Any Updates?

[Action52]

Currently preparing a public beta of the all new Skyline.

Are there approximate dates (q1-2-3-4)? I just mean that you are a direct competitor to GameGuru Max and logically your constructor is better

[monkeyfrogstudio]

I don't think that GameGuru MAX is actually a "direct competitor" of Skyline. While both are game engines, they both have a very different game making philosophy. GGMAX is restricted to First Person games only, for example. With Skyline you can make any sort of game or application you like - FPS, third person, strategy, card game, an application that is not a game at all, and more. GGMAX is very, very restricted in it's scope - and it's early access release in March will only feature FPS games. Skyline is more inline with Unreal, Unity, S2, and other game engines that allow you full creative freedom in creating a game. While there will be some overlap between the two (just like there is overlap between GGMAX and the other game engines mentioned), I don't really see GGMAX and Skyline as direct competitors (not any more than Unreal and Unity are any more direct competitors). GGMAX is more in it's own category than, I would say.

[StarFire]

@monkeyfrog well said.

We are going to aim for the week after next to start the public beta release.The design is not going to change anymore, just to further improve upon.

[Action52]

S2 hobby engine with alot of bugs, Flax engine similar as Unreal and Unity. GGMAX - constructor type of engine as Skyline. Well I liked this engine the most his logic is simply magnificent, but version 1 is outdated and has bugs and for v2 update logs are not frequent, there is no persistence.

[monkeyfrogstudio]

S2 hobby engine with alot of bugs

Regardless - it's a full-featured engine, made for the purpose of making any kind of game.

Also, you mention that GameGuru MAX is a direct competitor with Skyline - talk about a HOBBY engine that is full of bugs! Yes, I have a license, installed on my computer, and am reporting bugs in GitHub. It's ... buggy as ... all get out. So, there's that.

Flax engine similar as Unreal and Unity.

Very true, though the licensing is different than both, if you plan to actually publish a game. It's not a bad license, though.

GGMAX - constructor type of engine as Skyline.

Not true. At all. Skyline does have this ability. But Skyline is not at all limited to this. Not in the least. Why do you want to limit Skyline to this sort of an engine? Skyline is in the same league as Unity, Unreal, and Flax. You can literally build any sort of game you like. You are not limited to constructing a game out of parts you are provided. You don't have to use the visual scripting engine, though even that is not intended to be limited as you can fully script the engine via LUA to your heart's content, creating any sort of game or app you like. It is NOT a constructor engine in the least. The "constructor" part is provided for people who want to create games but may not have the full capabilities to do so. But for others who do, they can go full-steam ahead and create games as they please from scratch. This is not strictly possible with an engine like GameGuru MAX. With GameGuru MAX there is zero support for third-person games, zero support for tactical strategy games, zero support for anything other than FPS games. That's it. Not so with Skyline. You can literally create any game you like ... and even apps that aren't games if you like. Not sure why you are stuck on forcing Skyline into a mold it's not meant to be put into.

[Action52]

quote: {-Skyline is in the same league as Unity, Unreal, and Flax.} Anyway, without updates, he gets less the popularity and the league.
quote: {Why do you want to limit Skyline to this sort of an engine?} Because it is as simple as a game constructor.
Anyway okay, it's not ggm just if the creators went to steam, gumroad, itch.io. actually, I didn't compare it, it's just the first thing that came to my mind when I first launched S. It's just that little is known about the engine, and I accidentally found it while going over the all of engines. Twitter developer is not updated, there are no youtube reviews, and several articles on sites dedicated to game development
Sorry for my english

[Action52]

@monkeyfrog well said.

We are going to aim for the week after next to start the public beta release.The design is not going to change anymore, just to further improve upon.

exactly in a week?

[monkeyfrogstudio]

Patience. They will announce when it is available. Life happens and sometimes things slow us down. We are also living in a world with a pandemic that causes things to happen that we cannot account for.

[StarFire]

We are still on target.

[Action52]

sounds like allegory

[Action52]

Still on target?

[monkeyfrogstudio]

Patience. Patience. And yet another dose of patience. They will announce when it is ready for the public.

[Action52]

thx wise frog, ofcouse i forgot about patience

[SolarPortal]

ok, here is a new blog outlying the next phase of the engine.
Rest assured the public beta is a lot closer than you think, we are just giving headroom


https://aurasoft-skyline.co.uk/public-beta-coming-soon

[monkeyfrogstudio]

Wow ...

[Action52]

magic

[monkeyfrogstudio]

We are still on target.

Are we?

[Action52]

mby, better open pro old ver v1

[StarFire]

I have started giving the modules better control of character and NPC AI.
The version is about ready to release. I will bring this topic back up with Solar.

[Action52]

I have started giving the modules better control of character and NPC AI.
The version is about ready to release. I will bring this topic back up with Solar.

22.02.2022 release?

[Zethael]

Hi StarFire,
i'm very excited. I have one question, hope that's okay for you to answer:
How will the 3D characters with animations be imported? This is an important thing for me, because i can't handle mecanim in unity right now. For me it's the easiest way to put in the frames manually.
I tested the v1.0 lite a long time ago, that's why i'm still interested in using the skyline engine instead of unreal or unity.
Thanks for never give up skyline engine even in the hard times.

[Action52]

yup magic date, good time for realize boom 22.02.2022

[StarFire]

@Zethael
You can manually add anims from the editor or auto load the separate files on main model load.

[StarFire]

@Action52
yes would have been a good date for a release. Work is still going on with the modules so we can have easy to use charater mechanics.

[Action52]

@Action52
yes would have been a good date for a release. Work is still going on with the modules so we can have easy to use charater mechanics.

Yes, I update your site every day. It's not normal anymore version 1 crashes for me, so I'm waiting beta 2. Should we expect a release before St. Patrick's Day?