I am fairly excited about 'Game Maker' it looks promising.
Take a look at these screenshots from the.
http://www.gamemaker.nl/games_exe.html
http://www.gamemaker.nl/games_edit.html
http://www.gamemaker.nl/tutorial.html
But than again nothing can compete with BYOND.
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 Aug 7 2003, 5:17 am
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Aug 7 2003, 5:26 am
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Kunark
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One of the things that stand out in it, is the exceptionally good UI. I hope BYOND makes it easier to have exceptionally good UI soon.
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Actually a lot of stuff can compare to BYOND, it just doesn't work online. :P
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Yeah, it would be great if BYOND had that full screen support. I'm also envious of the fact that you can download and run GM games without downloading anything else first.
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Here's a question I'd like a moderator or anyone that's hosting the contest to answer..
Are you allowed to edit a game from game maker that gives you the source? I don't like the idea of that, but it's not my choice :P -Camaro- | |
Even if you were allowed to, and did, you probably wouldnt come close to winning with something like that. Why bother?
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Some of those source codes are exceptional. It'd be very good if somebody knows what they're doing.
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But your working off of another persons project, and thats not going to be looked at as highly, even if it were allowed.
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"But than again nothing can compete with BYOND." I can't 100% agree there... Game Maker looks very promising compared to byond 3.0.
SOUND: GM 5: MP3, Ogg, wav, midi Byond 3: midi, wav Winner: GM Graphics: GM 5: Opengl, direct X. (3d and 2d) Byond 3: bitblt Winner: GM Code: GM 5: click and drag (like RPG Maker) & GM code Byond 3: DM code Winner: Split Online: GM 5: online play (need to code the engine yourself) DM 3: inbuilt online play and CGI system. Winner: Byond Expandability: GM 5: DLL files Byond 3: none Winner: GM Interface: GM 5: Standalone, full screen Byond 3: DS, No full screen Winner: GM Overall winner: GM 5 Byond can easily take the throne when 4.0 come out. That if they make it right. But with all the time they are taking I think it's going to be a big release. | |
Xzar wrote:
SOUND: BYOND can do MP3; use the browser! Admittedly GM does win here. Graphics: BYOND was meant to be functional, not pretty. Code: Code is much better than point-and-click in my opinion. I haven't checked out Game Maker yet so I can't say much about its code. Online: As you say, BYOND excels here. By far. The hub and pager systems are also great. Expandability: Allowing DLL files is a serious security risk. Interface: This will change when BYOND 4.0 comes out. And I think I have a partial solution to this anyway; stay tuned to BYONDscape over the next few months! Overall winner: GM 5 Both systems have their strengths and weaknesses. Fortunately, most of BYOND's weaknesses are going to be fixed in version 4.0 (except the 3D bit, although that's probably a good thing). [snip] with all the time they are taking I think it's going to be a big release. Oh, yes. Definitely. It had better be! (Tom, you listening to this? And Nadz, are you passing a printed copy of this to Dan if he's still in your basement? =P ) Ooooh, I just thought of one area in which Game Maker excels; if someone comes up to you and starts begging for GM, just link to the Game Maker install file and say it's a utility that will give them GM powers... >=D | |