Comments on: Yo Frankie! First Crystalspace builds available

By: Pablo Vazquez

Pablo Vazquez — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:39:30 +0000

@ epat, please read mine and blengine's comment above :)

By: epat

epat — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 16:26:41 +0000

Hmm… So when's all this eyecandy gonna be available for the BGE? :P I never liked CS much anyway, but I thought this was meant to be a CS project in the first place? Am I wrong?

By: ethana2

ethana2 — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:50:25 +0000

I look forward to having a .deb for it.. Or, if an .exe comes out first, I'll just use that instead of the linux version.. I do that a lot, whenever it's the path of least resistance, like with Wolfenstien ET.. I don't follow instructions, I just double-click the thingy and type my password.

By: BlenderLovingSquirrel

BlenderLovingSquirrel — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:59:01 +0000

Pablo is the man!

By: AD-Edge

AD-Edge — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:28:24 +0000

@blengine

Sounds like it was a tough beginning for the project, and a very frustrating beginning at that…. I guess there was a lot of issues that went on behind the scenes.

And 6 months to code throwing a nut? You guys rewrote the entire game engine in less time.

CS had the potential…. But im very happy that the overall outcome is a turbocharged BGE. Cant wait to see it supercharged oneday ;p

By: thinkinmonkey

thinkinmonkey — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:24:17 +0000

Fantastic, but… when a version for WINDOWS ?!?! I want to play it !!! NOW !!! :D

By: Lars

Lars — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:19:43 +0000

@Pablo: Thanks for the update! At university, we're currently in the process of deciding what to use when and for now, it seems we'll use Ogre3D and really do everything from scratch / by hand, since the university doesn't want to force the students on a single product (because in that case, that would have been Microsofts XNA for sure ;) )

By: tyrant monkey

tyrant monkey — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:47:19 +0000

@Pablo Vazquez

You description of the workflow using BGE is great. I would like to develop some simple casual games but though I have coded before am no pro but what you describe here sounds like BGE is very artist friendly, something I didn't know. perharps its time I start learning that part of Blender.

By: redbyte

redbyte — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 04:39:08 +0000

Seems fair enough to me :)

By: blengine

blengine — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:40:49 +0000

The main problem with B2CS is the dimwit that 'develops' it, who consequently quit shortly after the switch to the BGE, and the main problem with CS gameplay was the designer, living proof that intelligence is not necessarily inherent in programmers.

In this case, after the hunky blender devs got through with it, the BGE outperformed CS without breaking a sweat. When factoring in the users too, success would've been possible with either engine, so it was ultimately a question of who was more capable. It should NOT have taken 6 months to code throwing nuts. The decision to change was made out of pure frustration from incapable software and incompetent people.