However, Blitz always had massive problems with its pipeline, and things like b3D pipeline were amazing but ought to have been closer to home. It's easy to author, and easy to work with.

If you look at things like the iphone, psp and even a lot of Wii games, they're using that level of technology. DX7 is actually a really nice level of technology to work with. Personally, I kinda feel that Blitz3D ought to have stuck with Blitz3D, or have expanded Blitz3D to be multi-platform and/or web enabled. I'm not necessarily fond of jumping to the next shiny new product either, especially as so many of these ventures are transient projects until the lead programmer graduates and gets a proper job That's the thing, I had a great experience with Blitz2D and Blitz3D, and whilst I never 'shipped a product' with it, I don't regret the time I spent with it. I get the feeling a lot of people are probably in the same boat. I don't have a huge portfolio of work to show for my years using Blitz so to some extent I feel like there's probably a lot more I could do efficiently and creatively in B3D before I'm ready to move on. I'm a huge proponent of 'growing out' of things, be it a language, 3D app, or what have you. Now granted, that was like 6 years ago for me and I should probably move on to something more modern, but personally, I'm yet to find anything out there that has the learning curve that B3D did for me.Īs much as I feel I'm a semi-competent programmer now, every time I start to look into another language it makes my head spin. Def not the 'next best thing' kinda people following but rather, guys like me who at some point wanted to dabble in game programming and found an option that suited their skill level. However, I'd argue that having an engine and language that isn't cutting edge and is so simple to work in, is the reason why it still has a huge following. I agree with you to some extent, B3D has def run its course and BMax, while def making some strides, still feels like it's behind a step or two. I'm always sad to say, but I don't miss using it.

However I think it lost its way at some stage and has floundered for many years, with an increasingly grumpy userbase.

I'm an ex Blitz3D guy, and before that Blitz 2D and Blitz 2 (on the Amiga). Much like Latin, Esperanto or Welsh, there are plenty of people still using it but most of them are capable of using a different language. See, this is what makes me feel that blitz is, unfortunately, a dead language.

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