[casual_games] Question About Adobe/Macromedia Director as a Development Platform....

[Peter Nicolai]

It can definitely be done. I don't personally use Director anymore
because it has limitations & bugs that make it hard to integrate into
a sane development process. It does have a few nice features, like the
interactive prompt (aka "message window") and the object inspector
which is awesome. Nowadays if C++ wasn't an option and I had to choose
between Director and Flash, I'd go with Flash, using Flex for coding.
Neither has support for hardware-accelerated 2D rendering, which is a
significant limitation for downloadable games.

If there was a commercial-grade Python-based 2D game framework that
came with well-designed art tools and source code, I'd use it in a
second.


On 2/10/07, Robert Gordon <rob at article19.com> wrote:

> IMHO, Director is extremely well suited for casual game development - and

> yes, you do get the added benefits of Desktop/Web/Mac/Win versions with

> relatively little extra dev time. We do just about all of our titles in

> Director. What was the last version you worked with?

>

> r o b

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> > From: "T. R." <vo_list at hotmail.com>

> > Reply-To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List <casual_games at igda.org>

> > Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:54:26 -0800

> > To: casual_games at igda.org

> > Subject: [casual_games] Question About Adobe/Macromedia Director as a

> > Development Platform....

> >

> > Hello,

> >

> > I am interested in hearing educated opinions about the use of

> > Adobe/Macromedia Director as a casual game development platform. I have some

> > experience programming in Director (but have not used it for a number of

> > years), and recognize that many casual games feature a Web demo, as well as

> > a downloadable version. Director/Shockwave would allow the same modified

> > code to be used for both.

> >

> > To any persons with experience with Director:

> >

> > Does the program offer a rich enough development platform and scripting

> > language for Puzzle or Action games? I'm familiar with Lingo, but do not

> > know how the language has developed in the past few years to address the

> > needs of casual game developers.

> >

> > Any opinions would be much appreciated.

> >

> > T.R.

>

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