Cheap camcorder/video equipment gave the Joe Sixpacks of the world a window of opportunity into the art of film making. Untapped vision and talent, otherwise invisible, would be unleashed and discovered by the ubiquity of gear. Basic Studio works on this premise but admittedly, one must already have programming skills in order to flesh out a creation and build it into an actual, playable game. I.e, Joe Sixpack better stick to movies. All the tools to get you started on the road to becoming the next Romero or Carmack are here including a polygon modeler to render 3-D characters, a digital easel to draw beings pixel by pixel, and a music composer to add aural atmosphere. A basic language shell and a compiler round out the tools to bind all of the elements together for you to break out the next big thing.