amethyst-engine

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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
A more definitive statement regarding projects using Amethyst: We have several so-called showcase games lined up. The only official one at the moment is Evoli: https://github.com/amethyst/evoli It will have its first s
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
Yup, this is true. There are a few of us on the team who work/have worked on some very well known engines (and their ecosystems) meant for AAA game development. =) The more challenging thing at the moment is developing or improving fun
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
Yup. You can find the current editor work here: https://github.com/amethyst/atelier-editor It is in very early stages. We are developing it as a WASM app that runs in a system webview, or can be accessed via a regular
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
>However, as a game developer, using an engine without some substantial dogfooding (or orders of magnitude more use by third parties, ala Unity) is simply a bad idea. I have done it multiple times and each time it's burnt me. Defini
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
Our book includes a Pong tutorial. =)
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
Sure, no problem. To be fair, we take all the free stuff we can get, as we are almost entirely community funded and volunteer driven. In terms of straight cash support, Mozilla recently gave us a grant to work on WASM-related things.
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
> Source: have shipped multiple games on multiple custom engines Nice! Which games? We'd certainly welcome more feedback from experienced game devs and engine devs on what they want in a game engine.
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
We do suffer from a bit of a dearth of artists/modelers. We recently had one join who is doing a lot of nice work to the editor UI. There's a few of us who have quite a bit of experience in the gaming industry and with game design
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
More information on what we mean by that term can be found here: https://book.amethyst.rs/stable/glossary.html If viewed as goals, we aren't quite there yet, but we're working on it. =)
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
I'm not sure what you mean, I'm afraid. They actively support us by discussing our needs and figuring out how they can best support us. They've each specifically asked to have their names and logos associated with our project
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
> What projects currently use Amethyst? I can't find any information on the site about current users. You can find a thread containing links to current projects on our forums: https://community.amethyst.rs/c/sho
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by amethyst-engine 7y ago
> And why are companies like DigitalOcean and Sentry sponsoring a game engine? We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Many companies like DO and Sentry have programs for open-source and/or non-profit companies where they provide free or dis