A very good game making kit.

Valentine · 09-12-2004, 05:41 PM

www.gamemaker.nl

Check it out, I'm playing around with it at the moment and there's a lot you can do with it without needing to know any code.

If you get confused there's an extensive help menu in the Maker plus a few pre-made games for you to learn from.

I'm halfway through making my first game with it, it's nothing special, more me just becoming familiar to the interface and how things work than a proper attempt.
Ill put it up if I ever finish it before trying something else.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-12-2004, 11:19 PM

Interesting. When I was younger, I used to use a simpler program called Klick 'N Play to sort of get ideas out. I was a pioneer, made computer opponents and the like when there was no direct option for an intelligence pattern. I'm currently in the selection stage for an RPG I'd like to make, and my brother has found a very promising engine that's in development that I think will be the perfect option for me.

Dux is not you · 09-12-2004, 11:30 PM

Bin usin it for a long time.

Good stuff.

Parrakarry · 09-13-2004, 03:55 PM

I have it, and use it on occasion...

Glyph Phoenix · 09-22-2004, 08:31 PM

Game Maker is, in my opinion, one of the best programs of all time--and it's free. (At least if you download version 5.0 instead of the newer shareware versions.) I've been using it for years now. It has its limits, though, and I'm learning C++ so I can create games from scratch.

But if you don't want to learn to program it's excellent. The neat thing about it is that once you start putting code in your games you need more and more to accomplish what you need to, and programming becomes more and more familiar. After using Game Maker's built in programming language for a while, Javascript was really easy to learn for me.

09-12-2004, 05:41 PM	#1
Valentine Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Suppin' Earl Grey Gender: Posts: 7,308 Thanks: 74 Thanked 149 Times in 103 Posts Blog Entries: 3	www.gamemaker.nl Check it out, I'm playing around with it at the moment and there's a lot you can do with it without needing to know any code. If you get confused there's an extensive help menu in the Maker plus a few pre-made games for you to learn from. I'm halfway through making my first game with it, it's nothing special, more me just becoming familiar to the interface and how things work than a proper attempt. Ill put it up if I ever finish it before trying something else.

09-12-2004, 11:19 PM	#2
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Interesting. When I was younger, I used to use a simpler program called Klick 'N Play to sort of get ideas out. I was a pioneer, made computer opponents and the like when there was no direct option for an intelligence pattern. I'm currently in the selection stage for an RPG I'd like to make, and my brother has found a very promising engine that's in development that I think will be the perfect option for me.

09-12-2004, 11:30 PM	#3
Dux is not you Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Not Columbia Gender: Posts: 1,976 Thanks: 92 Thanked 113 Times in 74 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Bin usin it for a long time. Good stuff.

09-13-2004, 03:55 PM	#4
Parrakarry Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 10,685 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I have it, and use it on occasion...

09-22-2004, 08:31 PM	#5
Glyph Phoenix Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Gender: Posts: 1,774 Thanks: 2 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Game Maker is, in my opinion, one of the best programs of all time--and it's free. (At least if you download version 5.0 instead of the newer shareware versions.) I've been using it for years now. It has its limits, though, and I'm learning C++ so I can create games from scratch. But if you don't want to learn to program it's excellent. The neat thing about it is that once you start putting code in your games you need more and more to accomplish what you need to, and programming becomes more and more familiar. After using Game Maker's built in programming language for a while, Javascript was really easy to learn for me.