I’ve happily dived into the world of BlitzMax, and using Leadwerks to create 3D games (yes, you can create 3D games using BlitzMax).
I asked at the Insider forums what tools people are using, and there was tools ranging from c++ to Game Maker. I thought to ask the same question from you readers: what tools and software you are using to make games?
I started coding games when I was a small kid with access to Commodore 64.
Juuso: "Thanks guys. It looks somewhat different when the card is printed. It’s possible to reduce the size of the box, but I prefer big font in cards for better..." 2 days 17 hours ago. 
lemmy101: "I’d agree with MC’s comment, in an ideal world, however have no issue with the way it looks as it stands. Since you’ve already ordered..." 5 days 16 hours ago. 
MC: "i think the white text is too simple,.. and it blocks the picture… The text should be apart (in a box below the picture) imo" 7 days 21 hours ago. 
Nathan: "I loved how, like you said, it was almost your story. You chose how to solve the problem all on your own. That is mine main reason for not like JRPGs – I..." 10 days 16 hours ago. 
David Amador: "I’m glad you changed your opinion. It’s as very different game for it’s time so for today’s standards most young gamers..." 10 days 18 hours ago. 
Fili: "The RPG with match-3 battles was Puzzle Quest. Loved that game, it was innovative in it’s own way, even if it was based on match-3." 13 days 0 hours ago. 
payton: "I agree with some people Minecraft does look good, maybe even amazing (not talking about graphics), but why the heck is it so addicting to people? Like my..." 14 days 1 hour ago. 
Anomalous Underdog: "Exactly. I wanted to point out how illogical the sentence was, without sounding accusative. I usually stay away from rules-of-thumbs as I believe..." 14 days 16 hours ago. Anomalous Underdog: "I had a dialogue option once that said: “You chose her?” It turned out the statement was to be taken as an exclamation of..." 14 days 16 hours ago. 
snoopy: "The invention of the first-person shooter genre is a fake innovation since it gets cloned so much. that’s not true in my opinion the clonning of the..." 15 days 19 hours ago. 
I think your blog post broke the page, I’ve got no background and the bar on the right is underneath now, ah well.
I am using C++ (In Microsoft Visual Studio Pro 2008) with Irrlicht (Graphics), and IrrKlang (Sound) for DtD Tower Defense 2; and I’m loving them!
~DtD
(Yaiks, fixed!)
XNA Game Studio 3.0. Since I’ve started using that I’ll never touch C++ again. :)
Hey, XNA must be cool. Anything to show us Jim?
At the moment the only thing that’s relatively complete (albeit in a beta form) is a Zune game:
http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/download-completed-games/33655-beta-crates.html
I’m finishing up a book on role-playing game programming using XNA GS 3.0