Game Baker, the
Game Maker for Linux (and all other operating systems including Windows, OSX etc.) has released version 0.1.2 . This version introduces a couple of new features, and a debian package for simple installation on Ubuntu.
I have been too busy to put aside serious time to work on the project, but luckly the other members have been busy. John Gunderman has done some cleaning of some of my (rather messy) code, making it much easier for us all to continue work, fixing bugs, and documentation, while
Victoria Wang has done some amazing work creating graphics, as you can see from the character below (which is our new icon).
This version now allows you to run code as soon as your game starts, allowing you to import modules at the global level (try importing a large python module every itteration and you'll see what I mean). You can also pick a sprite for game objects straight from the GUI, which means less code to write.
This version is definately still an alpha version - our eventual goal is to remove the need to write any code, but you can start getting to grips with the software now.
To install Game Baker under Ubuntu, click to download the
Debian package, and open it with your package manager. For other operating systems (Windows, Mac etc), head over to the
download page and download the .zip, then follow the instructions in the readme file.
If you are interested in helping with the development of Game Baker then head over to the
Developer Group and request a membership - we're very friendly, and everyone can help, by testing out the latest versions and pointing out (normally my) mistakes, creating graphics for demo games, tutorials on using the system, or by helping to code the engine or GUI.
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Fri, 18 Jan 2008
Game Baker GHOP projects
I have posted two tasks for the Google Hugely Open Participation (GHOP) project. Both are related to
Game Baker, the open source game development system I am working on.
GHOP is a project to get school age children interested in helping with open source software, and is in the final week for selecting new tasks. This fits in nicely with Game Baker since we are aiming for it to be fully usable by this age range.
The projects I have added are to update the "pong" demo and to create a simple sprite editor (something that is sadly missing at the moment).
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Mon, 10 Dec 2007
Game Baker Update
Yes, one of our demo games is pong! The GUI isn't anywhere near complete yet, and you still need to define your game in python first, but you can now fully browse and edit your scripted events from the GUI, and we are irradicating some of the more annoying bugs. If you have not seen it yet, pop along and have a look. We hope to soon add the ability to create games for the
OLPC laptop direct from the GUI.
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Fri, 07 Dec 2007
Introducing Game Baker
I have been working on an open souce project called
Game Baker, trying to make a simple, open soure game development system that children can use, and which will work on as many platforms as possible (we're aiming especially on getting it on the
XO laptop (the "$100 laptop").
So far it is not really usable from the GUI, but you can make some simple games really quickly with it if you use the python interface (see the demos folder). If anyone feels like trying it out and giving bug reports or feature requests, head on over to the link above and click on "issues".
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Mon, 01 Oct 2007
Polo Computer Game
I have long noticed a lack of polo computer games. There are football games, basketball games, 3 day eventing games, rugby games, tennis games, but I have never seen a polo computer game.
With this in mind, I have been working on a polo computer game, and I am proud to be able to release my first screenshots. Unfortunately I am still using programmers graphics (i.e. these are not the full graphics that will be in the game) - but I hope it will give a flavour of what I have been doing.
The Blue team taps the ball down towards the Red goal
The Blue team on the defense at a throw-in
If you have any comments, would be interested in taking part in testing the game, or have sponsorship queries, please email me or leave a comment
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