The Editor

The GameStart editor is the bridge between your DCC applications and the framework. It is a full-featured editor with WYSIWYG editing of 2D and 3D scenes. Applications can be fully developed, debugged and published from within the editor.

Feature list

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• Scalable - Next-Gen to Mobile:
  Compatible with both low-end and high-end hardware while minimizing assets modifications.
• Flexible and configurable:
  Dock-based, configurable keyboard shortcut, unlimited undo and multiple selection.
• Easy navigation:
  Move/rotate/scale transformation gizmo with axis and plane constraint, multi-viewport.
  Camera orbiting or free FPS-like 3d navigation. Tree or thumbnail based explorer.
• Easy selection:
  Mouse picking of all scene items, materials and geometries from the 3d view.
• Smart integrated script editor:
  Syntax coloring, alternative color set, code completion for the API and the project scripts.
• Multiple everything:
  Edit several scenes at once, multi-viewport, preview several targets at once, copy-paste between compatible documents.
• Designed for cooperative work:
  Projects can reside in different paths on different machines, all assets are referred relative to the project path.
  Seamless integration with CVS, all production resources are stored in an XML-like human readable format.
• Built for iterative development:
  Build your project scene by scene previewing them along the way, then wire them together using the project script.
• Single-click project publishing:
  Publish a scene or the whole project with a single-click.
• Multi-platform:
  Works on Windows, OSX and Linux.