As I said in the other 'DBPro is dead' thread, a language can only possibly die if nobody is left using it. If you use it, then it's alive and well.
I use it every single day, even though I have AGK1+2, Cryengine, Xcode and probably a dozen other languages. I like it, and these days it redefines the term 'rapid development'. So many of the tools and languages have evolved outside of our requirements, they are being designed more and more towards groups of developers, not individuals like most of us. 1 person can't develop a Unity, Unreal, or Cryengine based game by themselves, not with any real hope of completing the project, the engines are too complicated for organic development.
Turns out, what I really enjoy most about programming is a challenge, to have a system that has specific limitations, and then work within those limits to produce something fun. I dabble with older platforms like the ST and ZX Spectrum for that reason, and now DBPro is at that point. Really, it's not a bad place for a language to be - languages tend to never die, they get superseded, people move on, but there is always someone, somewhere, using something for something
I have an ambitious project bubbling away, and I made more progress on it since switching back to DBPro that a whole year with Cryengine.
I think it breaks down like this....
If you aren't a team of experienced videogame artists, then the art requirements will kill your project.
If you are a team of experienced videogame artists, then the code requirements will kill your project.
If your on your own, you better be rich, if you aren't rich, you have to steal software. There is no alternative to the thousands of pounds worth of software that's required alongside 'yippee free professional engines'. I mean, if you can't make a proper normal map, why would you go to an engine where a normal map is the basic requirement.
If you can make decent art, and you can code, then take on a project you can complete, in a language that people complete projects with. That, and a media creation workflow that doesn't cost more than your PC, your car, or your wife to maintain.
