5 stars (This is amazing!) - I have downloaded the Trial for this. This programming language is amazing! There are simple commands to do everything related to game programming. Here are a list of features I really like: 1. Loading models and animating them. This is so easy! 2. Matrixes. This is a nice way to do terrain. It also has functions to load heightmaps so you don't have to model your terrain bit by bit in code. 3. newzvalue() and the others. They make it so easy to compute where you will move next. Much better then sin and cosine. 4. Bsp support. It allows you to model huge world and load them and use them as worlds in your game without losing game speed. 5. I'm glad they use the easy BASIC language instead of C. 6. It really compiles your code into machine readable code. Instead of just interperating it. The game will be able to run much faster. I am really hoping I get this for Christmas. Too bad it costs $90... 3 stars (Great expectations leads to disappointment) - I'm an Artist / Animator not a programmer. I tried learning C++, Java, Unreal Script. No matter how hard I try, I just can't learn it. When I heard there was a 3D game engine around which uses a derivitave of BASIC as the core language, I can't tell you how psyched I was. So I went to the DarkBasic website and they have DarkBasic, which is cheap, and DarkBasic Professional, which is a bit more, so I figured I'd check out the basic package and start simple. First thing you find is that there is no real How To Use This Product. There is a help feature of sorts, but code examples are of the cribnote variety: they are not actual working code examples but syntactical representations of code. A college professor with knowledge of basic computer science could decipher it. But if no one has taken the time to explain to you what an X and Y coordinate is, for instance, how are you going to know that X and Y means insert numbers here? Fortunately I did know a bit about BASIC from my old Commodore 64 days... Enteractive Inc :: darkbasic :: professional :: enteractive :: inc :: software :: development :: ides :: coding :: utilities :: darkbasicprofessional 15 september :: 2 :: DarkBASIC Professional
4 stars (Sweet software. Easy to use.) - With this software you can create a 2-D or 3-D game. Follow the tutorial you can download from www.thegamecreators.com (producers of the software) and you will create a real game in about 2 weeks of nights. [...] This box is the FULL package [...] The software is not as fully supported as the professional version, but for a hobbiest, it is perfect. 2 stars (Only Good For Complete Beginners) - DarkBASIC is only good for people very new to programming and interested in games. To make a commercial-quality game in this language would be lunacy, BASIC just isn't quite flexible enough to do that with ease, and the DarkBASIC renderer looks very, very ugly. However, BASIC remains very easy to learn and DarkBASIC has some commands that are fun to toy with. If you're trying to get into serious game development, learn C++ and either learn how to use libraries like OpenGL or DirectX, or start modding a popular engine like the Unreal engine or Source. And make sure you've learned a good deal of physics and math. 2 stars (Good if you want to work hard) - This program is good if you want to mold the matrix bit by bit. But if you want to make games in a snap, spring for the professional and get a level editor on a DarkBASIC website. ... Enteractive Inc :: dark basic; :: :: DarkBASIC
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