Thread: Advice on future project

Even more help - wow thanks guys so much

I had another conversation last night with the other team members and after a long
discussion over the pros and cons of C vs C++ vs Allegro vs Lua we have finally decided
to go with C++ as the primary development language for the project. Lua seems to fit
well with C++ as it does C - and a few of the members seem to be quite good at Direct X.
As for the engine, Orgre is one that came up which seemed pretty interesting.

I would LOVE to use the Blizzard Engine but yeah right like they will ever make that public...
The idea of Unity has been ditched as C# is out of the window now also. So what we have
"almost" finalized is:

* Base Language - C++
* Engine - Ogre (not 100% decided - this has to be integrated with the API)
* Event Script - Lua
* API Multimedia - Direct X (version TBD)
* Game Type - 2D Platform
* OS - Windows (currently)

Of course - these are not totally set in stone, but it's the nearest collective agreement
we came to. As for the Engine, we obviously need to use a fully public one - hence why
Ogre is being considered. It's only a 2D game so no need for something overly complex such
as Havock or Unreal.

Anyways, quick update. Any other advice on our choices/suggestions welcome

Ada x

Originally Posted by swgh

* Engine - Ogre (not 100% decided - this has to be integrated with the API)

If you plan to stay within 2D development, you won't gain much from using OGRE which is a 3D focused engine. And will also lose the ability to extend your Lua scripting to interface with the engine because, contrary to Allegro, OGRE only supports C++ for scripting.

This isn't necessarily a problem if your scripting is going to be limited to game functionality. But OGRE takes care of so many aspects of game designing (with data types of all sorts and functionality ranging from physics to AI and even data storage) that you will be tempted to move most of your game into OGRE type structure and your Lua scripting reach will be very limited.

Allegro still sounds like a better choice. Unless you decided to go 3D.