Comments on: The FFilmation Editor is on the way http://www.ffilmation.org/website/2008/10/09/the-ffilmation-editor-is-on-the-way/ Opensource AS3 Isometric Engine Fri, 10 Sep 2010 10:26:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: admin http://www.ffilmation.org/website/2008/10/09/the-ffilmation-editor-is-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-292 admin Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:17:31 +0000 http://www.ffilmation.org/website/?p=58#comment-292 Hi, I try to help other developers when they email me with questions on how to approach a given problem or solve bugs or whatever. I do know of some people building real projects with the engine and I try to help as much as possible. As for the engine, it does offer several tools such as collision events that you can use to build your game. However, I don't plan to develop a "game engine". Don't expect additions too game-specific such as inventory control because this doesn't belong here. Trying to write something open enough to match everybody's needs and yet powerful enough for enyone is impossible. The engine will stay as an isometric graphics engine which hopefully will get better performance, cleaner code, more element types ( boxes, balls ), more real physics and such, but anyone planning to build a game on top of it will have to write the game from scratch. Regards, Hi,

I try to help other developers when they email me with questions on how to approach a given problem or solve bugs or whatever. I do know of some people building real projects with the engine and I try to help as much as possible.

As for the engine, it does offer several tools such as collision events that you can use to build your game. However, I don’t plan to develop a “game engine”. Don’t expect additions too game-specific such as inventory control because this doesn’t belong here. Trying to write something open enough to match everybody’s needs and yet powerful enough for enyone is impossible.

The engine will stay as an isometric graphics engine which hopefully will get better performance, cleaner code, more element types ( boxes, balls ), more real physics and such, but anyone planning to build a game on top of it will have to write the game from scratch.

Regards,

]]> By: EvilKris http://www.ffilmation.org/website/2008/10/09/the-ffilmation-editor-is-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-291 EvilKris Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:34:06 +0000 http://www.ffilmation.org/website/?p=58#comment-291 I've been monitoring your project with interest for the past few months. I was toying with the idea of writing an iso-engine myself for a horror/puzzler game idea I have but since your engine is robust, open-sourced, and seemingly supported by many others on their games I'm now planning to do the same. Here's hoping you don't abandon the thing halfway through and others jump on the bandwagon and we can build a nice little community. By the way, are you planning on adding some routines for element/object interaction- ie you walk over a coin and pick it up in an inventory, or use a key to open a locked door? I know you're obviously busy but do you ever give personal advice/support to other developers when questions wing your way via email? I’ve been monitoring your project with interest for the past few months. I was toying with the idea of writing an iso-engine myself for a horror/puzzler game idea I have but since your engine is robust, open-sourced, and seemingly supported by many others on their games I’m now planning to do the same. Here’s hoping you don’t abandon the thing halfway through and others jump on the bandwagon and we can build a nice little community.
By the way, are you planning on adding some routines for element/object interaction- ie you walk over a coin and pick it up in an inventory, or use a key to open a locked door? I know you’re obviously busy but do you ever give personal advice/support to other developers when questions wing your way via email?

]]> By: Stefan http://www.ffilmation.org/website/2008/10/09/the-ffilmation-editor-is-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Stefan Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:54:23 +0000 http://www.ffilmation.org/website/?p=58#comment-290 Sounds good to me, will be very helpful in a production environment. In the course of recent work I've been doing using the engine I added a createWall method to fScene which forced a new wall into the depth sort however it was hacky and incomplete since much of the wall logic occurs in fSceneInitializer so I look forward to seeing how you implement the new internal changes! ;) Sounds good to me, will be very helpful in a production environment. In the course of recent work I’ve been doing using the engine I added a createWall method to fScene which forced a new wall into the depth sort however it was hacky and incomplete since much of the wall logic occurs in fSceneInitializer so I look forward to seeing how you implement the new internal changes! ;)

]]> By: admin http://www.ffilmation.org/website/2008/10/09/the-ffilmation-editor-is-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-289 admin Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:19:42 +0000 http://www.ffilmation.org/website/?p=58#comment-289 Hi Stefan The editor will be 100% live. You will drag things around, create, remove, etc. To achieve this I'll be changing the engine slightly ( only internal changes ). For example, I need to be able to change a wall's material on the fly, something that is not possible with the current engine. Hi Stefan

The editor will be 100% live. You will drag things around, create, remove, etc.

To achieve this I’ll be changing the engine slightly ( only internal changes ). For example, I need to be able to change a wall’s material on the fly, something that is not possible with the current engine.

]]> By: Stefan http://www.ffilmation.org/website/2008/10/09/the-ffilmation-editor-is-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-288 Stefan Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:56:36 +0000 http://www.ffilmation.org/website/?p=58#comment-288 This is good news! So you anticipate that the editor will allow live preview of a scene or will it need to be compiled out first? This is good news! So you anticipate that the editor will allow live preview of a scene or will it need to be compiled out first?

]]> By: jun http://www.ffilmation.org/website/2008/10/09/the-ffilmation-editor-is-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-286 jun Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:52:11 +0000 http://www.ffilmation.org/website/?p=58#comment-286 awesome! awesome!

]]> By: MikeHuntington http://www.ffilmation.org/website/2008/10/09/the-ffilmation-editor-is-on-the-way/comment-page-1/#comment-285 MikeHuntington Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:32:22 +0000 http://www.ffilmation.org/website/?p=58#comment-285 Great!! Keep of the good work!! I'll be glad to help you test it. Great!! Keep of the good work!! I’ll be glad to help you test it.

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