XAGE
Adventure Game Studio porting tool produces first fruit: Facebook/Xbox 360-based adventure "Awakener".
Birmingham, England. March 2010.
'Awakener' is a short, freeware point 'n click adventure game originally created by Ben Chandler using Adventure Game Studio, and was nominated for several categories in the AGS Awards 2009 ( http://www.americangirlscouts.org/agswiki/AGS_Awards_2009).
Using XAGE's new conversion tool, it has been possible to automatically port 'Awakener' to XAGE and, by extension, to a whole new host of platforms. The game is now playable as a facebook application at http://apps.facebook.com/awakener.
This represents several distinct firsts:
1) First AGS game to be playable online & ported to the Xbox360.
2) First XNA-based game to be playable as a Facebook application*.
1) First XAGE game to be publically released.
(* To the best of our knowledge)
About XAGE:
The XNA Adventure Game Engine is a multi-platform engine created by Daniel Alexander. In development for nearly two years, it allows traditional point 'n click adventure games to be published to Windows PC, Xbox360 and Silverlight platforms.
About Ben Chandler:
Ben Chandler is the author of such freeware adventure games as 'Annie Android', 'Shifter's Box' and 'Featherweight'. His work has been regularly featured on sites such as rockpapershotgun.com and jayisgames.com.
Contact:
Dan Alexander: clarvalon@live.co.uk
Ben Chandler: edible_pants@hotmail.com
Links:
Awakener on Facebook - http://www.apps.facebook.com/awakener
XAGE - http://www.clarvalon.com
Ben Chandler's Blog - http://ben304.blogspot.com/