Comments on: Playing with Prototyping Tools http://thetoolsmiths.org/2009/09/27/playing-with-prototyping-tools/ Sat, 12 May 2012 11:30:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Argentina Nearing http://thetoolsmiths.org/2009/09/27/playing-with-prototyping-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-884 Argentina Nearing Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:11:11 +0000 http://toolssig.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-884 You have certainly been very busy writing up this great post, It was very interesting to read. Can’t wait to see what you write about in the next month You have certainly been very busy writing up this great post, It was very interesting to read. Can’t wait to see what you write about in the next month

]]> By: Blog Posts Around the Web « Shambling Rambling Babbling http://thetoolsmiths.org/2009/09/27/playing-with-prototyping-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Blog Posts Around the Web « Shambling Rambling Babbling Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:37:46 +0000 http://toolssig.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-546 [...] couple of weeks ago now I finished and finally posted a long running examination of several prototyping tools that I’d been investigating for various classes and personal use. The real punchline is [...] [...] couple of weeks ago now I finished and finally posted a long running examination of several prototyping tools that I’d been investigating for various classes and personal use. The real punchline is [...]

]]> By: Casey O'Donnell http://thetoolsmiths.org/2009/09/27/playing-with-prototyping-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Casey O'Donnell Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:38:38 +0000 http://toolssig.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-543 I definitely need to investigate Blender, for all sorts of reasons. I think that sounds like a great follow up post. I just talked a bunch this last weekend about Unity 3D, so I'll check out Blender and think through it. Processing is nice for teaching concepts to engineers, but I've not used it as a prototyping framework for games. But I haven't tried either. Löve is actually a favorite of mine (I use it to run presentations when I give talks). I've had a little difficulty making it work for full prototypes, because you still have to do a fair amount of back end kind of work to set up an engine, whereas something like Angel or Angel XNA has enough already there that I'm not worried about the details. I'm also probably double bound by my unfamiliarity with Lua, which I do like, but building data structures that I can bring back later to C# seems a little clunky. It does have the ability to import most things that SDL can read, but assembling it all takes time. Thanks for the read and the note. I definitely need to investigate Blender, for all sorts of reasons. I think that sounds like a great follow up post. I just talked a bunch this last weekend about Unity 3D, so I’ll check out Blender and think through it.

Processing is nice for teaching concepts to engineers, but I’ve not used it as a prototyping framework for games. But I haven’t tried either.

Löve is actually a favorite of mine (I use it to run presentations when I give talks). I’ve had a little difficulty making it work for full prototypes, because you still have to do a fair amount of back end kind of work to set up an engine, whereas something like Angel or Angel XNA has enough already there that I’m not worried about the details. I’m also probably double bound by my unfamiliarity with Lua, which I do like, but building data structures that I can bring back later to C# seems a little clunky. It does have the ability to import most things that SDL can read, but assembling it all takes time.

Thanks for the read and the note.

]]> By: Pedro Ângelo http://thetoolsmiths.org/2009/09/27/playing-with-prototyping-tools/comment-page-1/#comment-542 Pedro Ângelo Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:38:26 +0000 http://toolssig.wordpress.com/?p=355#comment-542 For prototyping work and teaching I've had good results in the past with the Blender game engine (http://blender.org), Processing (http://processing.org), OpenFrameworks (http://openframeworks.cc) and Löve (http://love2d.org). Albeit not being game-specific, these are great tools and really easy to get into, wether you're more of a coder sort (processing, openframeworks, love) or more of an asset builder/design tinkerer (blender ge). For prototyping work and teaching I’ve had good results in the past with the Blender game engine (http://blender.org), Processing (http://processing.org), OpenFrameworks (http://openframeworks.cc) and Löve (http://love2d.org).

Albeit not being game-specific, these are great tools and really easy to get into, wether you’re more of a coder sort (processing, openframeworks, love) or more of an asset builder/design tinkerer (blender ge).

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