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I had another look at all the engines here, made me think about my choice a lot, as flixel is maybe one of the "simple" ones and the non-hardware acceleration keeps bringing me down a bit... but in the end, I know I can get my game finished with it, it has all I need and in worst case - 30 FPS for "slower" cpu's does the job too and haters gonna hate any way so I'm going to stick with it, but for my next project I want some hardware boost =D

yeah ok, but now we are getting too Tool/Programming related =) ... hmm this could overflow if I start talking about 3D Studio Max Tools and Ableton Live VSTs so yeah, a code productivity thread could be cool =)
So we can keep this one engine related.

Hi Burve, nice you dropped by, and do consider my tip: go look for some design students, talk with them. I am sure you can find someone to fit your needs and set up a payment model that you feel comfortable with, some also do it for the advertising. But you made the best first step in askig anyway so I am sure that you'll get the rest done!

Yeah, sorry, added them. I just didn't have the links on hand then, but it is all still a bit messy here, all new. I'm just trying to set some stuff up so we have some sort of starting point to develop further, so your help is greatly appreciated. Thanks! =)

Yeah, it was more like having the option to do so, like a feature to think about and if you guys would think that could help you reach the propper audience. Because I for my part would prefer a certain amount of maturity with my media. Not because of trolling but rather because I don't want to invite kids to some nightmares they maybe can't digest. Although it won't stop them, but at least it's stated.

Just a thought I wanted to explore, what do you gus think? Would it be helpfull to have a targeted audience age restriction? I think it maybe could be helpfull allthough this should not encourage towards adult only media. Rather to have a little advice about what audience you are aiming at?!

Engines:
SourceEngine Tools (in Steam Library)
SDL[www.libsdl.org]
SFML[www.sfml-dev.org]
Construct[www.scirra.com]
ClickteamFusion[www.clickteam.com]
GameMaker:Studio[www.yoyogames.com]
Orge[www.ogre3d.org]
Torque3d[www.garagegames.com]
Torque2d[www.garagegames.com]
flixel[www.flixel.org]
axgl (stage3d)[www.axgl.org]
flashpunk[www.flashpunk.net]
HaXe[www.haxenme.org]
HaXe-Flixel[haxeflixel.com]
Sunburn[www.synapsegaming.com]
CryEngine[www.crydev.net]
UnrealEngine[www.unrealengine.com]
Unity[unity3d.com]

Tools:
OpenGl[www.opengl.org]
Nvidia[developer.nvidia.com]
Havok[www.havok.com]
PhysX-Source[developer.nvidia.com]

Useful links to Game Engines/Tools:
Pixelprospector's List of Engines[www.pixelprospector.com]
mangatutorials resource list[www.mangatutorials.com]


I'll expand this further

Here is just a nice tool for Project Outlining and Storytelling, because I know the shortage of these tools I thought I'd share it here, go have a look @

http://www.nevigo.com/products/articydraft/media.html

Looks like a handy tool that could have saved some Projects. And I've heared they would like to sell this on steam too someday. I haven't tried it yet because I am still stuck with all these synthesizers, but if you have any experience, I'd love to hear it, thanks!

Yepp, thats what I'm doing too, Peter Molyneux once said to me: "Just keep on doing what you are good at and do it with your best intentions and eveything else will fall in place some day..." He is right about that. Your games for example, years ago I would have made fun of it, but now I like the calming effect of railroad simulations and have a few freinds that enjoy that too... so Its not about Mass Appeal alone but just finding your audience. Thats why I like this place... =)