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Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:16:27 -0700

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Subject: Announcement: Axiom, a Forth Based Universal Game Programming System

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If you are interested in programming abstract strategy games, puzzles,
and a variety of other related applications (or you are just
interested in novel Forth applications), you might be interested in
"Axiom". Axiom is a universal game development system that works in
conjunction with the "Zillions Of Games" (tm) product. It is in the
form of a plug-in DLL engine for Zillions. Axiom has its own complete
Forth based scripting language as opposed to the built-in Lisp like
language included in the Zillions product. Axiom provides its own
search engine, allows the game AI to be customized, supports math, and
in general, allows a high degree of customized programming. Due to
the full power of Forth being available for game programming, Axiom
extends the range of games possible with the Zillions product.

You can find the Axiom development kit (which includes documentation)
along with several Axiom based games at:

http://www.zillions-of-games.com/cgi-bin/zilligames/submissions.cgi/4...

Also, there is a yahoo group dedicated to Axiom:

http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/axiom-system/

The Zillions of Games (tm) product is a commercial product, however
you can download the development kit and the Forth based Axiom games
for free. You need to purchase the Zillions product in order to play
these and Zillions games, however if your interest is limited to
examining the game programming, then you can look at the included *.
4th files.

Due to the fact it is Forth based, it may not be for everyone. In the
yahoo group, there has been some backlash to using Forth (e.g. "Why
didn't you use Java?). However, my personal experience has been that
Forth is an excellent language for this purpose.

I am not affiliated with the Zillions product in any way. I'm a Forth
enthusiast and Axiom has been a hobby project which I am offering to
the public for free. I've been working on Axiom and the current set
of Axiom based games for the past 1-1/2 years in my 'spare' time.

Thank you for your interest.

-- Greg Schmidt

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