JCL, "Zzyzx Engine"!...like ello said,it's kind of hard to pronounce;

but cooooooool.3DGS is just as cool.

Yz!

Hi, it would probably make Gamestudio cost more. Name changing in business is expensive.

Anyway, it says in the name what it does, a studio for creating games, more than that one does not need.

Only problem is that all the other gamestudios out there, one especally, keeps coming up when i search for gamestudio.

But, GSTUDIOA7 is also a good name as far as i am concerned, and i install in this (named) folder.


AND it is getting better and better, almost daily.

It must not be a full change.
As Conitec has gamestudio as Brandname, the gamestudio brand itself should not be dropped.

It is about the more expensive versions. (eg Pro)
If they would get a new market appearence, it would make the product more "sleek" for
proposing it as platform for development. (for the reasons discussed above)

Lite-C for example is also a new brand name. Conitec could have called it "3D Game Studio C",
wich would not have been a good choice.

Torque is not that superior in terms of ease of use, this is something found in their forum:

Quote:

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You just have to choose what fits your teams skill level. Just look at what successful indie games are out there, only a tiny fraction are made with Torque. There's a lot of catching up for Garage Games to do, it's not enough to have pretty shaders and shadows, those can be done with almost any engine to the same level and are fundamentaly an art tool, not so much an engine feature.

One area that Torque still stands out is networking, and in some ways even though BSP and CSG is somewhat outdated, it does make it easy to mod and create simple levels even for a novice. Something that fits nicely in a gamers comfort zone with familiarity of similar tools helping get them running off the bat.

At the end of the day it doesn't make it any easier to actualy go on to finish a game, and limits what you can do to some extent because making torque work in genres it wasn't designed for is extremely difficult without an experienced team with solid C++ knowledge.

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I think Torque got better reputation because there is an "AAA" game made with it, but it could be Tough for small or solo developer to create a game, the Torque script is not flexible enough, you can only create mod base on the build-in engine behaviour, or create unique behaviour by modify the engine, or buy those CONTENT PACK!

Edit:
Maybe Conitec consider to change the description order in their web site:

Professional
Advanced
Beginner

Strongly emphasis the template system call "T7 Engine" for beginner. Click together game is using "T7 Engine". Now the template system is list first in the forecast page, I think critical engine features like "New engine features", "Shader", "lite-C", "In-game editor", "WED/MED improvement" should list first.

Long read in this thread, but in the end I'm not sure what a name change would do for an established product.

If Metallica changed their name to "The Friendly Guys With Nice Hair" would we not still know they're Metallica? And if Elton John changed his name to "Bad Ass Punk Rocker From The Depths of Hades" wouldn't we still know it's Elton John?

If you found the coolest name in the world for a game engine, changed GameStudio to it, and walked into a publishers office tomorrow with a game made from it, does anybody really think the publisher would say "Well that's better then, has to be a good game now with a new cool game engine name like that, Here, give me a look at it".

I kind of think they would say "You mean GameStudio?"

It's kind of like saying that when you take your Ford Pinto to the race track they laugh at you, so the next day you come back with a Mustang sticker on it, and everybody now takes you seriously and begs you to race.

Being new here and to GameStudio I may be out in left field on this, but somehow I can't imagine a name change actually changing the image of a well established company. Besides, GameStudio seems to fit, and personally after being around other dev sites quite a bit I don't think GS has all that bad a reputation. A lot of people that hang out at GarageGames and also use Torque actually speak pretty highly of it.

I do agree with everyone that's said they should have better marketing and much better and more current demo to show off the engine...

Well 3dgs is famous now, everyone knows about 3d gamestudio, even if they like it or not if you change the name, even if you say"this is 3dgamestudio" it'll take a long time before it gets famous

Let's face it: They already dropped the "3d" from the official name, most people here (including me) didn't even notice this change and still refer to "3dgs".
This won't change with another name change.

Using "T7" for advertising might work out, but in first place I agree with the lack of quality demos. It's not especially that there are none, but I think they are not placed very good. For the potential customer demos linked in Wiki and forum can be considered as very well hidden.
Take a look at how other companies do that: http://www.quest3d.com/index.php?id=15

Without wanting to advertise this engine or start a discussion about its features (so don't even think about starting another engine war here), I think this page works out very well.

I wrote my diploma thesis about RFID.
(the little radio tags, that will eventually replace the barcode in a couple of years
on all consumer products)

A main reference book, was actually "RFID for Dummies", mainly for
covering the topic in broad terms.
There where many other papers/books for specific points, but I actually used the book the most.

I had to kind of hide it in the references, putting it in the middle of the reference table, as it really
did not sound well to use a "for Dummies" book. (although the book is a good review of the industry/technology)

-> Wrong naming, can really hurt a product.