Programming a game within Maya?

[karligula]

Hi folks,

I've just been thinking about Maya and MEL scripting, and I wondered if it might be possible to write an entire game using MEL that would execute within Maya? You wouldn't need to export anything, you'd have all the animation and graphics at your fingertips, and so long as you don't do anything too fancy I reckon the rendering engine would be fast enough.

Is it possible to do a game loop in MEL?

What do you guys reckon?

[kusma]

It might, but why would you want to? Limiting your audience to people with Maya licenses might be a bit restrictive...

[geon]

Blender can do exactly that, and even export an executable.

[mr_yeahman]

Blender can do exactly that, and even export an executable.
and possible to make it more fancy. It also totally free.

[EvilSmile]

Hi folks,

I've just been thinking about Maya and MEL scripting, and I wondered if it might be possible to write an entire game using MEL that would execute within Maya? You wouldn't need to export anything, you'd have all the animation and graphics at your fingertips, and so long as you don't do anything too fancy I reckon the rendering engine would be fast enough.

Is it possible to do a game loop in MEL?

What do you guys reckon?

I once made a pong like game using MEL. Can try to find it again if it interests you.