Pillars of Garendall
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| Pillars of Garendall | |
|---|---|
| Pillars of Garendall logo | |
| Developer | Beenox Studios [2] |
| Publisher | Ambrosia Software |
| Composer | Mathieu Lavoie |
| Platforms | Mac OS Classic Microsoft Windows Mac OS X [3] |
| Release | |
| Genre | Role-playing |
Pillars of Garendall is a role-playing video game that was built by Beenox Studios and Ambrosia Software. It was built using the Coldstone game engine, which was also a joint Beenox/Ambrosia project.[2] The game was released in 2001[1] [4] for Mac OS Classic, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.[4] [3]
Due to problems with the Coldstone game engine, which renders Pillars of Garendall unplayable on recent versions of the Mac OS X platform, Ambrosia Software stopped selling licenses for the full game[5] [6] and as of December 2008, the Coldstone game engine has been indicated as being "discontinued" with regard to the latest version information on the Ambrosia Software website.[7] The new management of Beenox is uninterested in fixing these problems with the game engine.[5] Ambrosia Software has stated that they want to fix the Coldstone software, but that they never would have agreed to distribute the project if they had known they would have to provide updates and bug fixes.[8]
Description
[edit ]In the game, the capital city of the kingdom of Garendall, Gidolan Keep, is being attacked by monsters, and the player must train to eventually defeat them.[9] Demos of the game were made available for the Mac OS platform, the Mac OS X platform and the Windows platform.
Among other things, the game-making capabilities of the Coldstone game engine software were confirmed by the building of the PoG game.[2] Inside Mac Games gave Pillars of Garendall a 7.75 out of 10 rating, noting the game's detail and elaborateness with such things as 2D sprites in a 3D environment even though the game premise was unoriginal.[10]
Engine
[edit ]The Coldstone game creation software is designed to provide a full solution for creating role-playing or adventure-style games.[11] Although the Coldstone software itself only runs on the Mac OS platform,[12] [13] it is capable of compiling stand-alone games that run on the Mac OS 9 platform, the Mac OS X platform, or the Windows platform.[14] The full version of Coldstone shipped with a CD of royalty free artwork for use in one's custom games.[14]
References
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- ^ a b c Cook, Brad. "Like Manna: Games from Ambrosia Software on Mac OS X". Apple Inc. Archived from the original on 2008年03月24日. Retrieved 2015年09月27日.
- ^ a b "Will Pillars of Garendall run under OS X? | Ambrosia Software, Inc". Ambrosia Software. 2005年09月20日. Archived from the original on 2011年06月11日. Retrieved 2009年02月15日.
- ^ a b "Ambrosia releases Pillars of Garendall RPG". Macworld. Archived from the original on 2023年01月22日. Retrieved 2023年01月22日.
- ^ a b Dunham, David (2005年08月01日). "Black Screen Problems with PoG and Coldstone games..., Is it because of OSX???". Ambrosia Software . Retrieved 2009年02月15日.[dead link ]
- ^ "Ambrosia Software, Inc. -- Pillars of Garendall FAQs". Ambrosia Software. 2005年09月22日. Archived from the original on 2008年11月29日. Retrieved 2015年10月07日.
- ^ "Products | Ambrosia Software, Inc". Ambrosia Software. Archived from the original on 2008年12月18日. Retrieved 2015年10月07日.
- ^ Dunham, David (2005年06月16日). "PoG, ..." Ambrosia Software. Archived from the original on 2007年03月11日. Retrieved 2009年02月15日.
- ^ Welch, Andrew (2001年07月06日). "Ambrosia Newswire: Pillars of Garendall Preambles". Ambrosia Software. Archived from the original on 2001年07月31日.
- ^ Barylick, Chris (2001年11月15日). "Pillars of Garendall". Inside Mac Games. Archived from the original on 2014年03月25日. Retrieved 2014年03月24日.
- ^ Cohen, Peter (2002年07月01日). "Game Room". Macworld. Archived from the original on 2012年09月12日. Retrieved 2014年04月07日.
- ^ "Will Coldstone ever be ported to Windows? | Ambrosia Software, Inc". Ambrosia Software. 2005年09月15日. Archived from the original on 2011年04月24日. Retrieved 2010年03月29日.
- ^ "Is Coldstone compatible with OS X 10.4 - Tiger? | Ambrosia Software, Inc". Ambrosia Software. 2005年09月15日. Archived from the original on 2010年01月17日. Retrieved 2010年03月29日.
- ^ a b Cohen, Peter (2002年01月16日). "Do it yourself with Ambrosia's Coldstone game engine". Macworld. Archived from the original on 2017年07月06日. Retrieved 2008年08月24日.