no longer using AGK?

Started by Pfaber11, October 24, 2021, 16:42:55

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I really like AGK. It's easy to learn, has a very capable 2D engine ( 3D is not feature rich but works ) and even though it compiles to bytecode and not natively compiled I've never found that an issue as these days CPU's can easily handle it. It's strictly not an interpreted language interpreting your source code at runtime but the much faster bytecode produced. The GPU is more of a bottleneck.

Every game I've submitted in the game comps here have all been done in AGK / AGK Studio. I don't bother with the scene editor stuff as I much prefer to code my own map routines which I can use how I want rather than fight with their interpretation of what users want.

Having used it for years I'll continue to do so until it no longer works for me. There is room for improvement of course but that is the same for any language. Many just don't like the wordy syntax or it lack of OOP but again, for me, I've never found this an issue.

If you just want to dive in, have fun coding and not have to study an API for ages then you can't really go wrong with AGK. I'm an old school coder and these days I do it purely for fun. Unfortunately I have to use Visual Studio / Delphi for serious apps but that's another story :))

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Until the next time.

Pfaber11

Yes indeed room for improvement but a mature language that is well supported and current . I have used or tried a few languages and AGK is a good piece of kit . I have tried 3d in purebasic using Ogre and I like them both not much between them really apart from AGK is up to date and Purebasic  is a bit behind . I do have a few gripes or bugs but I think that every language probably has some and I'm still producing no problem and I feel confident that TGC will fix anything serious ASAP.
A very nice tool to use  . I actually feel I could produce some serious software with it , in house software for hotels and the like . Have an awesome day.
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