Adventure Game Studio
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| Maintainer | Chris Jones |
| developer | Chris Jones |
| Publishing year | 1997 |
| Current version | 3.4.1 (September 2018) |
| operating system | Windows |
| programming language |
C ++ (engine) C # (editor) |
| category | Game engine , integrated development environment |
| License | Artistic License |
| adventuregamestudio.co.uk | |
Adventure Game Studio ( AGS ) is an open source game engine and development environment that can be used to create point-and-click adventures .
technology
The engine was programmed in C ++ . Starting with version 3.0 of the editor is based on the Microsoft .NET - Framework in version 2.0. The editor provided for creating point-and-click adventures consists of an integrated development environment with which essential elements of a game can be created without programming knowledge, as well as a script language based on C , which is used to control game processes. The editor runs under Microsoft Windows , the game engine has also been ported to Linux in version 2.72 . For macOS one is beta version of the engine available in version 2.71. Although most of the games developed with AGS are adventure games, there are also games of other genres such as action games , role-playing games, and board game implementations .
Development history
The Adventure Game Studio was developed in his spare time by Chris Jones, a British software developer. The logo is a large blue mug that is occasionally used as an inside joke in the games. The Adventure Game Studio was first published in 1997, then under the name Adventure Creator . Jones revised the program and released the new version in 1999 under its current name. AGS 3.0 was released in 2008. With this version, large parts of AGS changed, such as the appearance of the editor, but also basic functions. In 2010 Jones released the editor's source code under the Artistic License 2.0. In 2011 the engine source code was also published under the Artistic License.
The numerous games that were created with AGS include remakes of well-known games such as Maniac Mansion or Space Quest II , but also completely new adventures such as 5 Days a Stranger , A Second Face , Ben Jordan or the freeware version of The Journey Down .
Community
The AGS community has created some competitions over time, such as the Monthly AGS Competition (MAGS), in which a game is created within a month, or the AGS Team Challenge (ATC), in which teams of five people play a game develop in a given period. The AGS Awards have also existed since 2002, which represent a kind of Oscar for AGS games and are awarded annually in the categories of best graphics, best music, best gameplay, etc. Community members have also created plug-ins for AGS with which the engine can be expanded with additional functionalities.
Commercial games
The following commercial games were created with the Adventure Game Studio :
| year | game | Publisher |
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| 2003 | The Adventures of Fatman | Socko Entertainment |
| 2005 | Soviet Unterzögersdorf : Sector 1 | monochrome |
| 2006 | Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine | Himalaya Studios |
| 2006 | Blackwell (game series) | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2006 | The Shivah | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2007 | Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy! | Application Systems Heidelberg |
| 2009 | Time gentlemen, please! | Zombie Cow Studios |
| 2009 | Soviet Unterzögersdorf: Sector 2 | monochrome |
| 2010 | Puzzle bots | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2011 | Gemini Rue | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2011 | Metal Dead | Walk Thru Walls Studios |
| 2012 | Primordia | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2012 | Resonance | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2012 | The Cat Lady | Harvester Games |
| 2013 | Cart Life | Richard Hofmeier |
| 2013 | Richard & Alice | Owl Cave |
| 2014 | A golden wake | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2015 | Technobabylon | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2016 | Shardlight | Wadjet Eye Games |
| 2018 | Unavowed | Wadjet Eye Games |
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adventure-Treff .de: Interviews: Chris Jones. Retrieved November 2, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Initial AGS Engine Source Code release ( Memento from May 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )