[casual_games] Macromedia Director...

Samuel Nova samuel at novalicious.com
Tue Feb 13 09:51:30 EST 2007

And if I may ask, where do you read that ? :)


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> [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Brad Condran

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> Subject: Re: [casual_games] Macromedia Director...

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>

> Word is that they are supposed to be releasing a new version

> of Director in

> the 1st half of 2007. From what I've read it seems like they

> are planning on

> targeting game developers. Perhaps that will breath new life into it.

>

> >From: "E. D. Bass" <edb at CONCRETEALCHEMY.COM>

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> >Early on in my interactive media career, I loved Director.

> It had the

> >level

> >of strength that, someone like me

> >Who didn't have the time to devote to learning C/C++,

> needed. It did great

> >things, and the community around

> >it was robust and very knowledgeable.

> >

> >Now that Flash has basically taken over it's space for

> interactive web

> >content, it seems a bit long in the tooth.

> >I wonder if it won't be phased out altogether or, if by some

> stroke of

> >mercy or madness, Adobe finds a way to

> >combine both Flash and Director in to one package... I

> wonder if director

> >will just fade in to a very illustrious history.

> >

> >Margaret Wallace wrote:

> >>Director seems to work ok for certain kinds of games (e.g., certain

> >>puzzle

> >>games) but not for games where you need lots of action or

> performance or

> >>super-fancy particle effects. I'd imagine there are also

> probably a bunch

> >>of compatability issues with Vista that have popped up with

> Director-based

> >>games. Using Director makes it infinitely easier to

> create a web version

> >>of your game -- but for anything else (such as porting to

> XBLA), you'll

> >>have to re-code from scratch.

> >> Even though I come from a Director background, I will

> probably not use

> >>it for future games. If a newer version of Director comes

> out that fixes

> >>certain problems and is updated to current standards of

> expected game

> >>performace, I'll consider using Director again but not for

> the short-term.

> >>

> >> On 2/11/07, *T. R.* <vo_list at hotmail.com

> >><mailto:vo_list at hotmail.com>>

> >>wrote:

> >>

> >> Thanks, all, for your advice.

> >>

> >> Rob, I've used, I think, 5 or 6 at the latest, so that

> was a long

> >> time ago.

> >> How has the product advanced, since then, specifically

> in terms of

> >> game

> >> development?

> >>

> >> Cheers,

> >>

> >> Tim

> >>

> >> >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

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >| Robert Gordon

> >> >| The Article 19 Group Inc.

> >> >| phone: 514.938.8512

> >> >| email: rob at article19.com <mailto:rob at article19.com>

> >> >| http://www.article19.com

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