Dage - New 3D Adventure Game Engine

[m0ds]

It is great but for me it requires a fantastic amount of artwork/3D modelling that I'll just never be able to do, so I doubt I'll be able to appreciate this engine as much as I'd like too. Always interested to know how its developing, though, and will always keep an open mind on trying out in the future

[Joseph DiPerla]

0.2.7 was just released with the following changes:

Changes include:

    * Game.ExecuteFunction( name : FunctionName) - can execute functions inside Room file
    * HudSprite transparency options - see script reference
    * VerbCoin ala Monkey Island 3 demo
    * Bugfix on room change when actor was walking caused Access Violation

[Rahakasvi]

Hello there, and sorry for bumping this thread up. But I didn't really feel i would need new one.

There has been little activity from me simply because the public interest has been very low on Dage.

Few days back I was contacted by mr. Reece, who said he wants to help to bring the Dage back to life and he made this new Youtube channel DageEngine with new video showcasing major Dage features. Check it out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9Dg0f0peQA

He has also promised to create video tutorials and everything so please comment/rate/subscribe etc to make the Dage develop further!

Merry Christmas to you all!

Pauli, Dage Dev.

[Clarvalon]

I feel like our engines have some things common (names notwithstanding) in that they are both relative newcomers to the adventure game scene.  DAGE has always looked mighty impressive, especially from a technical viewpoint.  I like that you've actually bothered to create some documentation and invited others to contribute.

By virtue of the nature of what you're creating, I think the interest in DAGE will begin to take off when you release a (mostly) feature-complete Beta.  A percentage of people may be put off by the learning curve involved with the 3D modelling aspects.  Having said that, it seems from your site that you've already gotten a bunch of people on board, so I'm puzzled as to why you think public interest has been low.

Chin up!

[Ali]

Just before I read about Dage when you first posted here I was trying to make an adventure game system using the Blender Game Engine. I hadn't got very far as this screenshot shows:



But I gave up on it when I saw how much simpler to use and faster Dage was going to be. I'm really impressed to see all the new features in that video, particularly realtime editing and pathfinding which I think were missing when I first looked at the engine. At the moment I'm afraid I don't have the time to make something with Dage, but I'm watching the development with interest and I look forward to using it in the future! Good luck!

[Dualnames]

Really nice model there Ali! I'm hooked.

As for the DAGE, I think it shows up to be a really nice tool, newb friendly, but I'm not sure If I'd ever go to 3D. It's just that.

[Joseph DiPerla]

Just so you know there has been a big update here: http://rahakasvi.hinguere.fi/Dage/forum/index.php?topic=129.0

Its updated to 0.3.4
They include these features:
    * You can fire events when actor is close enough TMesh, TDummy or TActor
    * You can fire events when actor is inside TDummy
    * Platformer Demo updated to showcase new features
    * Made easy voice-over dialogue script tools
    * Sound.AddSpeechFX()
    * Sound.UnloadSpeech()
    * New high quality icon
    * Bugs fixed
    * Bugs rised

As well as two new demos.