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 Features
Let's have a look at the features of DizzyAGE and what can you do with it.
- Allows users to concentrate on the quality of the story and puzzles.
- Stabil and easy to use game enviroment.
- Fluent player movement, very similar to the original games.
- Easy to use map editor.
- Custom graphic tiles in Z80 or PC style, with 32bit support.
- Simple script for event responses and objects behaviour.
- Classic inventory and dialogs.
- Support for scrolling games.
- Sound and music support, including Z80 tunes.
- Save and Load game options.
- Data packing with zip compressing.
- Game setup for configure game options.
- Documentation, tutorials and technical support.
- Additional tiles and sounds packages, available for download.
- Publish your games on the official DizzyAGE web site.
- A growing DizzyAGE community that creates great Dizzy games.
There are a lot of games already made with DizzyAGE, and some of them are very accurate remakes of the original ones.
Visit the DizzyAGE
game's page
to see them all.
Requirements
System requirements:
DizzyAGE runs on a PC with a 3D accelerated graphic card (GeForce2 or above recomanded).
It runs on Windows operating system and it requires DirectX 9 (or above) or OpenGL installed.
If you experience problems running DizzyAGE on your PC configuration, contact us with the details.
User requirements:
As a DizzyAGE user, you must have some idea about the original Dizzy games, and of course, basic computer operating knowledge.
Before you start with the practical chapters, you must read the other two books that are part of the DizzyAGE documentation.
One is the GS9 Programming Book,
that presents the scripting language used in DizzyAGE games. No prior programming experience is required. The book takes you from the beginning, in a very pedant way.
For some people, already posessing programming skills, a simple glance over the language's syntax and variable's types will be enough.
The other one is the
DizzyAGE Editor Book,
that presents the process of creating the game's map, using the DizzyAGE editor.
It will also introduce you to some important DizzyAGE notions, that are learned
more easily, in the visual enviroment of the map editor.
Software requirements:
Beside the DizzyAGE devtools, there are a few other softwares that can help you while creating your games.
You can still do without them, using default Windows programs, like Notepad for editing text files.
To edit the graphics you will need a graphic editor, like
Adobe Photoshop or
The Gimp.
To quickly view or to convert image files, I recommend
ACDSee or
IrfanView.
To edit scripts and other text files, I recommend
UltraEdit or
SciTE.
To edit sounds or convert music files, I recommend
Audacity.
For AY and YM music conversion, I recommend Sergey Bulba's
AY-3-8910/12 Emulator.
For YM music player, I recommend Arnaud Carré's
STSound.
For easy files management, I recommend
Total Commander, instead of Windows Explorer.
Licence
DizzyAGE is free to use by anyone who wants to create a Dizzy fan game.
However, since you're going to make a fan game, you can NOT sell it and
you must give full credit to the original Dizzy's creators and trademark owners.
You should practically include the following text in your game:
"Dizzy", "The Yolkfolk" and all related characters and titles
are trademarks of Blitz Games Limited ("Blitz") and
The Codemasters Software Company Limited ("Codemasters").
All rights reserved. Dizzy and The Yolkfolk created by The Oliver
Twins.
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Reference to the DizzyAGE's authors and to the official website will be appreciated.
Non-Dizzy games created with DizzyAGE or it's map editor are not restricted in any way.
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Under no circumstances DizzyAGE's authors should be held responsible
for any damage that the product might inflict on your computer or
your personal life. DizzyAGE's authors are not responsible for content
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DizzyAGE devtools C/C++ sources are available to assure future portability of your DizzyAGE games.
They are copywrited by the author and if you want to use them (or parts of them) you need the author's approval.
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