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Socoder -> Off Topic -> AppGameKit
Sat, 23 Jul 2011, 13:01
Hotshot
 		Darkbasic add on? I will get my coat!! lol

App Game Kit : from The Game Creators
Sat, 23 Jul 2011, 13:01
steve_ancell
 		LOL... Was that a crack at App Game Kit?. AGK is not a DB addon, it's a whole new language. It comes in BASIC, and as a C++ library.
Sat, 23 Jul 2011, 15:45
Hotshot
 		What programming language do you used apart from C++?
Sat, 23 Jul 2011, 17:59
steve_ancell
 		Me personally, I normally use Blitz3D, but I have played around with a few.

AGK Basic is loosely based around DarkBasic Pro, so it shouldn't be long before waves of bedroom programmers come out of the cracks to turn out loads of mobile apps and games.
Sat, 23 Jul 2011, 20:07
dna
 		Is there really a Darkbasic add on?

*** Never mind I found the link. the software is a good idea though. I had believed that there was already a method for porting completed games or software to the many different platforms.

That does not happen that way.

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DNA
Sun, 24 Jul 2011, 07:09
steve_ancell
 		There is already a method for porting to many platforms, it's called monkey, but AGK costs less.
Wed, 17 Aug 2011, 05:28
Hotshot
 		There is no Demo of AGK.....

that is shocking as I bet it is full of bugs like typical Darkbasic! lol

IF I was dragon den, I would say "I am not putting moneys to your worthless products that got full of bugs and for that reason....I am OUT!" LOL

there is one things that is so cool which is


Just write your game once and let AGK handle all the hard work. With AGK you can code your game once and then deploy your game to multiple platforms including Windows, Mac, iOS, Bada and MeeGo.


very nice!!
Wed, 17 Aug 2011, 09:48
steve_ancell
 		There will be a demo version after the next update, AFAIK.
Tue, 23 Aug 2011, 17:31
Hotshot
 		That isn't good enough as when Blitz Monkey was out as they came with the demo for people to try where them was releasing AGK without the Demo meaning that some people feel like forcing themselves to buy it to try it!!!

That is so wrong isn't it >
Tue, 23 Aug 2011, 17:52
JL235
 		Monkey is far from perfect though. It's HTML5 code is really sloppy, and that is the problem with all of these app kits.

Building a language + libraries which targets one platform well, is a very difficult job (I should know). Multiply that by 5 (more platforms), and it becomes a massive job. To do it well is more then 5 times the work, it is more like to the power of 5! As a result, your app ends up being ok for the platform, but not great.