Home development kit version 0.1 in the hands of devs
by Jem Alexander 
{ Aug 3rd 2007 at 1:00PM }
The development kit for Home has been in the hands of the developers for a few weeks and will allow them to develop super awesome environments, trophies and games for the Home platform. Eventually. Currently the dev kit is at version 0.1 and contains basic tools for creating scenes. Right now it only supports models created in Maya, though that will no doubt be expanded to other 3D graphics packages, such as 3D Studio Max and Softimage XSI.
This information comes from a lecture given at the Develop Conference last week by James Cox from SCEE. He laid out the plans for upcoming versions of the development kit, saying that version 0.8 will allow 3D game creation for within Home spaces. Version 1.1 will be the first time the exporter for trophy achievements will be made available.
We're a little worried at just how functional Home is going to be this Autumn, if the kit currently has such limited tools. Will all the upcoming titles for this year support trophies, minigames and Home spaces? That depends on how quickly the new versions are shipped out to developers. Sony is still determined to release the Home platform this year.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tru-blue @ Aug 3rd 2007 1:12PM
Interesting. I'm just eager to get my hands on it so I can test it out myself.
Kyle Peabody @ Aug 3rd 2007 1:15PM
I'll bet you anything this is why Lair got delays because they wanted a trophy system for it and their developing it with HOME now so theres at least something when it *launches* this fall.
phattie @ Aug 3rd 2007 1:30PM
I might get a headset just for this.. if it works out.
mccomber @ Aug 3rd 2007 1:58PM
They'd better have that stuff together by this Christmas. It's getting ridiculous how much of this stuff is "so, in the future..." instead of being in place now.
I have to admit, I don't know why I bought a ps3 last fall instead of this fall; so much of what was supposed to be available by now hasn't come to fruition.
wonway01 @ Aug 3rd 2007 2:04PM
Im with #1
The game was done and ready for prodcution, they delay 3 weeks at the same time they would have had access to the 1st dev kt for Home. I bet they just wanted to get something in there for it. Either way, 3 weeks isnt too long. :)
wonway01 @ Aug 3rd 2007 2:07PM
damn I ment Im with #2 ;)
doomsday619 @ Aug 3rd 2007 2:21PM
cant wait for this the open beta should hurry up this is the reason for me getting a ps3 in the first place!!
upz @ Aug 3rd 2007 2:24PM
mccomber, I managed to hold out until March, but I'm feeling the same way. From the sound of this, trophies won't be implemented in Home until later on either. Planet Earth in 1080p can only hold you over for so long.
Mak @ Aug 3rd 2007 5:45PM
Even basic home functionality would be fine. I'm sure most big name games can recompile with later Home SDK's and release updates, like Motorstom, at a later date when the SDK matures.
the 0.1 tag is a little worrying thou.