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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / question for game creators

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David iz cool
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 18:12
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what is the future of dbp???
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enderleit
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 18:54
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Bright?

- Martin Enderleit
http://sites.google.com/site/menderleit
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Thebeely
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 18:56
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Quote: "what is the future of dbp???"


Open source.
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David iz cool
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 19:20
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in the title i meant 2 write the game creators.i want a reply from the lead developers pls. but i dont mind anyone replying.


Quote: "Open source. "


if thats true then i think dbp will be extinct in a few years as people lose interest in developing it.
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Admiral MH
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 19:26 Edited at: 22nd Feb 2011 19:27
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This is a good question. As long as they keep updating it, I think it will continue to grow.

@ LeeBamber/TGC,

Yeah I would also like to know what you have in mind for the future.
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Lost Dragon
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I thought that the heir apparent might be AppGameKit but it seems to be something different.
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Kira Vakaan
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Posted: 22nd Feb 2011 21:39 Edited at: 22nd Feb 2011 21:48
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Isn't it open source already? I thought I read something in some newsletter containing instructions for how you can download a working copy of the source code via SVN.

Was I suffering vivid hallucinations at the time?

Edit: No I wasn't!

http://code.google.com/p/darkbasicpro/

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David iz cool
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i knew it they wont even give an answer bcoz dbp has no future!

either that or they dont want 2 commit 2 anything bcoz then ppl could refer back 2 there comments of what dbp is supposed 2 be.
dbp is over everyone! go home lol ;P
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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 23rd Feb 2011 22:14
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Darkbasic Pro does have a future otherwise they wouldn't be updating it anymore. Yes, they are focusing right now on the App Game Kit but they will still continue to support Darkbasic Pro because it's their main baby.

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Posted: 23rd Feb 2011 22:21 Edited at: 24th Feb 2011 10:44
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Quote: "i knew it they wont even give an answer bcoz dbp has no future!

either that or they dont want 2 commit 2 anything bcoz then ppl could refer back 2 there comments of what dbp is supposed 2 be.
dbp is over everyone! go home lol ;P "

You're funny...

If you want an answer from Lee Bamber or an official TGC representative about this you need to contact them via email. It's a bit silly to expect them to check every forum thread.

There's a thread like this started every 6 months or so, I'm never 100% sure why.

DBP is a fully supported and constantly updated language. The future of any product relies on the demand of it's customer base. DBP has lots of paying users and the plugins seem to sell well too. Maybe the new AppGameKit will reduce the number of DBP users but as AppGameKit doesn't support 3D I don't see DBP being killed off just yet.

EDIT: Sorry if this comes across as a flame. Not intended, just so you understand why I thought this was funny, DBP was updated 15th Feb, just 7 days before this thread started...

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David iz cool
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Posted: 25th Feb 2011 14:46
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all i want 2 know is what dbp will be someday,will they seriously work on it & try to catch up with other game developing software? i personally think dbp is years behind other software like g#
or will they keep tinkering with it,fixing a code here & there while it still doesnt even have latest dx capability. :/

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What's g#? Never heard of that one... googling...

I hear you but who knows what they're doing behind the scenes. There is source for DX10 available. They had to write it for FPSC X10. Maybe they're working on updating it?

What you were saying is that DBP has no future... not true.

I'm not saying DBP is perfect or the most up to date game based language out there, just sounded like you were having an unjustified and unfocused rant to me. Now you are getting specific and to an extent I sympathise and agree, but no future? You were hoping for a reaction surely?

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