Coldstone game engine

Coldstone Game Engine (from English “cold” - Russian. “Cold” and English. “Stone” - Russian. “Stone” ; read “Coldstone” ) is a game engine developed by Beenox Studios and Ambrosia Software for Macintosh platform ^{[1 ]} . Although the software itself runs exclusively on Macintosh ^{[2] [3]} , the compiler supports creating games for both Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X , and under the Microsoft Windows platform ^[1] . The game engine was created primarily to work with games in the genre of RPG or quest ^[4] . There was also a special version of “Coldstone”, released on CDs under the license “ royalty-free ”. In this case, each engine purchased on the disk was allowed to be used only in one game, but the game can be released on commercial grounds without deductions to the authors of the engine ^[1] .

A screenshot from the Pillars of Garendall game. ”

The commercial game “ Pillars of Garendall ” ( Rus. “Garendall Columns” ), developed by Beenox and published by Ambrosia Software , was one of the first games intended for a public demonstration of the “Coldstone” gaming technology ^[5] . This game, made in the style of classic RPGs , is available now, spreading along the shareware scheme ^{[6] [7]} .

Currently, the engine is not licensed ^[8] . According to Ambrosia Software, the engine has a number of flaws that will be fixed before it becomes available again ^[9] .

The engine only supports isometric graphics.