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Well this may be a good Idea, I have just one or two thoughts that come in my mind by reading this.

The problem I see with creating "ready-to-use" features like inventory or NPC or city etc.. Is that this may be easy for game makers to use but it does not really allowed them to create their own system.

That's what I like with Leadwerks; some people will say it is unfinished where others may see the chance to build their own features.

In my opinion Leadwerks give (just enough of) the structure you need to be able to create your own game mechanics...

That said I understand how cool it sounds to get ready-to-use things. My question is just how should 1000 game makers build an own game with originality with this ?

Hi @Marcousik,

thank you for commenting. You are very true, this a really interesting question, I haven't answered in this post, but I am aware of it. That is why one of the keywords of the Framework is "accessibility".

I guess I best explain the idea with a specific example. My AI script offers the "user" to chose how the AI behaves in combat. Lets take melee combat for example. You can chose out of 3 block types (No blocking, block only on demand (parry), constant blocking (e.g with a shield)). You can chose if the AI uses one static weapon, or if it is able to pick up weapon items and equip them. You can even decide if the NPC uses combo attacks (instead of single hit attacks), if he uses spells or powerattacks. This is just a small example for one thing inside the framework.

So to sum up, I always try to offer a varitey of designs and functionalities (I take a look at a lot of games and chose the best and most common systems) the user can chose from and at the same time, I try to offer as much settings and costumize options as possible to allow the user altering the style without needing to mess around with heavy coding. I achieve this, by using prefab systems, so you can either use the prefabs provided with the Phodex Framework or easily create your own. Furthermore, you can even adjust some more basic settings within the prefabs themself.

I hope this was not to confusing. What I can say to conclude, is that you best wait until I can show the systems behind the framework and then comment again, it is a little hard to imagine everything I explained here and my ideas at all ^^. The only thing which is important is that I am aware of what you where saying and that is the biggest challenge with the Phodex Framework.

Hey @Phodex Games - When will the framework be available?

Hi @HeadClot. In the next blog entry I will provide more information about the progress of the Phodex Framework. In general, I am not sure about the whole publishing stuff. It is not even sure if I will make the project available for public.

What I can say is that I plan to publish some features/mechanics on the workshop and I definetly think about making it available for public, so stay tuned  .