@DA,
it looks like you have some great events and opportunities coming your way, exciting times.
I would say though regarding VR especially with things like Oculus Rift etc they will not happen any time soon with AGK.
It is a real shame that progress is slow with AppGameKit as it has lots of potential which unfortunately is not even seen by the creators of the product as they seem blinded by Game Guru with short term money funding for them.
You can't blame them really as they need to live off something as they do this full time and I presume have no other income. It is the same all over though if you think big software houses who limit their products and keep churning out the same old stuff with remakes and the next in the series e.g. C.O.D 1,2,3,4,5,6...etc as it earns them the money.
However if they just looked a little further into the future, things could be so much brighter!
I can really see AppGameKit in the future making big bucks if it was marketed right which it isn't at the moment.
This is not a moan or off topic really though but just imagine this:
put Game Guru on a switch with AppGameKit so Game Guru has one coder and AppGameKit has the rest, then look at this:
Get 3D boxed off pretty rapid and working well.
Get AppGameKit working on the Raspberry Pi 2 with Raspbian (linux for arm) and Windows 10 iOt with pins working for robotics etc.
Look at Oculus Rift and other VR support.
Get other formats sorted like PS3/4, XBOX 360/One, Wii U and the new Nintendo due next year.
The above re PS4 and XBOX One link in with VR as they have their own systems.
Get HTML5 in there too.
What is the outcome?
= Big Bucks!
especially if there is then an asset store for AppGameKit with GFX, sound, shaders and code!
TGC you need vision for the future and if you leave it the way it is going you are going to miss the boat as the party will be over when you realise that really, people are not that interested in first person shooters on PC only, that don't match the big games in this genre and that can't be sold to anyone when completed.
What is big at the minute?
Mobile gaming, phones, tablets etc.
2D is big and retro too.
Raspberry Pi, I know a lot of people have said this is hobbyist only but when you think 5 million units have been sold and it's still going strong, they are in schools for the next generation who would find it a lot easier to code with Basic than Python after getting through Scratch and now Microsoft has taken a big interest!! = Lot's of users and potential customers of AGK.
VR, with proper headsets as mentioned in this thread.
All these are very big buzz words and very current!
What is not a big buzz word now and not so current?
Hmmm..... First person shooters made with Game Guru, I can't say I have seen one being sold on an app store or on Steam for PC's.
I know it is a massive amount of work and investment but better start it sooner rather than later, get the asset store going for AppGameKit, promised a while back and a good chance to make money for TGC to do these things but where is it???
Does TGC really want to be profitable for the future? I do wonder sometimes.
Anyway thats my view and the new motto for TGC is VISION AND PASSION FOR THE FUTURE.
