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| style="width:40%;" | '''Visionaire Studio''' is a powerful multi-platform game engine specifically designed for the creation of 2D and 2.5D point & click adventure games. It allows ''virtually'' everyone to develop games, as no coding is required. The only ''limitation'' is your '''imagination'''! || style="width:30%;" | '''Indies & Hobbyists'''<br /><br />Your entryway into the world of adventure game development. || '''Teachers & Students'''<br /><br />Teach the principals of game design, using a fun and easy to learn game engine.
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| style="width:40%;" | '''Visionaire Studio''' is a powerful multi-platform game engine specifically designed for the creation of 2D and 2.5D point & click adventure games. It allows ''virtually'' everyone to develop games, as no coding is required. The only ''limitation'' is your '''imagination'''!<br /><br />Bring your game to life in a matter of ''hours'' or ''days'', instead of ''weeks'' or ''months''. What would usually take you ages to achieve via programming can be done much faster due to our event system which allows you to effortlessly combine pre-made [[Action System|actions]], queries and [[Scripting|code]].
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| style="width:40%;" | '''Visionaire Studio''' is great for quickly getting ideas down as you can do everything without having to type a single line of code. You just click and select!<br /><br />Bring your game to life in a matter of ''hours'' or ''days'', instead of ''weeks'' or ''months''. What would usually take you ages to achieve via programming can be done much faster due to our [[#powerful_event_system|event system]] which allows you to effortlessly combine pre-made [[#flexible_actions|actions]], queries and [[#built-in_script_editor|code]].<br /><br />Visionaire also provides a visual approach to design with a ''what you see is what you get'' type of preview section which allows you to quickly place assets and preview animations and toggle condition states.<br /><br />Testing what you have currently done so far, is as easy as saving your project, then pressing '''run'''.<br /><br />Within ''minutes'' or ''hours'', you could have a working prototype to share with the rest of the world! ||[[File:Mp start screen.png|center|640x640px]]
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=== General ===
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* [[An Introduction to Visionaire Studio: Adventure Game Engine|Introduction: What is Visionaire Studio all about?]]
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=== Game Creation ===
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** [[Action Parts|List of Action Parts]]
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  <div>[[File:paradigm_1.jpg|thumb|500px|Paradigm (Jacob Janerka)]]</div>
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<div>[[File:Asa_rm.jpg|thumb|500x500px|ASA: A Space Adventure (Simon Says: Watch! Play!)]]</div>
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<div>[[File:kf_pillars_of_the_earth.jpg|thumb|500px|Ken Follet's The Pillars of the Earth (Daedalic Entertainment)]]</div>
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Latest revision as of 11:31, 20 October 2023

What is Visionaire Studio? It's great for beginners, yet powerful enough for professional developers!
Visionaire Studio is a powerful multi-platform game engine specifically designed for the creation of 2D and 2.5D point & click adventure games. It allows virtually everyone to develop games, as no coding is required. The only limitation is your imagination!

Bring your game to life in a matter of hours or days, instead of weeks or months. What would usually take you ages to achieve via programming can be done much faster due to our event system which allows you to effortlessly combine pre-made actions, queries and code.
Multi-platform 1.png

Manual

This is the (semi-)official documentation for Visionaire Studio, created with input from members of the Visionaire community.

General

Game Creation

Advanced Features

Test, Debug and Release

Scripting

Please refer to the official Visionaire Studio Luadocs for any script related topics not (yet) covered here in the Wiki.

Additional Content

Here you can find tutorials, scripts, and other useful resources created by various members of the Visionaire Studio Team & its users.

Tutorials

Scripts

Downloads

Tips & Tricks

About Game Development


References

We have many great references for games & studios utilizing Visionaire Studio as their game engine. Get a glimpse of what can be achieved through this compiled index of games made with Visionaire Studio.

Goodbye Deponia (Daedalic Entertainment)
Lucy Dreaming (Tall Story Games)
The Night of the Rabbit (Daedalic Entertainment)
Memoria (Daedalic Entertainment)
Paradigm (Jacob Janerka)
Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes (Daedalic Entertainment)
Me and the Robot (The Argonauts)
STASIS (THE BROTHERHOOD)
ASA: A Space Adventure (Simon Says: Watch! Play!)
Four Last Things (Joe Richardson)
Ken Follet's The Pillars of the Earth (Daedalic Entertainment)
Midnight at the Celestial Palace (Orrery Games)


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