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        Free IDE creates Pocket PC games on Pocket PCs

        Doug | Date: Aug 1, 2005 | Comments: 1



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        SpriteHand Software has created a miniature, freeware IDE (integrated development environment) that can be used on a Pocket PC to create games and multimedia applications targeting the Pocket PC platform. GameWrite makes it possible to develop programs without using Embedded Visual Basic or a desktop compiler, according to...


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        GameWrite uses the ASpriteCE Game Control, also freeware, as its engine. ASpriteCE is an ActiveX control that supports creating PocketPC games using embedded Visual Basic and similar development tools, according to SpriteHand. GameWrite, in turn, provides access to the ASpriteCE API using VBScript.

        Completed game applicatons can be distributed using an included hosting program or can be "easily converted" to Embedded Visual Basic to take advantage of eVB's forms and controls, according to SpriteHand.

        GameWrite and ASpriteCE are available for download here.



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