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rebol would be very interesting  choice for this because it can "do" 
and process it's own code at runtime and it would make for a *dream 
combination* of making games that you can code and edit at runtime 
without restarting!

Anyone got experience with Stackless Python? http://www.stackless.com/
It seems to be suited for game programming.

Oldes, I'd suggest you look at http://unity3d.com/unity/

This framework could be a good choice for your port of the flash 
game. You can publish on WIndows/Mac/Wii/iPhone.

I have been playing with their IDE on Mac..it was not so great but 
not much worse than Flash IDE  I know they are now building IDE for 
Windows.

You can script the game using JIT compiled JavaScript or C#(Mono)..what 
a pity there is no Rebol support :)

Looks good.. but we first must finish the Flash version anyway. I'm 
now working on level 11 so at least another 11 still have todo.

but.. it seems to be especially for 3D.There is no info how to import 
or use vector animations. And the price is quite high:
    *  Retail: $30,000 per title
    * WiiWare: $15,000 per title

Also: You must be a an Authorized Developer for the Wii console and 
obtain a Wii development kit

just do it. you already have one Wii customer.

Joh,, I have used it years ago. If it is gane programming, you might 
consider Lua

Ah yes, Lua. I've heard it mentioned many times, but never got to 
look at it myself.

Nice, compact, good community. From the looks of it, nice books. 
Did I mention is was open source ;-) ?  IIRC Adobe's lightroom is 
largely built with it as well

NickA:  the d3d was Andrew Hoadley. Not an active member, but is 
a friend of mine who has a professional interest in 3D.

Andrew's day job .. http://mvh.com.au/portal/index.php

John, definately check out lua if you haven't.  Really cool stuff.

http://www.lua.org/about.html

http://www.threadless.com//product/1693/zoom.gif

heh - funny

can anyone recommend a good MMO game to try... I long had some ideas 
for more lightweight MMO and would like to see how a good mmo works/plays 
but whatever I try it's pretty boring and bland, but I am not very 
knowledgable in gameplaying :)

http://www.anarchy-online.com
A big part of the game is free of charge.

Janko, what MMOs have you tried, that you find boring?

if you like your MMO with a little meat then try EVE-Online .. one 
of the best ive seen for thinking people :)

what does MMO mean?

massively multiplayer online [insert genre here]

ahhh.  Cool

like everquest?

yes - that is in the RPG genre

ok, thanks.

so MMORPG

ahhh ok.

(Geomol - it's a complex subject , I need some more time to reply 
:)

This coming MMO looks promising: http://www.swtor.com/
Check out the latest cinematic trailer!

Nice games: http://www.oneclickdog.com/

yep  cool  I like the music.  really good quality for a flash game... 
people usually use cheesy (bad) soundtracks.

finally found a flash game to explain liquid   :-D  

http://www.y8.com/games/Liquid_Measure

Level 20 was the easiest :)

the only one that really got me guessing was level 10  :-)

good game.

took me some time to figure out lvl 10 as well

very nice game using physics engine http://windosill.com

http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/index.html

Scored 2.13, the point of equidistance one is probably the toughest 
one.

my  runs  come out at  5  I suppose it could be my monitor ... yea 
thats it ;)

That Eyeballing game (done in Flash) is a quite simple mathematical 
game. My score was modal.

3.8

Oldes, how is machinarium doing? You got some very good reviews.

I don't know exactly, but probably not bad.. We were also contacted 
by some people who believe that they are able to port it to consoles 
and even to iPhone.. we will see.

Machinarium on the first page of Reddit! http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/ahfbk/this_game_looks_gorgeous/

yep, and i think this was second time (i've seen it when it was released, 
maybe not first position that time though.)

yep saw that too! congrats Oldes

http://machinarium.net/demo/has x.mas special.. two games wth 10usd 
..  Not a bad price...

It has been a difficult decision for us because we are big fans of 
Machinarium but we have decided that we will not be moving forward 
with the XBLA version of the game.  One of the main objectives for 
our team as a 1st party publisher is to publish great games that 
are exclusive to Microsoft platforms (Xbox, Games for Windows).  
Currently, there is a significant emphasis on investing our resources 
in games that will be exclusive to Microsoft platforms.  Since Machinarium 
has already is out on other distribution sites it falls out scope 
for what we are trying to do.   
 

I think there is a great potential for us to work together on a future 
title that is exclusive to Microsoft (Xbox Live Arcade and Games 
for Windows).  If you are working on a new concept, please let me 
know and let's see if there is something that we can do together.