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AppGameKit Classic Chat / Which do I go for V1 or V2

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TheAxeman
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I am new to AppGameKit, been using monkey and others!
Got the trial for V1, like it!
Then noticed V2 on kickstarter, followed it to the website.
Currently trying to choose between the two, yes, I could go for both but I have a choice.
1. Can V2 do everything that V1 can do. For instance, there are a lot of examples for V1. Could I load all the examples for V1 into V2 and run them without a problem.?
2. What is the main advantage for going down the V2 route rather than V1?

Anybody got V2 and wished they had gone V1 ?

Any insight or help would be great, thanks
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SoftMotion3D
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Posted: 18th Oct 2014 04:55
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v2 has a much better compiler&ide [code folding] which is very handy!

V2 has all v1s command set and v2 will be getting more promissed features. Cool thing about v2 is that there is a mac version too...

lots of other stuff.... if your deciding on v1 or v2 then go with v2 for sure!

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swissolo
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Quote: "Could I load all the examples for V1 into V2 and run them without a problem.?"

You should be able to There are a few very obscure tricks that don't work in v2 (something with boolean operations I think) but you don't really need them All of the example programs should work. The only reason not to use v2 would be if, for whatever reason, you need to produce a product very quickly. v2 will still be a bit buggy for a while, but not horribly so v1 reached a stable point and is, at this point, just an old version.

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xCept
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V2 actually costs LESS than V1 through the pledge (if you go Bronze) and is virtually 100% compatible with V1 stuff with loads of improvements and additions. TGC really shouldn't even be offering V1 for sale anymore and should instead direct users to the V2 pledge page which is quite obscure.

http://www.thegamecreators.com/?m=view_product&id=2295&page=pledge
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easter bunny
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Yep, go for V2 for sure, it's got all the features of V1 + heaps more


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Digital Awakening
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The only reason you want to use v1 is if you already bought it and cant afford v2. v2 is leaps ahead of v1 and will continue to be worked on. The new compiler alone makes v2 worth it. Moving projects from v1 to v2 can sometimes require a bit of work because v2 is a bit stricter, so it's better to start projects in v2. It also fixes known bugs in v1, thanks to the new compiler.

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MikeHart
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Go for V2. Definitely!
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Blendman
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I have begun my game with v1 (march 2014), and now I use only v2 because it's a better version with very interesting feature (blend mode for sprite, shaders, dynamics arrays...).
If you create a game for android, v2 has a tool "export to APK" which is very amazing . It compile the game as APk, and you can send it to google play, it's very easy. It's one of the biggest feature for android in V2. I think there is same tool for applestore (IPA), but I haven't tried it.

http://www.dracaena-studio.com
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xGEKKOx
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V2 Tier 2!!! Definitely!

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gwheycs62egydws
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if i had seen version 2 first then i would have bought that first
no point in buying some thing that is just going to stop short

i figure they should upgrade me for me since they have version 2
or at least charge me a small price to move over
since version is basically dead in the water

to move side ways - is to move forward
Since a Strait line gets thin fast
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TheAxeman
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Great, that's cleared that up then!

Thanks for the replies, V2 it is, looking forward to getting my hands dirty!

Nice to see a healthy forum community for a change.
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TheAxeman
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Just pledged for V2
Thanks again guys.
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Native Tech
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I also used the V1 trial and was heavily impressed by is ease of use , and managed to code a pretty decent sized project with almost zero problems occuring, however I needed some Sprite commands and Image commands + DrawBox functions that V1 didnt have , so I bought V2 through the TGC pledge page just a few days ago and I'm very glad I did.

I started my project again and most of the code was easily reused from V1 to V2 however V2 had stricter variable declaration rules and for me this is brilliant as I'm a fan of explicitly declaring what data I will be using.
Overall I am finding the current alpha to be packed with great functionality and is quite a powerful basic language which I am sure I will use for a long time

Hope this helps out somewhat with your decision making

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baxslash
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I agree there should be an upgrade price... V2 is far superior.
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Digital Awakening
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I have long since thought that the current v2 price is too low. Perhaps they will increase it now when they launch it on Steam? I would guess after the new debugger.

And maybe they will start offer upgrades from v1 as well?

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DavidAGK
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V2 anyday! The IDE alone makes the whole experience more fun and the compiler picks up more errors. That and the new commands and the stability makes V2 a firm favourite of mine.

I've been really appreciating the new IDE!!!!
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