Gambas Adventure Engine
From Pigasoftware
| Gambas Adventure Engine | |
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| Operating System(s): | GNU/Linux |
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| Code Base: | GAMBAS |
| Common Games: | Alexei: Part IX |
Gambas Adventure Engine is a free software graphical adventure game engine created by Piga Software. It is designed to be similar to the engines powering the Arthur Yahtzee and Rob Blanc (Adventure Game Studio) trilogies. The engine itself has been utilized in the game Alexei: Part IX.
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Technology
The Gambas Adventure Engine closely resembles many aspects of Arthur Yahtzee. The engine itself has most of the features found in Arthur Yahtzee, although GAE does not currently support character animations or interaction between collected objects as Arthur Yahtzee does. One new feature thought up specifically for GAE is the inclusion of a "knowledge" window, which lists all the thoughts and knowledge the player has collected throughout the game. Currently the engine supports object interaction, collection, secrets gathering, sound effects, multiple music tracks, and the ability for the player view and touch objects, as well as primitive talk functions.
History
Work on the Gambas Adventure Engine started in June of 2007, with the development of a game called "Bomb Search", where the player character had too find various clues in order to deactivate a large nuclear bomb. Although development continued on this project for about a year, it was later dropped in favour of a new design. A new implementation of GAE was created during the development Alexei: Part IX, which was released on May 19, 2009.
