GDC 2010

There is one day remaining in this year’s GDC. Our feet are sore and our voices are scratchy. The news of InstantAction is creating quite a buzz and it’s been fun showing off the latest in digital distribution at the booth.

It’s been a great show so far. I told everyone that we weren’t shooting for stars at this year's GDC, but we did do a lot to deliver a great booth and many great demos. Some have told me that this year's booth is the best yet which is great to hear. This year, we focused on showing off some of the great work that is possible with Torque. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so I’ll let you judge for yourselves below.

GDC Announcement

Recently, I announced that we are resetting our sights for what we are likely calling Torque 2D 2011. I am very happy with the positive remarks and support from the community. We are very excited about some the direction changes and from the discussions I’ve overheard on the expo floor are positive as well. You saw our hint of C#, I look forward to sharing more about how we are planning on using such an efficient language to improve your ability to turn ideas into games.

Given our current plans, we expect the new version of Torque 2D to be available in Q1, 2011. We realize this is quite far away and, given the nature of software estimating, we will follow-up on this estimate in another few months -we expect to confirm this target. The foundations we’ve built and the research that we’ve done suggests that we are building something better ( and different ) than anything available today.

"Sweet @$! Poker uses the Torque2D game engine, which is supported by the Portalarium Player, providing more powerful graphics and better performance than 2D Flash-based browser games."

From their website.


We will also be delivering a free update to Torque 2D 2009 ( a.k.a TGB ) by the end of April to help make the wait go faster. We’ve seen a lot of great games on TGB here at GDC. We recently learned that Richard Garriott’s ( Ultima, Tabula Rasa, and space travel fame ) new team used Torque 2D 2009 to make their new Facebook poker game Sweet Poker and we are very excited to work more closely with them.

More Reasons To Get Excited

Firstly, we are offering, for a limited time, a discount on Torque 3D. The coupon code is GDC2010 and it will be available for a short time, so get in while you can. I’ll let you enter to coupon code and find out what the discount is.

Lastly, the demos at our booth are blowing people away. I’m posting a couple screen shots to show you what is on display at our booth. I think you will enjoy them. I’m saving screenshots from our premier demo, China Town…that demo is going to get its own blog.

GDC PC and XBox 360 Demo Screenshots

GDC Video ( playing at the front of our booth )