Popcap Games - developed in?

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  1. bentlegen

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    Hey all, I was just curious if anybody knew what Popcap and other similar puzzle developers typically develop their [offline] games in. Java, C, C++, etc.

    I'm interested in making similar-styled games (I apologize pre-emptively), and I want to know if I'd be wasting my time coding in Python when nothing less than a "fast" language like C++ will do.

    Thanks,
    - ben
     
    #1 bentlegen, Jan 16, 2005
  2. ggambett

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    As long as you don't do blitting in Python, I think you'll be OK (read : use PyGame). The logic of these games (and of most games) isn't usually what eats CPU. Go Python!
     
    #2 ggambett, Jan 16, 2005
  3. exepotes

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    agreed! and add to that the fact that CPUs aren't so 'slow' like they used to be... and py(game)thon kicks ass! :)
     
    #3 exepotes, Jan 16, 2005
  4. James C. Smith

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    I don't know for sure, but I would be willing to bet a lot of money that Pop Cap uses C++ (or maybe C) for most of their downloadable games. I know Game House does.
     
    #4 James C. Smith, Jan 16, 2005
  5. Raptisoft

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    Popcap games are all in LISP and visual basic.
     
    #5 Raptisoft, Jan 16, 2005
  6. Diodor Bitan

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    It's spelled Lisp.
     
    #6 Diodor Bitan, Jan 16, 2005
  7. Wayward

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    Indies Show They've Got Game claims:
     
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  8. svero

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    Actually it's my understandiong that Popcap games are developed directly in machine code and not by human programmers, but rather by an intermediary AI that some of the Popcap guys accidently created modifying an IRC chat bot and later trained on a diet of arcade classics, early nintendo titles, and spider solitaire.
     
    #8 svero, Jan 16, 2005
  9. princec

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    <smug>I think it's especially fitting that they developed all the online titles in Java first and then decided Java was too shit to develop the deluxe versions in.

    Oh no! Wait! That's not right!

    Cas :)
     
    #9 princec, Jan 16, 2005
  10. ggambett

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    Nonsense! It's well known that LISP stands for Lost In Stupid Parenthesis!
     
    #10 ggambett, Jan 16, 2005
  11. Andy

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    You said this Cas! Finally... ;)
     
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  12. Diodor Bitan

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    Lots of Iritating Silly Parentheses? :) Or was it Superfluous...
     
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  13. princec

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    Java sucks! Don't use it!

    Cas :)
     
    #13 princec, Jan 16, 2005
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    So does that make JAVA
    Just Another Virtual Application? :D
     
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    I thought it was spelled Lithp.
    (Thorry, I couldn't rethitht :eek: )
     
    #15 Martoon, Jan 17, 2005
  16. Hiro_Antagonist

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    The downloadable/"Deluxe" Popcap games are all coded in C++.

    -Hiro_Antagonist
     
    #16 Hiro_Antagonist, Jan 17, 2005
  17. Kzero

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    ?

    finally popcap develop their deluxe games in C
    and their online version in Java?

    sounds funny
     
    #17 Kzero, Feb 4, 2005
  18. Hiro_Antagonist

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    They used to code their web/online versions in Java. I believe they've switched to ActiveX w/ their newer versions.

    That can be easily verified by trying both their old and new games, and viewing source on the wrapper pages. =)

    -Hiro_Antagonist
     
    #18 Hiro_Antagonist, Feb 4, 2005
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