THE ENERGY Also you can register game maker to get additional features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHIPPOU Posted October 14, 2004 Author Share Posted October 14, 2004 Which ones do you particularly reccommend Ship? beond, zzt, blender and Pyro, you do not like reading do you? quite a few of these programs are 100% programming/scripting required. ********** One of the old guard of RS. RS birthday = Feb - 27 - 2002 Proud member of the original forum.********** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Which ones do you particularly reccommend Ship? beond, zzt, blender and Pyro, you do not like reading do you? quite a few of these programs are 100% programming/scripting required. If they were 100% programming required they wouldnt be game maker programs :roll: Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHIPPOU Posted October 14, 2004 Author Share Posted October 14, 2004 Which ones do you particularly reccommend Ship? beond, zzt, blender and Pyro, you do not like reading do you? quite a few of these programs are 100% programming/scripting required. If they were 100% programming required they wouldnt be game maker programs :roll: why me, and people with......... I could wright a Java compiler, and call it a game maker. Why do not you actually look at a few of them, befor breaking out the :roll: ********** One of the old guard of RS. RS birthday = Feb - 27 - 2002 Proud member of the original forum.********** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 you should add http://www.rpgtoolkit.com realy good for making Rpg's, easy to use too. :) Haven't used in a while, so i'm not sure how good they are now :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHIPPOU Posted October 14, 2004 Author Share Posted October 14, 2004 i'm not into the r's yet. maby tonight I'll add more. ********** One of the old guard of RS. RS birthday = Feb - 27 - 2002 Proud member of the original forum.********** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyro Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Which ones do you particularly reccommend Ship? beond, zzt, blender and Pyro, you do not like reading do you? quite a few of these programs are 100% programming/scripting required. If they were 100% programming required they wouldnt be game maker programs :roll: why me, and people with......... I could wright a Java compiler, and call it a game maker. Why do not you actually look at a few of them, befor breaking out the :roll:I'm very well aware how programs like the one you list work, and that there are quite a few that are fairly complicated. Heck, I've learned several scripting languages for game makers. It was a waste of time. Scripting is very different from "real" programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 14, 2004 Share Posted October 14, 2004 Which ones do you particularly reccommend Ship? beond, zzt, blender and Pyro, you do not like reading do you? quite a few of these programs are 100% programming/scripting required. If they were 100% programming required they wouldnt be game maker programs :roll: why me, and people with......... I could wright a Java compiler, and call it a game maker. Why do not you actually look at a few of them, befor breaking out the :roll:I'm very well aware how programs like the one you list work, and that there are quite a few that are fairly complicated. Heck, I've learned several scripting languages for game makers. It was a waste of time. Scripting is very different from "real" programming. Yup, I agree with everything said. None of these games are original and there's a million out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gama Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 You guys fail to see the purpose of such programs. They're not just for beginners that don't want to learn C++ (well, maybe some of them, but not all). Most of them let you make games time efficiently. So you don't have to write a graphics library, then write a sound library, then write some basic IO functions, etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthernHero Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Nice list, thanks. :) Game Maker http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/markov/gmaker/index.html notes-creat scrolling and platform games with no programming...knowledge of how C++ works is very helpfull-1 player Actually that requires programming. You can make very very simple games without programming. With programming you can make actual games. It uses it own programming language. I'm making a kinda 1player rts/arcade medieval game with it at the moment. If it ever gets ready I post it here :) . Btw, whats that "-1 player" supposed to mean. If it means that you can only make 1 player games, youre worng :wink: . Reality is hundreds of times more beautiful and more interesting than delusions. Fairy tales just tend to be easier to follow than the wonderful intricacies of life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannibal Posted November 28, 2004 Share Posted November 28, 2004 You guys fail to see the purpose of such programs. They're not just for beginners that don't want to learn C++ (well, maybe some of them, but not all). Most of them let you make games time efficiently. So you don't have to write a graphics library, then write a sound library, then write some basic IO functions, etc etc. Well, if you have a half-decent programming language you can integrate previously written libraries, like DirectX or GDI or OpenGL... or even one of the GNU libraries for stuff like that. Anyhow, writing your own game all by yourself is way more fun than using a game maker program, since games created in the latter will, as said, have the originality of a rubber duck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosgone Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 That's an extensive list. I'll have to check some of those out. http://www.chaosgone.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosgone Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I've said it before and I'm saying it again: It's impossible to make a good "game" with programs like this. It won't be unique at all. If you really want to make a game, learn a programming language. It will take time, but so will making anything even remotely playable with game-creation programs. I've never used one of these programs, but it might help someone learn a little about programming. http://www.chaosgone.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gama Posted December 6, 2004 Share Posted December 6, 2004 There's nothing to stop you from making an origonal game with such programs. Any languadge that allows you to put a colored pixel on the screen and do basic calculations allows you to write 3D graphics and physics engines and whatever else you may want. Any languadge that allows you to send a bit of data on a port to a server allows you to write a multiplayer game. And it can be much more efficient, aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joklin2d Posted December 11, 2005 Share Posted December 11, 2005 On byond, I found a great game almost exactly like RSC, but better because u can own houses, pets, and alot more. http://games.byond.com/hub/IccusionEntertainment/Seika Check it out, my user is timmarley(mtelewis) and my server is up at all times. :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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