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Re: Try GameMaker 7.0 by Bananadine 05/07/2008, 2:46pm PDT
Ice Cream Jonsey wrote:


Yeah, I've heard some good things about Gamemaker 7. I went and bought something called Blitz3D as an impulse purchase last year. I haven't done much with it but make the Polybius logo descend from the top of the screen and then segue into the Tempest clone they provide, for that Youtube video we shot last summer. I *think* Blitz3D compiles to Windows, Mac and Linux, but for all I know other systems do that as well. On one hand it would be nice to learn how to do stuff in OpenGL or DirectX, but I'd be making nothing but slop for five years and it's not like I'm going to make it my job someday. A system like Gamemaker seems like an okay compromise.


ICJ



Java 2D is also a decent way to fling sprites around in a window without having to learn a huge amount of arcane stuff first or put together a complicated set of DLL's and command-line scripts just to begin working--you only need to download Eclipse (the best programming environment I've ever used, and free at that!), make a project, throw in whatever simple tutorial code you can find online, and start tweaking it. OpenGL is more powerful and just as free, but harder to learn and harder to set up. Game Maker is still a lot friendlier to beginners than any such general-purpose programming setup--it tells you what you can do with its little event and command icons, rather than opening the whole world and expecting you to choose the right thing, and it takes care of a lot of basic sprite-engine functions like movement and collision.
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Looking for a beta tester by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/06/2008, 5:57pm PDT NEW
    Oh, tester. NT by extarbags 05/06/2008, 7:26pm PDT NEW
    I’m offline for most on the next month starting tomorrow, so sign me up! by Quétinbec 05/06/2008, 8:22pm PDT NEW
    Hey, sign me up! by bombMexico 05/06/2008, 10:52pm PDT NEW
        It's like a MUD, you type your actions to explore, no graphics. NT by Creexuls, a monster >:3 05/06/2008, 11:27pm PDT NEW
            >say "I'm not sure if this is sarcasm or retard logic." by bombMexico 05/07/2008, 12:37am PDT NEW
                An entire game of console commands people! by Quétinbec 05/07/2008, 5:16am PDT NEW
                    Re: An entire game of console commands people! by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/07/2008, 11:48am PDT NEW
                        Try GameMaker 7.0 by Last 05/07/2008, 12:59pm PDT NEW
                            Magi and Immortal Defense were made with Gamemaker by Mischief Maker 05/07/2008, 1:04pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Try GameMaker 7.0 by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/07/2008, 1:34pm PDT NEW
                                Re: Try GameMaker 7.0 by Bananadine 05/07/2008, 2:46pm PDT NEW
    I think I have the white pole to fill your black hole NT by from behind 05/07/2008, 6:48am PDT NEW
    can do NT by Bananadine 05/07/2008, 9:11am PDT NEW
 
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