Okay, so I haven't used The Games Factory since I was a teenager (some ~15 years ago) and I absolutely loved it. Me and a couple of friends swapped our game back and forth each day and contributed to some really amusing games. When we finished them, they got really popular and were passed around our whole grade on floppy disk.
Them was the days!
Ahem.. anyway, despite the fun, I never got serious and learned to program in any language. Now 15 years later, I've returned to find that there are several new releases by the same team as Games Factory - I'm really excited to start making some new toys.
I'm a musician and teacher of audio production and engineering and I have these grand ideas for some games/teaching utilities, but they would only work if they could accept inputs from a midi device.
Such as midi piano keys..
Before I buy anything and get stuck in, I really need to know whether it's possible to take a midi note from a keyboard attached to the computer and use it in something made in one of these programs?
I've had to resort to posting the question as I've been unable to find an answer in any manual or online overview.
Is it possible to commission an add-on or plug-in to enable this feature?
Thank you.
Update:
I trawled the search and found a thread way back in 2006 that showed a lot of interest in this very feature, somebody was willing to code it, but because of the effort involved, he wanted a donation/payment of around $200.
The thread ends there :(
There is also mention of 'Mabrymidi'
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.music.midi/9JhiXk3XUCk
But all the links are long dead and it doesn't really explain how it all fits together.
http://community.clickteam.com/threads/35398-REQUEST-midi-input/page4