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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike Redrobe)
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- Subject: Re: Blitz Basic vs GameSmith
- Date: 09 Apr 96 10:29:47 +0000
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- Hi, Andrea Morolli , on 03-Apr-96 10:52:32 you scribbled....
- >Thompson Yip (yu138240@yorku.ca) wrote:
- >: Anyone has experience with GameSmith? How is it when compares with Blitz
- >: Basic 2.1?
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- >I'm using some GameSmith functions to develope my programs. Well, I think
- >it's really cool and fast, its blitter calls are very efficent (I've
- >displayed and moved around 20 32*32 6-bit planes objects at 50fps (I use an
- >AGA machine)). It provides you low levels features expecially for viewports
- >handling, bobs display and animation so you only have to enjoy programming
- >in C. However you can also use its functions with Assembler if you like. I
- >don't know Blitz Basic very much but I think it's easier than GameSmith which
- >I suggest to you only if you have a good knowledge of C programming (or
- >Assembler).
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- > Despite this GameSmith probably gives you more freedom in
- >programming being a simple .lib file to link.
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- How big is the .lib ?
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- > Don't expext 2 things from
- >GameSmith:
- >1) Routines to play modules;
- easy to get hold of src anyway
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- >2) Support for AGA sprites;
- hmmm, I presume it supports "other" AGA stuff?
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- Just had a look at the GDS demos on aminet...they all seem to kill the system...
- Is this just those demos, or are all the functions "intuition unfriendly" ?
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- Mike
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