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Wondering about the Torque Builder Engine

by Joel Friesen · in Torque Game Engine · 03/12/2006 (7:00 pm) · 5 replies

Hello, I'm interested in learning game creation, and would like to start out with 2D games, utilizing the Torque Builder Engine. I was wondering if this is a good engine to start game development with. At the moment I would like to only make 2Ds, so is the engine accessible enough, so that someone new to game development would be able to understand it? I know C++ fairly well, but am excited to start games, so I just need to know if this is a good place to start off.
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Torque 3D Owner Tom Perry
#1
03/13/2006 (5:24 am)
I would highly recomend it. It is a powerful engine and the games you create can be of a higher standard to many other builders (GM for example). Start with TGB if 2D is what you want, can't think of anything better :) Plus, when/if you want to, it makes transition to TGE or TSE easier as they have similar underlining principles.

Joel Friesen
#2
03/13/2006 (2:10 pm)
I'm most concerned about the learning curve- remember, I have no experience with game development, so are there enough tutorials and support to get started with it easily?

Torque Owner Mark Storer
#3
03/13/2006 (10:10 pm)
What do you want to do?

Art, sound, programming, producer, designer?

Associate David Montgomery-Blake
David MontgomeryBlake
#4
03/14/2006 (7:34 am)
There are some excellent tutorials, and since you have programmed before (and in a C-styled language to boot), you should pick up the TorqueScript syntax quickly. The documentation for the various tools should get you up to speed quickly as well. It's a great engine to make the jump into development with.

Torque 3D Owner Sean H.
#5
03/14/2006 (8:28 am)
Youd greatly benefit by learning a little linear algebra as well. makes the learning curve alot easier.