Game Maker 6.1

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Publisher's description of Game Maker

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Game Maker allows you to make exciting computer games without the need to write a single line of code. Using easy-to-learn, drag-and-drop actions, you can make professional-looking games in no time. Games can have backgrounds, animated graphics, music, and sound effects, and once you get more experienced there's a built-in programming language that gives you full flexibility. What's best, Game Maker can be used completely free of charge, and you can use the games you produce any way you like. You even can sell them.

Version 6.1 adds a number of new features, in particular a better installer, a simple explosion and special effects generator, drawing surfaces, and an improved image editor.

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Editor's review of Game Maker

If you want to make your own games, this is the program to try first. Game Maker installs quickly and launches automatically, starting up by generating a new project. A basic project includes sprites, sounds, background, paths, scripts, data files, time lines, objects, and room features, as well as game information and options, all of which you can configure freely. In particular, the application offers a good deal of control over sprites, which can be scaled, rotated, made partially transparent, and blended with a color. Each feature offers samples to show you how to create your masterpiece. All you need is imagination and the freeware's help file. You might not be able to create something, such as Doom or Heroes of Might and Magic, but mah-jongg and golf are doable. Though writing a game might seem intimidating, Game Maker brings it within reach.

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  Game Maker

  The only application I've ever found myself addicted to.

  by: Myself_304 on 28-Feb-2007 12:36:26 AM

  Pros: Game Maker us straightforward, and easy to use. It gives you all the power and flexibility you need to make any type of game you want. I am a huge download junkie. Throughout the years I have installed well over a thousand applications on my computers, tried them, and used them. Game Maker continues to be one of my favorite finds of all time! If I had to list ten applications I thought were just brilliant, Game Maker would make that list for sure. If you'd like to make your own games without learning how to program, look no further. Download Game Maker! (This is NOT a paid review! I'm just a wild fan of this program.)

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  Game Maker

  Best development suite for kids/toddlers games

  by: armensoft--2008 on 16-Jan-2007 08:36:52 PM

  Pros: We have found GameMaker the best tool to create kids and toddlers games. You can knock off a simple educational game in few hours. Since version 3, a lot has changed and has been added. Even the donation amount we paid has paid off after the 2nd sale of our games.

  Cons: Non for what is designed to do.

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  Game Maker

  Difficult to use...

  by: The Fat Controller on 27-Jan-2007 04:27:28 PM

  Pros: It's awkward to use for a user like me, but with practice and experience the interface becomes familiar and gamemaking becomes easy. It's a brilliant platform where you soon start getting results for your efforts. There's also a comprehensive help file that comes with it, and it supplies the answers to most queries.

  Cons: The interface is confusing at first, you need to practice before you can make real games.

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  Game Maker

  GameMaker, one of the best games in the world !

  by: GTA Gangster on 12-Jan-2007 03:49:55 PM

  Pros: Simply to use.

  Wellmade interface and special programing language...

  Much options, written so nice so almost everyone can use it to build a small simple game.

  Cons: Not yet support for 3d-models, icluding a small editor...

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  Game Maker

  Bloodshed Dev-C++ is better

  by: dalkoset on 20-Mar-2008 04:19:34 AM

  Pros: Script functions is work, but not all.

  Can use alpha effect, make 3D shapes, vertexs without lighting and shadow, make a simple platform game and some things.

  Cons: 1) This program content no work functions like:

  instance_position(x,y,obj) << Impossible to use this condition in this position with the object

  2) Impossible to call DLL functions (I have tested "gdi32.dll", but it not work)

  3) Very Very hard to put dialog commands in window

  4) The gamma isn't work

  5) The IP connection isn't work

  6) 3D vertexs isn't work with shadow

  7) To create a Yoshi game who can to flight his tongue, I has LUCKY because it ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to do it with GameMaker! (I used logic and old version:5.3)

  8) The LibBuilder is work only like GameMaker 4.3

  9) The original MIDI music drums isn't work

  Then, I think that is good only for kid, but NOT for good games like SuperMario64 and not for mature games like WarRock.

  Bloodshed Dev-C++:

  It's very good with examples because:

  1) Can use dialog commands

  2) Can use 3D shapes and 3D vertex with lighting and shadow, IT WORK ALL !

  3) Can use sprites with palettes like you edit a PCX colors with AdobePhotoshop like mario star in SuperMarioWorld

  4) Etc.

  Then, Bloodshed is better cause it's a true program! LOL LOL LOL :D

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