Well this sounds more like JCL's playing the nice guy...
I would've thought that Android support and new editors would make up a new engine version instead of giving it away for free to current engine owners. That probably would have generated some sales...

A version number is a number. Nothing less, nothing more. Programs with different version numbers don't even need to be different at all.
Many new features arrived here without a major version number change and - according to jcl - the new WED and android support will as well.
It could also indicate that they don't want to charge us for updates. But that won't fit so well into your gamestudio-is-dead philosophy, will it?
Yeah, sure, without changing the version number they will go bankrupt. That sounds plausible...

Well, enjoy your delusions. I've been with GameStudio since v3. In all those long years, never has their beta cycle (and version release cycle) been this slow, this far behind. And never have they admitted to not thinking about the next version.

I don't have any delusions. I'm just saying that waiting for the things to come is better than blubbering around and complaining about a version number not changing. I've been with Gamestudio myself since A3. I know it's history as well as you do.

I think it will go as follows, based on speculation and statements:
- The Android support won't come with A9 or for free, it will be an optional license that you can purchase when it's done.
- The new WED which replaces both the current WED and MED will be released for A8 and be tested by its beta testers and regular users.
- A few month after that A9 will be announced, and the 3DGS homepage will be redesigned using screen shots from the new WED.
- Then they will probably think about a Mac/ Linux port, depending on the sales numbers of the Android plug-in and of GStudio in general.

I certainly hope that is the case, Superku. That would be nice. I would just like to see the development return to something close to what it was in the past (new betas coming out at least once a month) instead of these long, dry periods.

Jcl has in fact admitted very often that he has no clue when A7/A8 will be out. And back at A6.31 there was a very, very long period without any updates (more then a year).
I'm no fan of this update cycle either, but it's not the first time that we face it.

The real hassle in game development is not the production of the game itself. The main hassle is to make a game stable enough for distribution (polished, bulletproof, localizable, compatible to a lot of resolutions, etc, etc...). I find Unity and Gamestudio are quite comparable at this point.

imo it was not a bad decision to concentrate on a totally new, more integrated and up-to-date editor (and of course on zorro ), than adding new engine features continuously. and the android port seems to be a must today. they can attract new users and keep the old ones.

lite-c is great, only more visual editing and much better workflow what are urgently needed. every engine is a product thus sales driven, and the developers has to decide what is more important, and of course it does not definitely meet the requirements of all users, including me (e.g. I don't really use WED and MED so I would work without the new one too).

yes so it will.

But sometimes crazy things will happen. Like my Budgie who died this morning. no joke - he's realy gone today..

So, because gamestudio shrank to an one-man-show what will happen if JCL quit his work for several reasons ?
naaaa ? .... Gamestudio were past.

At the unity side you could exchange the half of the whole team without killing the engine.


So.... better not getn married with gs 4ever Hey.... but I'm not a betrayer. I have no relation to unity and would carring a GS4ever tattoo on my left arm.

there are many other engines having minimal staff, some of them will be dead, some can move on: C4, Neoaxis, Esenthel...