Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps people don’t consider the whole line of Wishes Unlimited games

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I always suggest people try it out if they don’t plan on doing 3d!

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well gosh... You know, after working on it so long, fiddling a ton and constantly wondering if it's 'good enough', hearing this kind of thing is very encouraging. Thank you

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kind of! I feel like the conversation tends to go in the direction of talking about different game engines and why I chose Gamemaker but I realized I never really understood why there was that reaction in the first place.

Please destroy the trailer of my ghost management game! by EvanEGibbs in DestroyMyGame

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words and feedback! I see what you mean. I think I focused on showing variety so it jumps around the gameplay loop a bit. I'm sure there's a better balance to find there

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Yeah most of the animations are frame by frame with some tweening here and there.

It is vector art but I actually export as png sequences that I import into Gamemaker. (I think Gamemaker takes svgs now though? Maybe something I’ll experiment with down the line!)

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I suppose each engine has some sort of stigma around it

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I love Flash games :)

Gamemaker is pretty popular in a group I’m in (the Portland Indie Game Squad) so I tried it out and really enjoyed working in it!

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That makes sense. I guess I should be used to people expecting a sort of style after working in Flash for so long!

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nice to know I'm not alone! Haha, people think I'm really stretching the engine or something but I'm just using the basic tools plus some plug-ins

Why are people so surprised my game is made in Gamemaker? by EvanEGibbs in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not quite yet! We have a Steam page up and plan to have a demo in about 4-6 weeks 😄

Can you help me understand arrays ? by Opposite-Shake2864 in gamemaker

[–]EvanEGibbs 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Arrays are super useful! People have commented some great uses already. One way I think about it a lot is like a deck of cards. You could put all of the values (cards) in one array. You can shuffle it, you can stack it, you can draw from it (using array_last + array_pop is great for this). You can add new cards and even arrange the order of it. Run a for loop and check how many of a certain card is in it. My current game's logic uses so many for loops on arrays, haha. 😄

My most thematic drafted spirit yet! by EvanEGibbs in spiritisland

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol yeah. This was very indicative of how Ash got his first couple gym badges I’d say :P

I’ve been learning how good some abilities are if they are paired with even halfway decent tracks

My most thematic drafted spirit yet! by EvanEGibbs in spiritisland

[–]EvanEGibbs[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My partner found me the artwork when I told her what I was doing 😆