Ok, Mugen and the * Construction Kits have been around forever; but ZZT & HyperCard are more open ended. But not like a general game engine.
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"PhysicsScript" for action games. Define sprites, collision layers, guarded&timed FSMs, and physics rules. Swirl in Machinations for HP&dmg.
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RPGs rely heavily on game specific gimmicks… all based on resource logics! Combine a "turn flow" language with that and a level editor.
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What about Harvest Moon-alikes? Consider GrowScript, where giftgiving and plantwatering are syntactic cousins—you could build an RTS in that
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Let your tool scope certain game state as rewindable. Pow, you have Braid, PBWinterbottom, "what if?" mechanics using hypothetical play.
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There is life beyond GameMaker and OOP-y "this thing handles this message in this way" graphical logics! And it isn't just "write C# lol"!
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Opinionated tools give us chances for weird stuff like "stealth card battler" or "Portal text adventure" or "shmup srpg", all real things!
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@JoeOsborn I thought I knew what operational was, but now I'm not so sure1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@JoeOsborn oh, opinionated, not operational. man, it's been a long night.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@increpare My usage there was weird. I'm trying to say: the friction a tool provides also yields inspiration. "Can I?", "What if I?"=fun ?s.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@JoeOsborn main thing that's needed is a free online program similar to KnP. Someone's working on a warioware thing iirc ( @SpindleyQ ?)
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