• Reality Factory - Free game maker

    Posted on February 1st, 2010 aymen 1 comment

    Reality factory is a great free and open source game making software that enable even non programmers to game their own video games,

    It is true that Reality factory is not a high definition game making engine (based on genesis),but people that are new to game making ,it is really great software,most of it it is free for download.

    It is really rare to find something that enable you to make video games without having to write a single line of code.

    But for the advanced developers, you can feel safe knowing that - if your project requires it - you can get into the source code without any extra licensing fees.

    Learn More at http://www.realityfactory.info/cms/


  • Make stunning games using FPS creator

    Posted on January 27th, 2010 aymen No comments

    Making video games was always impossible for individuals 7 years ago,but this concept is changing.Today there are alot of tools that will help you make your games easily,one of the best tools i ever worked on is FPS CREATOR,regarding the price and the quality of the work, FPS CREATOR  is the best tool that allow non programmers and even non designers to make their own custom games,and to sell them online.

    http://images.gamedev.net/features/reviews/FPSCreatorX10/figure3.jpg

    There is also a set of tools to help you even customize your games better and to make it looks better.

    To read more about FPS CREATOR visit the official website http://www.fpscreator.com/


  • Nintendo and the fight against piracy

    Posted on October 9th, 2009 aymen No comments
    Nintendo has to make provisions for the Wii owners a new development to days. This is version 4.2 of the Wii Menu. The Wii Menu is the interface that allows users to run the game is present in the Wii or channels (eg Channel Wii Fit). Unlike other updates, it does nothing in terms of new features.

    What does this update good for? Only to fight against piracy. Indeed, the latter will inactivate the launch of homebrew applications (games and programs amateurs). Furthermore, the updates will erase any content deemed illegal by Nintendo.

    Because unauthorized channels or firmware may impair game play or the Wii console, updating to Wii Menu version 4.2 will check for and automatically remove such unauthorized files. In addition, there are some behind the scenes enhancements that do not affect any prominently-used features or menus will aim Improve system performance.
    According to some feedback on the forums of Nintendo, this new version of the Wii Menu render inactive certain consoles where illegal content was found. However, where there problem is that it would also inactivates some consoles with no illegal content.

  • Valve announces a budget of $ 25 million for marketing its new video game

    Posted on October 8th, 2009 aymen No comments

    Valve Software, known for their games Half Life, Team Fortress, and Left 4 Dead as well as its engine, the Source Engine, announced they would spend nearly $ 25 million in advertising and marketing for their new games Left 4 Dead 2. This budget goes well beyond the 10 million dollars allocated for the first episode of the series.

    His vice-president of marketing, Doug Lombardi says this because:

    “Left 4 Dead 2 has already beaten the record for the largest number of pre-orders in the history of our company and we are still over a month out of the game”

    Indeed, pre-orders in question were already 300% higher than the first Left 4 Dead. This may seem surprising because the game seemed to be boycotted by fans of the first hour because the new game more like an add-on than a true new game.


  • Original3D:powerful tool for game creation

    Posted on October 3rd, 2009 aymen No comments

    Original3D is a simple yet powerful tool for game creation - simple, because its based around the popular and easy to use BASIC programming language; and powerful, you can arrive nice effects & create a simple game in 30 minutes.

    Original3D includes many commands to help you out with game creation - but not too many! Rather than confuse you with tons of commands, Original3D’s command set has been carefully designed to provide maximum flexibility for minimum effort. And if you get stuck, there is always a Forums community to help you. Can you write commercial quality games in Original3D ? Why not - check out the Demos & Samples (will be updates soon) Curious? Why not check out the Free Beta version ? go to the Download section.

    Features
    - Updated , Next Version of Original3D With Full DirectX9 Support Is Under Development.

    - Easy To Learn Basic Scripting Language, World Editor (Coming Soon)

    - Physics , Collision Detection

    - Per-vertex & Lightmapping , Stencil Shadows, (Dynamic / Static) Lights

    - Basic Texturing , Multi-texturing, Bumpmapping ,

    - General , BSP , LOD Scene Managements (Direct 3DsMax / Maya Pipeline , BVH Animation Support Also Planned)

    - Keyframe Animation,Spirits, Speed-Slow , Pause-Resume ,Save - Loading Systems

    - Direct Mesh Loading from 3DS, MD2 , MDL , B3D,DBO,OBJ,(.O3D will be added) .support Textures , Materials etc,

    - Special Effects(Environment Mapping , Reflections , Billboarding , Motion Blur , Grass/ Fur , Particle System , Fog , Mirror , Full Screen Glow Effects)

    - Terrain Rendering, CLOD ,2D /3D Sound & Video , Highly Optimized Fasted Rendering.

    - Original3D Uses DirectX 7 Rendering.


  • Best free tools for game development

    Posted on October 2nd, 2009 aymen 4 comments

    15 years ago making a game was so hard,and only the biggest companies with best developers can survive in the market,but nowadays and because of some independent skillful developers everyone now can make games.

    There is allot of software that you can use to make games from scratch,but we will only list the free ones in this review:

    1-Game maker:it is the best and easiest tool dedicated for newbies,you can make great games with it even if you never programmed before.I heard that recently there are a version for mac.

    2-RPG maker XP:honestly it is my favorite software,RPG maker is the best rpg game maker,within the first 20 min of opening the software you can understand everything in the interface.

    3-3D rad :This is really a professional software dedicated for making great 3d games,recently this software become free for commercial use .

    4-Reality factory:reality factory is not really easy to use but it can make all game genres.Besides of that it have some limits in the game engine.