IG MAKER HAS BEEN RELEASED! (ENGLISH ACTION GAME MAKER)

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There is no way in the world you can get to that level of action games in RM2k3, dhm.

And as for just using C++, that is somewhat foolish as well. It saves an amazing amount of time to have an engine to work with as opposed to piecing the entire thing together.

I developed my own pixel-based action/platformer for a minigame in SU a couple back, and I've expanded it quite a bit since then, just never really implement any of the new features for lack of a need. (I had things like dodge rolling and shielding so it played a bit like Smash Bros.) I guess what I meant to say is I can make something fairly enjoyable with the engine.

As far as C++ goes, I should probably mention I've been using OGRE, a graphics rendering engine. However, the game logic itself is still all coded in C++.

It's pretty neat. http://www.flickr.com/photos/35150516@N03/sets/72157613447657691/

Didn't mean to sound like an elitist or anything. Hopefully that justifies my earlier post a bit better. :)

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Not to sound even more elitist, but doing that sort of thing in RM2k3 is kind of a waste of time, don't you think? In the time you put into making it, you could have had more done in an engine better suited for such a task.

I like RM2k3 and sure you can do a lot of stuff in it, but you can do far more and far faster in newer engines.

And yeah, I've seen OGRE before and played with it. It's not really something I'm interested in.

No I totally understand. However, I do like challenging myself, and that's really the only reason I do it. The way I look at it, I could learn how to make another game in another engine, or just try to fudge something creatively and challenge myself with the engine I'm currently using and make it a minigame underneath the variety that I dub the Starless Umbrella. :D

We all have different interests I suppose, and it's all about doing what we like to do right? You don't sound elitist and I've heard people say that to me plenty times before. I don't love you any less. :)

Steering on-topic, I could see myself forking over the money for this just to mess with it and create a fun little default side-project (or let my brothers make something). Does anyone find the price unreasonable?

Polish? Haha! Press F12 in a VX game.

To those of you who don't like this and don't wanna use GM and MMF2, another option is Construct http://www.scirra.com

I've tried it and it's great so far. Moreover, it's free. You can also script in the game using Python, though the site said that drag-and-drop stuffs are enough for you to make a quality game.

As for IG, I think the interface are too difficult to understand or maybe they just don't have good tutorials available yet. But forcing you to use .wav for audio sucks, and I don't find porting to XBox360 and Flash that interesting anymore if you cannot finish a quality game with it in the first place.

I love Action Game Maker, now that an official English version is out, I might finally be tempted to pay for it.

Why use an engine when you can MAKE YOUR OWN!?!?

You guys should really check out Lite C. It's much easier than C (or the ++ variety) and it comes with extensive documentation. That, and it's REALLY easy to learn.

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I code in Java every day. That's enough.

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Why use an engine when you can MAKE YOUR OWN!?!?

You guys should really check out Lite C. It's much easier than C (or the ++ variety) and it comes with extensive documentation. That, and it's REALLY easy to learn.

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Game Maker's good enough for me with 2D.

Why drive a car when you can MAKE YOUR OWN!?!?

You guys should really check out horses. Horses are the new cars.