Glenn, I have the utmost respect for you, jam, and everybody else here on the B3D forums. Whether what I posted was or wasn't taken out of context I believe that end-users should have the ability to try before they buy, and not just rely on a some snazzy screenshots or demos. I don't believe in full-fledge software piracy of profiting from it. However, I believe that p2p, irc, usenets, etc. do provide valid services to many people.
I tried out a program called The 3D Game Studio A5 by Conitec, which retails for $1250.00 and was thoroughly disappointed by it. While it does allow you to quickly and easily make games, those quick and easy games are mostly garbage and it is very limited by the C-Script that it utilizes (has no ide). The physics is utterly horrible and trying to modify and create your own scripts is an utter mess. Their new version A6 which I tried a demo of, is almost exactly the same thing as A5 except they built the particle engine into which was actually a script that a user made and they want $850.00. Now, that's my opinion but, I stand behind it.
I reviewed a lot of 3d engines before I came across Blitz Basic 3D. I tried out the demo, and downloaded a lot of games that people made with it and decided to purchase it. The only other program that I saw that stood next to B3D as far as price and quality was Torque from GarageGames.
The list of programs that I reviewed and rejected include:
3DRAD, DarkBasic, Cipher, Jamagic, 3D Game Studio, 3D Game Maker, Unreal Engine ($350,000 a bit out my league), Amp 2, Auran Jet, Renderware, PowerRender, and a slew of others.
However, the fact that B3D seemed to have a fluorishing support community and it was based on my native language Basic I decided to go this way. As you might infer by my presence in these forums, I'm a registered user and paid the $100US just like everyone else.
So, I do support indie developers and quality software.
'And that's all I got to say about that'
I tried out a program called The 3D Game Studio A5 by Conitec, which retails for $1250.00 and was thoroughly disappointed by it. While it does allow you to quickly and easily make games, those quick and easy games are mostly garbage and it is very limited by the C-Script that it utilizes (has no ide). The physics is utterly horrible and trying to modify and create your own scripts is an utter mess. Their new version A6 which I tried a demo of, is almost exactly the same thing as A5 except they built the particle engine into which was actually a script that a user made and they want $850.00. Now, that's my opinion but, I stand behind it.
I reviewed a lot of 3d engines before I came across Blitz Basic 3D. I tried out the demo, and downloaded a lot of games that people made with it and decided to purchase it. The only other program that I saw that stood next to B3D as far as price and quality was Torque from GarageGames.
The list of programs that I reviewed and rejected include:
3DRAD, DarkBasic, Cipher, Jamagic, 3D Game Studio, 3D Game Maker, Unreal Engine ($350,000 a bit out my league), Amp 2, Auran Jet, Renderware, PowerRender, and a slew of others.
However, the fact that B3D seemed to have a fluorishing support community and it was based on my native language Basic I decided to go this way. As you might infer by my presence in these forums, I'm a registered user and paid the $100US just like everyone else.
So, I do support indie developers and quality software.
'And that's all I got to say about that'