Why isn't there a serious, modern Adventure Games engine?

[Ali]

I think people are quite widely aware of Wintermute. However, Wintermute 2.0 might prove to be a modern 3d adventure game engine.

Unfortunately, it's still in development and there isn't much information about it. I'm not sure whether it will be free or licensed, either.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I'm actually more interested in Game Maker 9 as it will compile for iphone and android as well as windows and mac and will have a more modern 3d engine in addition to all the 2d stuff previous versions supported.

[m0ds]

Just a heads up - Unity have some free licenses available til April 8th

https://store.unity3d.com/index.html

[Anian]

Just a heads up - Unity have some free licenses available til April 8th

https://store.unity3d.com/index.html

I don't really get what's happening there, I can only choose free or $1500 version...the rest are greyed out.

EDIT: never mind, I got it, Android might not be bad, but is it free until April 8th (like the actual licensce expires at that time) or is this offer available until the 8th?  
EDIT2: it seems it's the get it now and have forever, but they've basically did what they did with the main engine, stripped stuff out of it and then made 2 products out of 1, still I guess for smartphones some of those stuff is not that important.
In any case, thanks for the heads up.

[m0ds]

Heh, select "Free" and then Add Extras becomes available.

[Stupot]

Nice tip Mods.  Gonna download it and have a little gander.

[update]
Coor, it ain't half taking its time to install...

[Stupot]

I've just tried firing up Unity and its saying I have to register and that "a one-time 30-day free trial" is available to everyone.  Before I press 'register', does this mean it's only free for 30 days, or is it one of those things where it 'says' you have 30 days, but can keep using it afterwards?

[AJA]

It's a trial of the pro version. After that it reverts to the free version.

[Stupot]

Ahaaa! Makes sense. Cheers :-)

[Monsieur OUXX]

Bumping an old theread, but for exhaustivity's sake :

Adventure Creator (Unity3D plugin): http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=49134.0

[Ali]

Looks like it may have taken only took three years to resolve this question.

Better start a new thread called "Why isn't there a peaceful resolution to the Israel/Palestine conflict?"

[Monsieur OUXX]

Looks like it may have taken only took three years to resolve this question.

To be fair: The question is not fully resolved, because (if I recall properly),  the unlicensed version of Unity3D has annoying limitations: a huge watermark, and cannot be used on mobile devices. Or something.
Also I suspect that AdventureCreator may target professional use in a not-so-distant future (hence might come with a fee in the future). Or am I just fooled by the very professional look of it? It's a sad world where really cool indie products look suspicious

AGS still doesn't have a competitor in that world

[DoorKnobHandle]

The free version of Unity3D has no watermark (just a very short and unintrusive logo when the game starts). It does not export to several more exclusive platforms (consoles and mobile) but still does allow Windows, Mac, Linux and in-browser play. Considering that you get an extremely powerful engine for absolute free I think that's very, very hard to complain about.

[Adeel]

Better start a new thread called "Why isn't there a peaceful resolution to the Israel/Palestine conflict?"

That's actually a good idea. Go on, Monsieur. Do it right now!

[Armageddon]

The free version of Unity3D has no watermark (just a very short and unintrusive logo when the game starts). It does not export to several more exclusive platforms (consoles and mobile) but still does allow Windows, Mac, Linux and in-browser play. Considering that you get an extremely powerful engine for absolute free I think that's very, very hard to complain about.

I don't want that start up logo though. I hope Adore gets finished soon, with whatever game was being made with it.

[Monsieur OUXX]

I think that's very, very hard to complain about.

Not complaining at all! I'm thrilled by Adventure Creator.
Just trying to be exhaustive

[Sslaxx]

The free version of Unity3D has no watermark (just a very short and unintrusive logo when the game starts). It does not export to several more exclusive platforms (consoles and mobile) but still does allow Windows, Mac, Linux and in-browser play. Considering that you get an extremely powerful engine for absolute free I think that's very, very hard to complain about.

I don't want that start up logo though. I hope Adore gets finished soon, with whatever game was being made with it.

It sounds like Adore might be made proprietary though.

[DoorKnobHandle]

The free version of Unity3D has no watermark (just a very short and unintrusive logo when the game starts). It does not export to several more exclusive platforms (consoles and mobile) but still does allow Windows, Mac, Linux and in-browser play. Considering that you get an extremely powerful engine for absolute free I think that's very, very hard to complain about.

I don't want that start up logo though. I hope Adore gets finished soon, with whatever game was being made with it.

Adore and Unity3D are two very, very different beasts. I can only speak for Unity3D but if a relatively elegant black and white 3-4 sec start up logo is too much for you even when you get an incredibly powerful, flexible, cross-platform and full-fledged 3D engine with an integrated level editor suite in return, then I guess Unity just isn't for you. Considering the fact that you're looking forward to Adore instead (which is totally reasonable and fine of course!) probably means that you wouldn't be interested in most of the Unity functionality anyways?

[tzachs]

The free version of Unity3D has no watermark (just a very short and unintrusive logo when the game starts). It does not export to several more exclusive platforms (consoles and mobile) but still does allow Windows, Mac, Linux and in-browser play. Considering that you get an extremely powerful engine for absolute free I think that's very, very hard to complain about.

Not accurate, it does allow exporting to mobile, see here.

[Calin Leafshade]

You know, all this stuff about "modern adventure game engine" is a little silly.

Think about what you really need for a 2D adventure game. To display some sprites on the screen, catch clicks and do some pathfinding.
The pathfinding is the only thing that is even remotely difficult.

I mocked up the version of Adore used for White Wedding in a few hours. Admittedly it's not very well tested but it's fairly robust for a couple of hours work.
AGS was made at a time when resources were scarce and there were very few simple tools to make games but these days it's as simple as:

Code: lua

local image = love.graphics.newImage("myImage.png")
love.graphics.draw(image,x,y)

That's all you need to do to draw something to the screen in love2d. Combine that with animations and mouse clicking and you're about 25% of the way there.

I think the days of a specific "engine" are going away because it's so easy to customise existing systems.

Give it a try!