[casual_games] Casual Game Framework

[James Terry]

1-Is there any impact on the selected technology on a Publisher's point
of view? Do they prefer any technology over other?

 

A lot of publishers favor their in-house technology if available,
Playground SDK, PopCap Framework, Torque Game Builder, etc. 

2-What do you think about  XNA for a casual games?

 

Like others have said, XNA hasn't matured yet, and it does not support
Mac at all (which is a large outlet for a casual game)

3-Any experience on using a publishers framework (PopCap Games
Framework) and then publishing with others? 

 

Both the PopCap and Playfirst SDK can be used on projects that end up
getting published through someone else, or even self-published

4-Any other suggestions?

 

Check out Playfirst SDK, PopCap Framework, Torque Game Builder, Unity
(if you have a Mac) and see which one is most useful for what you want
to make. From what I've seen, its faster to build a Prototype using
Unity or TGB since they have a heavy scripting component while PopCap
and Playfirst will stick you with a lot of C++, but TGB and Unity both
cost a bit, while PopCap and Playfirst are free

 

James R. Terry
Yatec, LLC
11606 Southfork, Suite 300
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816
(225) 274-1550 Ext. 136
www.yatecgames.com <http://www.yatecgames.com/> 

  

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From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Kef Sensei
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 9:35 AM
To: casual_games at igda.org
Subject: [casual_games] Casual Game Framework

 

We are an outsourcing company and we are developing our first game of
our own. We are creating a playable demo for submission to publishers
and we are considering sevral technologies.
We have started with XNA hoping to go through Microsoft path but we
found many incompatibilities with Graphic Cards so we are considering
other options such as PopCap Games Framework. 
Some questions:

1-Is there any impact on the selected technology on a Publisher's point
of view? Do they prefer any technology over other?

2-What do you think about  XNA for a casual games?

3-Any experience on using a publishers framework (PopCap Games
Framework) and then publishing with others? 

4-Any other suggestions?

Thanks for the feedback...

Regards
Eli

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