The Game Creators

The Game Creators, Ltd.
Private
Industry Software development
Founded Lancashire, United Kingdom (1999)
Founder Lee Bamber, Richard Vanner
Headquarters Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Key people
 Lee Bamber (Managing Director)
Richard Vanner (Financial Director)[1]
Products Video game development software, modelling software
Website TheGameCreators.com

The Game Creators, Ltd. (often stylised "tgc") is a British game development software company formed through a partnership between programmer Lee Bamber and Rick Vanner in 1999,[2] located in Macclesfield, Cheshire, United Kingdom. The company was formerly known as Dark Basic Software Limited.

The company primarily develops and markets game development tools for Windows,[3] although some of its products, most notably App Game Kit, also support other platforms.[4] Among others, it has developed DarkBASIC Professional, its predecessor DarkBASIC, App Game Kit, FPS Creator (and its successors FPS Creator X10 and GameGuru) and The 3D Gamemaker.

The company also electronically publishes a number of other game development tools and utilities made by other parties, such as 3d modeling tools and media. In the past, they published a small number of computer games.

History

In 2005, The Game Creators acquired AlienCodec, a small game development company. The AlienCodec product range is now distributed by The Game Creators, with the original company existing only as a wholly owned brand of The Game Creators Ltd.[5]

Alongside game creation products, the company has occasionally published games. For example, in the recent past, TGC created several iOS.[6][7]

In 2012, The Game Creators released the Freedom Engine (later discontinued in 2013[8]) and the App Game Kit (AGK).

Game Guru

In November 2012, the company launched a campaign aiming to raise funds for the development of a new version of FPS Creator called "Reloaded", using crowd funding site Kickstarter. Despite the eventual failure to secure funding, a private investor agreed to fund development and The Game Creators began to accept funding using an internal system. As of October 2013, a beta version is in development [9] with a limited release scheduled for 31 October 2013. It was later renamed Game Guru and widened its focus beyond the first-person shooter genre. Since February 27th, 2015 it is available as a Steam early access title.

References

  1. ↑ The Game Creators Newsletter issue 82
  2. ↑ About: The Game Creators
  3. ↑ CrunchBase - The Game Creators
  4. ↑ The Game Creators Newsletter - Issue 95
  5. ↑ Aliencodec Homepage
  6. ↑ The Game Creators - iPhone and iPod Touch games
  7. ↑ PocketGamer.biz - Interview with The Game Creators
  8. ↑ "Freedom Engine · Game Changing Technology (beta)". 2013. Retrieved 2015-08-14.
  9. ↑ http://fpscreloaded.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/wednesday-waypoint-zones.html

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