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GameMaking.com Needs some Help

Started by GameMaking Feb 24, 2003 at 2:38 PM 14 replies 850+ views

Original Post

Feb 24, 2003 at 2:38 PM

I am looking to fill a couple of holes over at GameMaking.com. Does anyone know of any free SFX or Music software for making games? How about programming language software? I have DarkBasic already on the site. Forward the links to info@gamemaking.com or you can post to our new forums. Just a quick reminder that GameMaking.com is dedicated to supported the beginning game developer by offering listings of FREE game making tools. Thanks! Nathan Fahrenthold Gamemaking.com: Free tools for game making!

Tigra7

Feb 24, 2003 at 3:25 PM

"Any fool can program... game MAKING is an art..."

I''d have to disagree with that. And programming the base of gamemaking?

Anyone agree with me here?

niyaw

Feb 24, 2003 at 4:49 PM

yeah. a little respect toward programmers whose work you use would definitely not hurt.

AnonymousPosterChild

Feb 24, 2003 at 4:59 PM

You forgot about the real languages, C, C++, Java, and so on.

You only have toy languages

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MentalRotation

Feb 24, 2003 at 5:34 PM

In reality, you are probably crippling these beginners. They need to work through the basics of the more complicated languages rather than spoil themselves with "user-friendly" stuff that makes the process overly automated. If they are really looking to make games, then the place to start is learning a language, not learning to use a game generating piece of software.

GameMaking

Feb 24, 2003 at 5:46 PM

Great! Four flames and no help.

Anyone out there want to post some links to help out novice game makers?

Nathan Fahrenthold
Gamemaking.com: Free tools for game making!

krez

Feb 24, 2003 at 6:12 PM

here

MentalRotation

Feb 24, 2003 at 6:25 PM

I did not intend my post as a flame. It was more to show you that you could provide resources to help these novice programmers that come in a form that can be developed to more advanced levels as opposed to software packages that do the grunt work for you but take out the flexibility and limit the extent to which you can add features of your own.

[edited by - mentalrotation on February 24, 2003 7:26:21 PM]

GameMaking

Feb 25, 2003 at 11:29 AM

quote:
Original post by MentalRotation
I did not intend my post as a flame. It was more to show you that you could provide resources to help these novice programmers that come in a form that can be developed to more advanced levels as opposed to software packages that do the grunt work for you but take out the flexibility and limit the extent to which you can add features of your own.

[edited by - mentalrotation on February 24, 2003 7:26:21 PM]

I don''''t find anything particularly wrong with having to do away with some of the grunt work when developing games for fun or experience. They call it "grunt" for a reason.

The site is not intended to lead novice game developers down any non-returnable paths. It is intended to be a resource to allow people find tools to make games easier. Obviously, anyone serious or who wanted flexibilty in their game design would need to seek out and learn more traditional/powerful skills (like C++ programming).

Nathan Fahrenthold
Gamemaking.com: Free tools for game making!

GameMaking

Feb 25, 2003 at 11:32 AM

quote:
Original post by Anonymous Poster

Free game engines:
CrystalSpace3D - http://crystal.sourceforge.net/drupal/
Qube - http://www.qubesoft.com

Free modeling Tools: (I belive both are crippled)
gMax, Maya (the free versions are crippled but can be used)
gmax - http://www.discreet.com/products/gmax/
maya - http://www.aliaswavefront.com

Level Design tools: (free)
Hammer, QuArK (I would say radiant if it would support other engines than the Q3 one)
hammer - http://www.valve-erc.com
quark - http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~quark/

Thanks...I will work on getting these up today.

Nathan Fahrenthold
Gamemaking.com: Free tools for game making!

FlamePixel

Mar 2, 2003 at 7:36 AM

Blender(www.blender.org) is the best free 3d modelling tool(and it''s open source). However you might not want to put it on your "Game" Making website because the learning curve might be too steep for your "game" making novices.

tribal_warrior

Mar 2, 2003 at 3:21 PM

Please- give the guy a break. If you can''t offer any assistance that he requested- then don''t drag the post off topic.

And if anyone can help novice developers with getting their hands on novice tools, sounds like something helpful. And when you were the Novice I am sure you would have liked a place set up for helping you.

Good luck!

Micah Hymer
www.reverieentertainment.com
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GameMaking

Mar 3, 2003 at 1:26 PM

I changed the tag line...

It was totally being misinterpreted and not worth the hassle of defending.

Nathan Fahrenthold
Gamemaking.com: Free tools for game making!

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