Can torque be used to create a simple 2d game
by Tyler Boland · in Torque Game Engine · 07/27/2006 (2:46 pm) · 14 replies
Can the Torqe game engine be used to make a simple 2d game using only scripts(like tic tac toe)
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#2
07/27/2006 (2:52 pm)
Torque Game Builder would be more applicable. And it has a 30 day evaluation period.
#3
p.s. I seached and all i got was things from the torque 2d engine forums
07/27/2006 (3:04 pm)
I don't want to buy a 2d engine i just want to know if torque can create 2d games.if not i'll make my own 2d game engine.p.s. I seached and all i got was things from the torque 2d engine forums
#4
GISH was made in TGE though it is a sidescroller.
07/27/2006 (3:16 pm)
Wait wait. You want to buy a game engine to make 2D games, but you don't want to buy TGB, a mainly 2D specific game engine? That makes no sense.GISH was made in TGE though it is a sidescroller.
#5
07/27/2006 (3:52 pm)
There's no reason you couldn't make a simple 2D game in TGE. Whether or not it would require changes to the source code is entirely up to how you implemented it. I am very curious however as to why you would want to do it entirely in script if you are capable of writing your own 2D engine from scratch? Obviously you must have some programming experience. 
#6
That said, you could make a 2d game in Torque, but why not just try TGB.
07/27/2006 (4:16 pm)
GISH wasn't made in TGE.That said, you could make a 2d game in Torque, but why not just try TGB.
#8
Really? I've always thought I read that somewhere they modified TGE to display side-scrolling, and worked on dynamic lighting and physics.
07/27/2006 (4:55 pm)
Quote:GISH wasn't made in TGE.
Really? I've always thought I read that somewhere they modified TGE to display side-scrolling, and worked on dynamic lighting and physics.
#9
07/27/2006 (4:59 pm)
TGE isn't 2D Game ready. You'd have to program just about everything in there. If you goal is just a 2d game, TGE wouldn't be the best way to go.
#10
07/27/2006 (5:03 pm)
Gish used its own engine as do most (all?) Chronic Logic games.
#11
07/27/2006 (7:18 pm)
There is a Tic-Tac-Toe example for TGE, but if your ultimate goal is to make 2D games, a 3D engine probably is not your best bet.
#13
07/28/2006 (7:15 pm)
Ok I'm having a lot of trouble making a 3D game with TGE, so i want to make it a little more simple and create a a 2d game,but i really don't want to edit the engine
#14
You would probably be better served by TGB, but I can understand you not being interested in purchasing another engine license... but that engine is intended for 2D games, and from what I've seen is probably going to be easier to approach.
07/29/2006 (1:22 pm)
In my opinion, it is not going to be easier to do something with the engine that it was not designed to do than it is to do what it was designed to do.You would probably be better served by TGB, but I can understand you not being interested in purchasing another engine license... but that engine is intended for 2D games, and from what I've seen is probably going to be easier to approach.
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