Darkbasic Bonanza!

byo · Post by **byo** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:06 pm

TGC is going crazy. US$ 49 for all this? It's cheaper than the DarkGDK.

http://www.darkgamestudio.com/bonanza.php

Sorry if someone has already posted this.
And if you wish, grab a copy, will you?

talisman · Post by **talisman** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:36 pm

No thanks... PureBasic / ASM forever!

Fluid Byte · Post by **Fluid Byte** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 7:45 pm

talisman wrote:No thanks... PureBasic / ASM forever!

+1

Rook Zimbabwe · Post by **Rook Zimbabwe** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:06 pm

IMHO when a company is making an offer this desperate... they need money NOW!!!

Thalius · Post by **Thalius** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 8:08 pm

btw DarkGDK:
http://gdk.thegamecreators.com/

GWarner · Post by **GWarner** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:00 pm

Holly crap that's a good deal and even though I already have a few pieces of it, I'm grabbing that because everything I don't have would be well over $50.

PureBasic is great but DarkBasic is much better for writing games.

I also grabbed their FPS Creator Bonanza just to get all the model packs that was in it.

http://www.fpscreator.com/bonanza.html

byo · Post by **byo** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:57 pm

Hmm... it seems to me that some people get too defensive when you talk about other languages. Purebasic forever and I agree with you. But this is another tool and you can even use it inside Purebasic with PureGDK. So it's not a sin.

Purebasic is still amazing and will ever be for what it does.

EDIT: Sorry, this sounded harsh. Just cheer up guys.

Mistrel · Post by **Mistrel** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:37 am

That is an amazing deal! And for those of you who don't know, all of the plugins it comes with: Dark Physics, Dark Lights, Dark AI, and Extends are all supported by PureGDK.

talisman · Post by **talisman** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:10 am

byo wrote:Hmm... it seems to me that some people get too defensive when you talk about other languages. Purebasic forever and I agree with you. But this is another tool and you can even use it inside Purebasic with PureGDK. So it's not a sin.

Purebasic is still amazing and will ever be for what it does.

EDIT: Sorry, this sounded harsh. Just cheer up guys.

No, definitely not a sin to use something else, but if you already have PureBasic, why bother?

This bundle and PureGDK would make an ultimate couple, and for roughly 100 USD not really to beat. My take is just that if you're after game development anyway, you would probably have DarkBASIC already (or Blitz for example). Sorry if someone felt offended by this comment.

GWarner · Post by **GWarner** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:16 pm

talisman wrote:This bundle and PureGDK would make an ultimate couple, and for roughly 100 USD not really to beat.

Except this bundle includes PureGDK.

blueznl · Post by **blueznl** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:38 pm

Dunno, taken from the DarkGDK page:

> Royalty-free license (for personal use)

Always makes me wonder...

Kale · Post by **Kale** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:56 pm

They are either desperate for money or they have a new product waiting to be released.

byo · Post by **byo** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 4:47 pm

Well, they said it's for a limited time. Let's see.

When I first saw the ad I frowned a little (and I'm still frowning now).
But seeing as the last update is 7.4 which is from July 23rd it's good enough for me.

I think Purebasic > Darkbasic big time but if they can work together in a project then it's a win/win situation.

talisman · Post by **talisman** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:11 pm

GWarner wrote:
talisman wrote:This bundle and PureGDK would make an ultimate couple, and for roughly 100 USD not really to beat.
Except this bundle includes PureGDK.

No it doesn't.

Mistrel · Post by **Mistrel** » Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:17 pm

GWarner wrote:
talisman wrote:This bundle and PureGDK would make an ultimate couple, and for roughly 100 USD not really to beat.
Except this bundle includes PureGDK.

It includes DarkGDK (C++) for personal use. I don't think it's the commercial license.