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Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:22 pm
by hallsofvallhalla
Hartford/CT, April 20th, 2009: Abyssal Technologies, a provider of Game Development tools today announced the planned integration
of the RakNet cross platform C++ game networking engine for its OpenGL based
development engine and tools allowing for multiplayer and massively multiplayer
game development.

The RakNet enabled version of the Abyssal Engine is expected to be available
within the next few weeks.

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:03 am
by kyraneth
That's pretty amazing! the only thing that's bothering me is the price. If it cost as much as TGE, i would already have it now!

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 2:35 pm
by hallsofvallhalla
same here. I dont like the price. BUT if its a good engine that is versatile then it might be worth it.

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:03 pm
by kyraneth
The thing is: I have yet to find someone who use it to maybe recommend it to me. And 10 days isn't a sufficient trial period to juge. It's near the end o the road that you encounter the problems that can ruin your project, after you have lost so much time...

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:09 pm
by Raven67854
Ok well here is my input on this engine. Ok basically I don't see this as a good engine to use for indies. Yes its $150 same price as TGE. However the biggest problem you will have with this engine is its art pipeline. Far as I am aware it ONLY supports 3ds max. So lets see $150 + $3,200 for 3ds max == what the hell for an indie :P. However I think if I had to choose TGE or Abyssal engine I would choose Abyssal its terrain system I must say I do enjoy. It doesn't use lightmaps uses real time lighting. You can change the time of day and your scene will change dynamically based on the suns position in the sky. Overall I would say it outdoes TGE and TGEA. However I would much rather just buy Torque3d over Abyssal. And that's my 2 bits :P.

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 4:59 pm
by kyraneth
thanks for the input :D and is i 150$ ? I thought i saw it was 450$ for indies... :?

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:04 pm
by Raven67854
It's new price is $150.

http://abyssal.thegamecreators.com/

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:24 pm
by kyraneth
:oops: :oops: It seems i missed that :D I think only time will tell if it's a worthy engine, we will see from what is produced with it...

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:15 am
by Saber
I like how they have youtube videos on their website, and not even HD ones.

Re: Abyssal Engine Announcement!!!

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:29 am
by Raven67854
Youtube HD wasn't around when they made the site up. Also 100 post FTW!