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[ANN] -- Ambrosia releases Coldstone -- the dream factory opens

#1 andrew

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 05:07 AM

[url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/games/coldstone/"] Posted Image

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Ambrosia Software, Inc. released today the Coldstone game engine that brings professional-quality game building tools to the masses. No programming is required to produce polished, stand-alone games that run on Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Windows -- all that is needed is your imagination:

[url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/games/coldstone/"]http://www.AmbrosiaS...ames/coldstone/[/url]

Imagine a set of powerful yet easy to use tools for constructing your very own stand-alone game... no rules... a completely blank sheet of paper on which to pen your masterpiece, your imagination is the only limit on what you can create. This is exactly what Beenox, in conjunction with Ambrosia Software, Inc., is bringing to you with the Coldstone game engine. Want to see for yourself? You can download a demo version and get started right now!

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 08:47 AM

I must say I'm a little wary of it, because of things said on the Coldstone Board. Still, I'll give it a shot!
Thanks, andrew!

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 11:45 AM

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Originally posted by Bryce:
I must say I'm a little wary of it, because of things said on the Coldstone Board. Still, I'll give it a shot!
Thanks, andrew!

What things are those, specifically? No one has seen it until today.

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 12:26 PM

Mostly things about it being impractical to have a day-night cycle, lighting effects and such. I've tried it now, and I must say it is five times better than I expected it to be. Still, I think I'll be writing my own game engine for the RPG i'm working on.

Good work, though. Very intuitive[sp?] and easy to get around in.

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 06:06 PM

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Originally posted by Bryce:
Mostly things about it being impractical to have a day-night cycle, lighting effects and such. I've tried it now, and I must say it is five times better than I expected it to be. Still, I think I'll be writing my own game engine for the RPG i'm working on.

Good luck -- writing an engine is extremely non-trivial.

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 06:21 PM

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Originally posted by andrew:
Good luck -- writing an engine is extremely non-trivial.

Thanks. I've already made several partily semifunctional prototypes for drawing the map, lighting effects, and such. Still, you're quite right - it's not a easy task to take on.

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 06:30 PM

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Originally posted by Bryce:
Thanks. I've already made several partily semifunctional prototypes for drawing the map, lighting effects, and such. Still, you're quite right - it's not a easy task to take on.

wow.. you're making an RPG by yourself? Whats it gonna be about? Do you have a site for it? or are you just working on the engine.. hm.. anyway good luck Posted Image

uh.. kinda un-related but.. Posted Image

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 06:57 PM

[quote]Originally posted by J.Ace21:
wow.. you're making an RPG by yourself? Whats it gonna be about? Do you have a site for it? or are you just working on the engine.. hm.. anyway good luck

(4) I plan to make the engine avalable free to the masses if they want to use it for free games. If they want to make a game they are going to charge for (Shareware or commercial) then I want a cut

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Posted 16 January 2002 - 11:22 PM

Hey, cool- I've heard a lot about Coldstone, but didn't know what it was until I asked Iridium today Posted Image

It sounds really neat, at least. Anyhow, that would explain why the boards are so slow today.

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Posted 17 January 2002 - 09:42 AM

ColdStone is great, I just hope they get the CDs out soon. I'm not the best artist. Posted Image

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Posted 17 January 2002 - 01:36 PM

I've been waiting forever for coldstone! I'm going to make my own game thingie. Thanks for telling us andrew! This is so cool. I can't wait to make my own game. Posted Image

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 08:27 AM

Yayness! Yet another game I've been waiting for for years. Won't get it now--too many people doing that, and so far, I only have wireless dial-up. Posted Image

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 10:11 AM

[quote]Originally posted by ferazel_09:
Yayness! Yet another game I've been waiting for for years. Won't get it now--too many people doing that, and so far, I only have wireless dial-up. )
It is very neat, you ought to download it!

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#14 ferazel_09

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 10:17 AM

Bryce, I tried to, but it said that "ambrosiasw.com" isn't a server. Then, when I did get a correct link, my connection periodically timed out.

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Posted 18 January 2002 - 11:15 AM

Oh, Okay then.

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Posted 19 January 2002 - 01:17 AM

Coldstone is great, so easy to use. Maybe a team project should be started on a Cythera two?.

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Posted 19 January 2002 - 09:41 AM

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Coldstone is great, so easy to use. Maybe a team project should be started on a Cythera two?.

I think Glenn Andreas should have somthing to say about that. On the other hand, it's hard to resist a 'expanded universe' Cythera with the new places invented in the TSes...

On another hand, I also have to insist that such a game would have to have a day-night cycle, though perhaps not a graphical one, just somthing so people can go to their beds insteed of being awake 24/7

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Posted 19 January 2002 - 11:30 AM

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Originally posted by Bryce:
I think Glenn Andreas should have somthing to say about that. On the other hand, it's hard to resist a 'expanded universe' Cythera with the new places invented in the TSes...

On another hand, I also have to insist that such a game would have to have a day-night cycle, though perhaps not a graphical one, just somthing so people can go to their beds insteed of being awake 24/7

Some of us are thinking about making games based off of the TSes. As for the day/night cycle, there's probably a workaround but it might be rather complicated.

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Posted 19 January 2002 - 09:33 PM

[quote]Originally posted by J.Ace21:
wow.. you're making an RPG by yourself? Whats it gonna be about? Do you have a site for it? or are you just working on the engine.. hm.. anyway good luck

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Posted 21 January 2002 - 09:20 PM

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I have to agree with you there, Glenn Andreas should have a say, however I don't think he would mind it..... According to coldstone manuals etc.. as Avatara said we could make a day/night cycle though it would be complicated...

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Posted 21 January 2002 - 09:53 PM

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as Avatara said we could make a day/night cycle though it would be complicated...

It dosen't have to be a graphical day/night cycle, just a 'clock' so some people come out only at night, ect.

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Posted 22 January 2002 - 01:37 AM

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It dosen't have to be a graphical day/night cycle, just a 'clock' so some people come out only at night, ect.

I thought that it did, Oh well a 'clock' would be better than nothing I think..

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Posted 22 January 2002 - 09:37 AM

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I thought that it did, Oh well a 'clock' would be better than nothing I think..

That's what i'm saying. I should be a graphical cycle, but it isn't 100% nessesary.
The actual cycle is much more important than the graphics that go with it, although they relly add a lot to the effect.

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Posted 22 January 2002 - 10:27 AM

I wasn't referring to a graphical cycle...

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Posted 22 January 2002 - 01:59 PM

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I wasn't referring to a graphical cycle...

You mean coldstone dosen't support any kind of timer? Even a move conter!
Or can it not adjust the positions of charicters/objects based on the contents of a varible?

Either way, it seems that this would make it almost useless for anything but a PoG-Like 'Hack-n-Slash'!

Urg!
That's disapointing Posted Image

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