alambik?

xearokool · October 02, 2006

I've been looking around, and I have been really impressed with Alambik. The problem is, it costs so much for full regestration!!! Is it worth the money? Are there any alternatives?

Shockwave · October 02, 2006

I suppose that Flash would be the best alternative, though I'm probably wrong and I've no doubt that someone more enlightened will put you on the right track

xearokool · October 02, 2006

Something that puzzles me is, how do they get ahold of it when full reg is 19000usd!?

benny! · October 02, 2006

@xearokool:

Afaik there is a free version of alambik available (refer alambik.com).

The technique was / is(?) really good - however you should find out if alambik
is still being developed and how the plans are. Otherwise it would be not worth
the money. Furthermore, keep in mind that the majority of users just may not
want to install additional plugins. IMHO, the standard plugins available of an average
pc are flash, java (applets) and maybe shockwave as well.

In this thread you find some more thoughts about alambik:

http://dbfinteractive.com/index.php?topic=601.0

Just my 2cts

Clyde · October 02, 2006

Ah yes, now I remember Alambik by that cool Nuke Dude

xearokool · October 02, 2006

I've got to be honest here, I coded a little in the free bit of Alambik, and enjoyed it. I wanted to export my work as an exe, but, alas, thats not a feature included in the free version. Its unfortunate, for one, that it doesent have export for non-paying users, and for two, that its so expensive.If it were 10 bones or something, I could probably pick up a copy. It costs a bit more than 10 bucks though, and if I had that much $$ laying around, I'd rather score a copy of 3Impact for c++ than a copy of Alambik....

I also crawled around on p2p, and came up empty handed.

zawran · October 02, 2006

Quote from: xearokool on October 02, 2006I also crawled around on p2p, and came up empty handed.

I can't really recommend using pirated software, even if its development languages. Its just not right. If you want to use something, purchase it. If its too expensive, then find something else that will enable you to produce similar results. Just my 2 cents, for what its worth.

xearokool · October 02, 2006

QuoteI can't really recommend using pirated software, even if its development languages. Its just not right. If you want to use something, purchase it. If its too expensive, then find something else that will enable you to produce similar results. Just my 2 cents, for what its worth.

Yeah, totally. I'm not usually one for stuff like that either. So I'm going to go ahead and quote myself, to try and drive the point home.

QuoteI've been looking around, and I have been really impressed with Alambik. The problem is, it costs so much for full regestration!!! Is it worth the money? Are there any alternatives?

Ok, ok, I'm not trying to be rude here, but I'll go ahead and emphasize that I said...

QuoteAre there any alternatives?

Heh, its unfortunate. That I would be so quick to make enemies. And while its on my mind I'd like to say. Yes, I've used pirated software. No, I dont feel bad about it. 90% of the software that resides on my harddrive is open source, but to people are so quick to point the finger, thats not what matters. People like that just set around and wait for someone to come along and be honest about there lives, and someone is always so quick to tear them down.

I did find an alternative BTW, its called Processing. It can be found at http://processing.org/

benny! · October 02, 2006

Processing is definately a nice project and worth checking out. Although I don't
like the new version with the jogl-implementation. Nevertheless, it's brilliant for
experiments and prototyping ..

Furthermore, there is a subproject for mobile devices.

http://mobile.processing.org/index.php

I have done a little 2D horizontal starfield with it - available for download here :

J2ME Binary: http://www.weltenkonstrukteur.de/dl/hStarField_J2ME.zip

Source : http://mobile.processing.org/discourse/YaBB.cgi?board=games;action=display;num=1130353361

zawran · October 02, 2006

In your first post you ask for alternatives, but in the third post you only mention how expensive it is, and that you searched the p2p. Perhaps I have read that one post wrong, and if so, then sorry about that. I will just step away from this thread and not look back.

Jim · October 02, 2006

Another alternative if you're looking to replace Flash is SVG. http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/.
Jim

xearokool · October 02, 2006

zawran:
Your apology is accepted, I to apologise at jumping to conclusions so quickly.

Shockwave · October 03, 2006

No more warez talk on this board please.
Topic locked.