Just to clarify some things first: I'm not leaving the forum! I just sat there yesterday and realized that I won't do anything with Gamestudio anymore (yes, I did almost nothing in the past time, but I had some ideas for projects).
And after I realized that I won't use Gamestudio anymore, I remembered what a great time I had with Gamestudio and figured that I should share my story here to prove that not everyone who leaves Gamestudio automatically hates it.




As far as I'm concerned: Yes


Its not quite true, the Mac SDK and iOS SDK are free, as are the developer tools (mainly Xcode). What you pay for is the ability to create certificates to codesign your apps which is mandatory to run iOS Apps on devices and to ship Mac and iOS apps to their AppStores. For iOS you must pay the $99 if you want to sell your app officially, for Mac OS X its just the AppStore and nothing else, you can still sell them on your website.
However, the $99 grant you also access to betas, beta forums, technical support inquires etc.


Jain ^^
Yes, the non OS X support is a showstopper, but I wouldn't use it anymore even if it run on OS X due to Lite-Cs nature and SED.


Nah, I will still be around here to rant about everything I don't like or when I'm in a bad mood


I would be interested in this too, given the target audience of Gamestudio it feels somehow impossible that people bought it without "testing" it first, although that might have changed with the Lite and now Free version.


True story

so pretty much the same amount of time as always:P

Plus the time I would have spend with Gamestudio writing pointless libraries!

Come back to me, I miss u!

Sorry, I laughed a bit.

I use Unity at work - I don't use the editor for other than pressing the play button. I script everything. We have a custom built framework overriding most Unity pipeline, and still takes all the features.

In other words: I use it like I use GS: all scripting, unless I need to check some level editing.


Anyways? You're going to stay on the forums though.. That's not up to you. It's a rule. Once you're active here, you always come back at some point.

Good to hear that the joke worked. Don't worry, I exaggerated a lot, but while it is true that you can highly customize Unity to your needs, I'd rather use a tool that already gives me everything without me needing to customize it.


I know, its like a curse! (Game idea: The cursed crew of the Ackship cannot die and rest in peace, until the last Unity user is killed and the earth is drained in their blood!)

That's a shame, actually! Please keep us informed on your shenanigans, it's always interesting to see what you come up with.

Can't say I'm happy about you leaving Acknex, but your reasons for it are solid.
Ah, well, at least you stay on the forums.

Sid, Like you I have moved on to iOS and Android development. I miss 3D Game Studio but you've got to use the tools that make things work on your target platform.