Before you Buy !!! AppGameKit Studio vs. Godot Engine and Game Maker Studio 2.3

[primack70]

AppGameKit Studio -> it is not object orientated ....it's a procedural language....
1. It has no Sprite Editor
2. It has no Animation Editor
3. It has no Tileset Editor
4. It has no Event Editor
5. It has no Game Objects Editor
6. Game Maker Studio 2.3 or Godot Engine has all these features and the Development is lightyears faster...and very important: Godot Engine is free on all platforms....

[IronManhood]

AGK is more for programmers.

[primack70]

Game Maker Language GML and Godot Engine Script Language are also great for programmers, and furthermore Godot Engine and Game Maker Studio are usefull for bigger and smaller game projects because of it's language features , AGK may not usefull for big game projects....for example in godot and game maker studio you can use amazing good event handlers, in agk you have to program your ownn event handler...so you must invest a lot of time for basic features,this is a point that is frustrating a lot of programmers because we live now in 2020 and not in 1989 where you have to program every piece of code on your own ....on the other hand in game maker studio and godot for example event handlers are already implemented..,

[Virtual Nomad]

my hope is that you see Studio for what it is instead of what it isn't (while it never advertised that it was) and allow yourself to enjoy what many of us have come to appreciate :)

[primack70]

come on .... this is conly constructive criticism: this is not an "advertising forum" , it's still a "discussion forum" :-). if you want to play in the price league of Game Maker Studio 2.3 , then you have to be able to endure a little bit criticism...;-).....try to see my criticism as feedback to improve your software...the potential is absolutly there because AppGameKit language is still a very good language ;-)

[Bollehopp]

Hmm I think I ill buy game maker studio 2 instead.. its priced the same and I have app game kit classic that I can play around on if i have to test this.

[Duke Dudeston]

Originally posted by primack70:

come on .... this is conly constructive criticism: this is not an "advertising forum" , it's still a "discussion forum" :-). if you want to play in the price league of Game Maker Studio 2.3 , then you have to be able to endure a little bit criticism...;-).....try to see my criticism as feedback to improve your software...the potential is absolutly there because AppGameKit language is still a very good language ;-)

AGK isn't trying to compete with GMS at all, or Godot for that matter.
AGK is a programming language, the "Studio" is just where they have added in some QoL features, but still at the core is a full functioned programming language.

It was designed to be a way to get more people to learn to write their own code without having to rely on pre-written libraries, allowing them to work out what needs to be done by doing it and they do this by using simple, easy to understand syntax that follows a procedural flow. Its supposed to get people on the first rung of the ladder so to speak, where they can take the concepts they have learned to then go onto bigger and better pastures.

The great thing about AGK is that its simple and easy yes, but it also contains C++ libraries that you can freely use to move it up a notch and learn how to program with the "big boys", Creating a C++ program while using AGK syntax is actually quite good way of learning how C++ works. You still have to follow the same rules C++ puts out, but it still allows you to make a program in C++ with ease. Which again is the whole purpose of AGK, taking away the myth that you need to be a genius to program.

If you just want to create games though, yeah Game Maker Studio or Godot is your go to engines.

[Amiga Forever]

Game Maker Studio 2.3 ? Any Good? Seem pricey thought!

[coderfast]

You can do your own scripts in Blender 3D to export a scene and develop your own loader object by object, go to AppGameKit classic Captures in the forum and review the 3D scenes

[Collateral Damage]

I tried all of that. AGK is not and in my opinion should not be a variant of the program what you see is what you get. You can also view BASIC as the scripting language of this extremely powerful engine. And to add check how much the export modules cost for example in GameMaker. Godot is free and I don’t see it in this context. Greeting.