AGS goes .NET

Popular freeware adventure creation system Adventure Game Studio has just announced the full release of version 3.0 which has been in beta for some time. It was August 2006 when the last release of AGS came out, but the list of changes is pretty long so one can see why:

The editor (not the runtime engine) has been entirely rewritten with the .NET Framework and has a throuroughly modern new look

The game engine has been updated to support hardware acceleration

Integrated script debugger

Vista Game Explorer support

Source code control system support

and many more

So, if you're into creating as well as playing adventures, you may want to head over to Adventure Game Studio and check out the new download.