Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it?

wanderer · July 21st, 2003

Hey guys, have you tried this software? It's GREAT! It's like a Visual Game Maker for Windows.

- you can make pacman without going into programming details, just click and drag!

Gamer Maker Homepage

I've seen some fans making Sonic type games and I'm impressed.

It's freeware and the game engine environment even supports network based gaming!

Best of all you can compile the program into an executable one and distribute it commercially or not.

finalight · July 21st, 2003

can it make games like FF?? I mean not in terms of graphic, the battle system

wanderer · July 21st, 2003

It's been used to make puzzles, Doom3d like games, calculators(!), notepad(!!!), a clock. It has a C type scripting system for advanced users. It should have the ability I guess for rpgs.

Zapages · July 21st, 2003

Actualy person made FF type of game with C++ in my C++ class 2 years ago. I am going to try it to create Prince of Persia 3D into 2D. hehe

wolfmaster · July 21st, 2003

game maker 5 IS ammazing i like it i made loads of games

wanderer · July 22nd, 2003

Here are some screenshots of games made by fans.

**Razor Blade** · July 22nd, 2003

That sonic one ran sooo slow on my computer. Dont know why. I think ill make a little side scroller for "experience for future projects ..."

wanderer · July 22nd, 2003

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Originally Posted by Razor Blade

That sonic one ran sooo slow on my computer. Dont know why. I think ill make a little side scroller for "experience for future projects ..."

That's odd. It ran full speed on my AMD K6-2 450Mhz Computer.

Galway no Sora · July 22nd, 2003

I want the Sonic game. Is that available to download ? It's just a demo isn't ? So I no need to worried about copyrights

wanderer · July 23rd, 2003

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Originally Posted by Galway no Sora

I want the Sonic game. Is that available to download ? It's just a demo isn't ? So I no need to worried about copyrights

It's NOT a demo. It's a full game. Over 10 levels. Just be prepared for some quirks in the game though(bad programming), but otherwise it is good!

It's available on the website. There are lots of games, some standalone like this one and others editable (like a Gradius clone, a mario type clone, a megaman inspired game, etc, but they're all freeware and the drawings were done by the fans). These sample games show how to program game make to do such projects.

Shavedrabbit · July 27th, 2003

Gamemaker is a very nice and robust program. If you are looking into the RPG field of amature game development, I'd have to suggest Sphere(http://sphere.sf.net). Sphere's Scriping engine uses a modified version of Mozilla's Spidermokey Javascript renderer(Think Object-Oriented Javascript). It is a lot more powerful than gamemaker, albeit, a tad harder to learn, but with a little patience you can be making your very own distributable games

One team I know is making a game inspired by a fanfiction in the FF4-world.
http://ff4-2.rpgone.com/
They
re making great progress so far, there should be more info in the weeks to come.

**Razor Blade** · July 27th, 2003

Shavedrabbit, what the hell is you avatar of?

July 27th, 2003

shavedrabbit > even though it's highly pixelated and not even near realistic looking; we rather not have avatars like that here, so it would be nice if you'd change that. Thanks.

game maker is quite cool....kinda like klik & play...

**Razor Blade** · July 27th, 2003

Gamemaker is harder than RPG Maker though. I love RPG Maker. Too bad its Japanese only in 2003.

(legally)

July 27th, 2003

too bad yeah.

there's also an adventure game maker program btw. With it you can make kings quest/monkey island type adventure games...pretty cool stuff.

**Razor Blade** · July 27th, 2003

Well luckily I have programmetr friends.

Since NGEMU game koinda halted development for a while until Kane has time to start up again. I have started making 2 games. They are both gonna rock!

wanderer · July 27th, 2003

Quote:

Originally Posted by Samor

too bad yeah.

there's also an adventure game maker program btw. With it you can make kings quest/monkey island type adventure games...pretty cool stuff.

I tried it. It's cool. The problem is the game compiled with it runs slow on older computers like mine.

You should try the kings quest programs remake made by this engine. It's very nice.

hoyoyo80 · July 27th, 2003

Wow...cool!But i am learning 3d game studio right now...i must concerntrate...pretend that i don't know about game maker

July 27th, 2003

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Originally Posted by hoyoyo80

Wow...cool!But i am learning 3d game studio right now...i must concerntrate...pretend that i don't know about game maker

what's 3d game studio?

wanderer · July 27th, 2003

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Originally Posted by hoyoyo80

Wow...cool!But i am learning 3d game studio right now...i must concerntrate...pretend that i don't know about game maker

Samor: 3d game studio isn't free... It has some (VERY) nice features though, and you can make professional looking 2d and 3d games with it.

The standard edition costs $49. The professional edition costs $499.

For the price (game maker is free and if you like, you can register to help the author improve the software for $15), and features, game maker is hard to beat.

July 21st, 2003	#1 (permalink)
wanderer Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Philippines Posts: 146	Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? Hey guys, have you tried this software? It's GREAT! It's like a Visual Game Maker for Windows. - you can make pacman without going into programming details, just click and drag! Gamer Maker Homepage I've seen some fans making Sonic type games and I'm impressed. It's freeware and the game engine environment even supports network based gaming! Best of all you can compile the program into an executable one and distribute it commercially or not.

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finalight Banned Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 11	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? can it make games like FF?? I mean not in terms of graphic, the battle system

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Zapages Prince of Persia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,099	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? Actualy person made FF type of game with C++ in my C++ class 2 years ago. I am going to try it to create Prince of Persia 3D into 2D. hehe __________________ Prince of Persia Legacy and Prince of Persia Gallery

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wolfmaster Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 1000 at last all this time yay Posts: 1,029	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? game maker 5 IS ammazing i like it i made loads of games

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wanderer Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Philippines Posts: 146	It's been used to make puzzles, Doom3d like games, calculators(!), notepad(!!!), a clock. It has a C type scripting system for advanced users. It should have the ability I guess for rpgs.

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Galway no Sora ~¤ PanZeR ¤~ idRO Thor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Valhalla, in Odin's throne Posts: 3,145	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? I want the Sonic game. Is that available to download ? It's just a demo isn't ? So I no need to worried about copyrights __________________ Core 2 Duo 1.6 GHz «» 2048MB DDR2 RAM «» 256MB onboard Graphic Onboard Realtek High Definition Soundcard «» 160 + 40 GB SATA HDD Pioneer DVD±RW «» 15.4" Widescreen LCD «» Windows Vista Ultimate Sucks ha? Yeah, that's a laptop for sure.

July 27th, 2003	#11 (permalink)
Shavedrabbit Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Olympia Washington Posts: 14	Gamemaker is a very nice and robust program. If you are looking into the RPG field of amature game development, I'd have to suggest Sphere(http://sphere.sf.net). Sphere's Scriping engine uses a modified version of Mozilla's Spidermokey Javascript renderer(Think Object-Oriented Javascript). It is a lot more powerful than gamemaker, albeit, a tad harder to learn, but with a little patience you can be making your very own distributable games One team I know is making a game inspired by a fanfiction in the FF4-world. http://ff4-2.rpgone.com/ They re making great progress so far, there should be more info in the weeks to come. Last edited by Shavedrabbit; July 27th, 2003 at 01:32.

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? Shavedrabbit, what the hell is you avatar of? __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Samor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? shavedrabbit > even though it's highly pixelated and not even near realistic looking; we rather not have avatars like that here, so it would be nice if you'd change that. Thanks. game maker is quite cool....kinda like klik & play...

July 27th, 2003	#14 (permalink)
Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? Gamemaker is harder than RPG Maker though. I love RPG Maker. Too bad its Japanese only in 2003. (legally) __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

July 27th, 2003	#15 (permalink)
Samor Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? too bad yeah. there's also an adventure game maker program btw. With it you can make kings quest/monkey island type adventure games...pretty cool stuff.

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	Re: Game Maker 5.0 - Have you tried it? Well luckily I have programmetr friends. Since NGEMU game koinda halted development for a while until Kane has time to start up again. I have started making 2 games. They are both gonna rock! __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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