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No offence intended, darkhog, but I’m beginning to think your desire to get Monkey 2 on Steam is less about that and more about wanting something to undercut AGK! :\
I don’t know why people are saying it isn’t as easy to use as Blitz* or Dark Basic or AGK
I don’t know why you’re saying it is. Mark moved away from that with Blitz Max and even more so with Monkey. Sure, you could get used to the syntax – you could say that about most high-level languages I guess – but Monkey really isn’t as easy as those other languages.
That’s not to say he shouldn’t put it on Steam though. I’m sure there’s an audience for it there regardless of how much it differs from AGK and other such more simpler, user-friendly languages.
Also, the Steam version should be cheap, 15-20 USD cheap, so people will choose Monkey over similar tools like AGK
I doubt it. Monkey isn’t as intuitive as AGK, which is more akin to Blitz3D and Dark Basic, so the two are unlikely to compete directly whatever the price difference; people looking for an easy-to-use programming language are more likely to choose AGK.
I wanted to comment on this over at the Blitz forums but the thread was deleted (it’s not the first time “Monkey talk” has touched a nerve with moderation over there I’ll add!), so I’ve come here to do it…
I am for the idea of putting this all under one roof.
Despite what skidracer might think (“Blitz3D should never had to have shared a site with BlitzMax” – quote from the deleted thread), this is what should have happened in the first place. Monkey never needed a separate site/forum, and it still doesn’t. A bigger community, even if it comprises people who frequent for different reasons/platforms, is typically a stronger one – that’s how the Blitz community grew, and why segregation is causing conflict now.
As I recall, BlitzMax had its detractors too, but quickly became a big part of the Blitz community. That could have happened with Monkey, and could have been happening now with Monkey 2 if was all a part of the same forum.