[casual_games] Were any of these popular downloadable try &buygames made with Flash, Torque, Virtools, the PopCap framework or similar tools and engines?

[James C. Smith]

Thank you again to everyone who sent me a private or public note with
information about the tech used to build these games.  I received way too
many e-mails last night to reply to them each individually.  Thank you all.

If you have any additions or corrections you can send them directly to me at
james at reflexive.net to minimize noise on the mailing list.

The updated list is at the end of this message.

The majority of these games are built using customer C++ engines and
frameworks. There is not nearly as much use of Flash and Director as I
expected. Several people mentioned to me that their C++ frameworks is
available to 3rd party developers who partner with them. Several also said
they are considering making their frameworks available to everyone.  This is
something Reflexive has been considering for a long time.  The only thing
holding us back is the time and resources it would take to "do it right" and
provide decent documentations, samples, and a support forum.

By the way, the games included in this list are the top 50 games from the
past 24 months according to the number of appearances in the Real Arcade
weekly top 10 list.  I wonder if you would see different results if you
focused only on more recent games or older gamer.  

James C. Smith
Producer / Lead Programmer
Reflexive Entertainment 

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PopCap Framework
-Bejeweled 2 Deluxe
-Zuma Deluxe
-Insaniquarium Deluxe

Director
-Diner Dash
-Ancient Tripeaks
-Magic Vines
-QBeez 2
-Mah Jong Adventures

Flash (surrounded by a custom C++ wrapper)
-Wheel of Fortune (and other Sony games that didn't make my "popular" list)

Torque 3D
-Fortune Tiles Gold

Blitz BASIC
-Platypus

C/C++ based Proprietary engine
-Luxor
-Luxor - Amun Rising
-Mad Caps
-Chainz 2 - Relinked
-Feeding Frenzy
-Iggle Pop! 
-Chuzzle Deluxe
-Big Kahuna Reef (Reflexive Framework)
-Rebound Lost Worlds  (Reflexive Framework)
-Rebound Lost Worlds - Recharged  (Reflexive Framework)
-Cosmic Bugs
-Water Bugs
-Granny in Paradise
-Bricks of Egypt
-Bricks of Atlantis
-Snowy - Treasure Hunter
-Cubis Gold 2
-Ballistik
-Puzzle Solitaire
-Jewel Quest (iWin framework)
-Mah Jong Quest (iWin framework)
-Casino Island To Go
-Mahjong Garden To Go
-Phlinx To Go
-Gem Shop
-7 Wonders

Unknown
-Fiber Twig (?multimedia fusion?)
-Adventure Inlay (?multimedia fusion?)
-Fiber Twig 2  (?multimedia fusion?)
-Fresco Wizard (?multimedia fusion?)
-Magic Match (?C/C++?)
-Aloha Solitaire
-Shape Shifter
-Hotel Solitaire
-Magic Ball 2
-Tumblebugs
-Mah Jong Medley
-I SPY Spooky Mansion Deluxe
-Rainbow Web