I upgraded to the latest DeskScapes 10 and, this one hasn't crashed.!  Now, if some of the actual coders out there would create some dynamic dreams instead of having regular walls & vid-loops to select from.. Then I'd really start to get excited.  I'm a big fan of generated screensavers & have used from the Really Slick 2.0 group for years for screensavers, that is.. along with old classics like 3D Vivid Sparks & Flurry .. have to include the best version of mystify, called BezierMFC.

Anyway, like with my screensaver choices, I recall some original dynamic ones from the earliest days of DeskScapes & hope this new iteration will spark some renewed interest in coding some really neat ones for the future of live wallpaper in Windows.!

Kudos to Stardock for getting it running without incident again.  Thanks.!  ~Myr

I'd love to check out the beta! A game that makes games sounds awesome! BTW THANK YOU for making Groupy, I've used other programs that try to accomplish the same thing but the execution was always quite poor. 

I would love to be added to your beta testers list. I am always looking for new opportunities to be on the leading edge of software development, the testing of it in particular. 

Most of the time I find new software when I go looking for it because I need something to do it.   Outside of a gaming mag I read (just one, only have so much time) it's more for what might be interesting.

I do think the gaming tool would be fun if it was more create less script.  Being a dev I know that events often times need some type of event handler to do what you want it to do.  I've got the Ace rpg making software, which is interesting, but there is a lot of learning that is needed to do anything well in it and a good bit of planning to make anything worth bothering with.  I played ultima 4 some on the c64...but was more into bard's tale and might and magic. Now for things like zelda and other more console type gaming, that would be pretty cool to mess with since those would be a different style of game.  If you need a beta tester I wouldn't mind helping.  Or once you are done I'll pick it up anyways...

For the Deskscapes, I messed with it a bit, but what I found frustrating was that for each background (just image files) the process of adding them was a bit slow and I gave up.  I have a folder that randomly shoves backgrounds on now using windows slideshow.  But I'll keep an eye out for what's being added.  Having four monitors with two sets of different resolutions on two different video cards makes for a more interesting experience with backgrounds.

Official Announcement is Here!  It's "The Video Game Machine"

That's the fastest thing I've signed up for. While I never made anything great (or even good), I loved using programs like The Adventure Construction Set, Klik & Play (and its current form Multimedia Fusion) and others. Though things like Unity were beyond me for some reason. Can't wait to try this. 

Way above mine head.   

Rarely via Google Ads, when I Google for a specific problem, but I'm usually blocking adverts by default.

I'm looking forward The Video Game machine. I've already got a couple of ideas for games I want to try and make!

Things that make you go Hmm!

Super interested in The Video Game Machine, have signed up to the founder edition.

Personally, I find out about new software from youtube, kickstarter, tomshardware (bit of a Non sequitur that) and newsletters or twitter for companies I respect/follow.

But mostly it's a google search for a requirement, maybe review a page of results, focussing on review sites like trustedreviews.

I would be interested in the beta testing. If you need more people.

Hi Guys,

I would love to be considered for beta testing the new product as per your email.

Many Thanks

Andy

I would like to beta test the unannounced software that is a game that makes games.

I read betanews.com for new software and hardware new. 

I would love to help with the beta testing.