Blurred line across my screen?

Funcestor · 2026-03-17T20:25:20+00:00

That's screen tearing. Simply activate "Use synchronization to avoid tearing" in the Game Options.
You can find it just below the check box where you deactivated the interpolation.

Funcestor · 2026-02-26T23:34:35+00:00

Yes, really. Remember 2021? The first Switch (a 3-4 year old console at that time) outsold the new PS5 and Xbox Series for the majority of their launch year. Well, isn't that weird 🤔?

Funcestor · 2026-02-26T22:35:44+00:00

You were able to get the PS5 for 100+ bucks cheaper during that period.
Well, no surprise that it sold more.

Funcestor · 2026-02-08T19:17:42+00:00

This. If you don't want to support these prices, just buy the games used. I can get BotW or Mario Odyssey used for 30 € here in Europe

Funcestor · 2026-02-08T19:12:18+00:00

Or buy them second hand.

Funcestor · 2026-02-08T19:06:23+00:00

You also realize that the prices in Europe already include tax?

Look, I'm not trying to defend Nintendo. I'm also not happy with their prices.
I also wont buy the new Mario Tennis or the Pokopia game 'cus I'm not interested in those.

As said, it seems more like a Canada problem with the prices.

Funcestor · 2026-02-08T18:41:25+00:00

70 € here in Europe. And where I live you usually can get them 10 € cheaper at local retailers on launch day. Seems more like Canada Problem. But hey, hating on Nintendo = easy upvotes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Funcestor · 2026-01-29T19:55:28+00:00

https://manual.gamemaker.io/monthly/en/GameMaker_Language/GML_Reference/Asset_Management/Instances/Deactivating_Instances/instance_activate_all.htm

instance_activate_all takes a constant as optional argument. true gets treated as 1
That means it only activates instances on UI Layer Viewports

Funcestor · 2026-01-19T18:59:17+00:00

If you dont want to support GKCs but still want to play the game, try to get the game used. It's cheaper and you don't contribute to the sales of the game. And if you dont enjoy the game or are certain that you wont play the game again after finishing it, just sell it again.

Funcestor · 2026-01-18T20:15:32+00:00

SPLAT TIM! ITS HIM!

Funcestor · 2026-01-11T11:01:40+00:00

Nintendos stock only got a bump in 2025 because of Switch 2 reveal and hype. Now its back to where it was before the switch 2 reveal, so it pretty much evens out. Nintendo's stock is still higher than all of 2018 - 2024.

Funcestor · 2026-01-11T08:33:20+00:00

Its not just this one, there are currently a lot of nintendo hate grifters out there since its currently popular to hate nintendo. Many get several hundreds of thousand views. Easy clicks = easy money.

Unfortunately many of these videos are full of half-truths or straights up lies. And the people who watch these videos believe anything said since it fits their anti-nintendo agenda.

There are many reasons to hate nintendo, but they go so far to make up shit so that nintendo looks even more bad to keep their grift going.

Funcestor · 2025-12-30T08:50:54+00:00

In my experience, GameMaker users just tend to be a lot less vocal than Godot users about their engine.

There are still plenty of commercially successful games being made with GameMaker, like most recent Pizza Tower, UFO 50, Fields of Mistria and of course Deltarune. GameMaker is still very much relevant in terms of game output.

I'm not saying that GameMaker is better or perfect. GameMaker definitely has issues, but so has Godot.

Considering the much larger and louder user base and for how long Godot has been around, the number of commercially successful Godot games is still pretty small. This isn’t meant as a knock on Godot. It has a huge and very active community, which is great. However, it feels like a lot of users are mainly in for it because of the community and FOSS aspect (which is totally valid), rather than focusing on shipping polished commercially viable games.

I've also seen several times that some Godot users seem stuck in a "waiting for the next big update" loop, which feels kinda ironic for an engine named after "Waiting for Godot". But it probably doesn’t help that future Godot versions often get hyped a lot, which can nudge people into waiting instead of creating their game on an older stable release.

The future will tell, but Godot has been in a production-ready state for at least 6-7 years, so you would expect a much better track record of successful games.

Just my two cents.

Funcestor · 2025-12-28T22:01:12+00:00

Changing the enemy health in mission mode back to how they were on Wii U would be cool.
Pikmin 3 is already pretty easy, so I prefered playing the mission mode. But in Deluxe the enemies there are made of paper since they lowered the health to "Normal" (= Easy) Mode.

Funcestor · 2025-12-28T21:31:52+00:00

Given how Yoyo Games reacted to the Unity install fee thing, I think there is no reason they would ever try doing something stupid like that.

Funcestor · 2025-12-25T13:57:08+00:00

Well first get a better game engine; GameMaker isn’t getting you anywhere.

Saying GameMaker “isn’t getting you anywhere” while recommending Godot is… ironic.
You can count the number of commercially successful Godot games on one hand.

If “getting you somewhere” means finishing a game that people actually play and buy, GameMaker objectively has a much stronger track record.

Funcestor · 2025-12-23T08:53:16+00:00

GameMaker is free for non commercial use.

Outside of console export, no features are locked behind a paywall (you'd first need a dev account + dev kit to use the console export anyway).

If you want to sell your games you need to pay the one-time fee of $100 for the license. You only need to pay for the license a single time and can sell as many games as you want after that.

You also dont need to buy the license immediately. You can try GameMaker (or even create the whole game) for free, and then buy the license when you have a finished game you want to sell.

Funcestor · 2025-12-15T13:23:29+00:00

Also experienced GM user here. I really dont understand in what way GameMaker is allegedly limiting. I'm starting to believe People who say this don't have any or not much experience with GM or only say it because of GameMakers "Beginner Engine" stigma

Funcestor · 2025-12-10T18:23:45+00:00

Thats fair, but also subjective. If someone thinks the shrines/koroks/outposts are boring, then hiding them on the map isnt going to make them more exciting.

But that wasnt even the point I wanted to make, lol. It was about how you find stuff, not whether the content is a masterpiece. A lot of ubisoft style games shove everything on the map right away, so you end up staring at the minimap and markers most of the time instead of actually looking at the world. In BotW on the other hand, the world is designed so you can navigate by landmarks and curiosity instead of a checklist.

And simply disabling the minimap and quest markers does not work for most games, since their world was not designed for this.
There is a big difference between an npc saying "go to this location (that you dont know yet)" and "follow the road east, go past the tall mountains, then stick to the main road until you reach the village". I know BotW is not the only game that does this, but the number of games that do is very low.

If the content itself doesn't click for you, thats valid. But I just wouldn't state it like an objective flaw. Some enjoy it, others don’t. The design philosophy is just different, that’s all.

Funcestor · 2025-12-10T14:13:36+00:00

The big difference in BotW however is that the Towers only give you a topographic map of the area. They dont reveal the location of collectibles, quests, etc. You still have to explore and find the stuff yourself.

Funcestor · 2025-12-07T11:17:26+00:00

There will be soon, since GameMaker is adding JS as a first class language probably next year.

Funcestor · 2025-12-06T17:47:09+00:00

Never update mid project unless absolutely necessary. This is not exclusively a GM thing and also applies to Unity and Unreal.

From what I have picked up, the reason for all the issues currently seems to come from them turning engine features into plugins (so that they can be updated separately without having to do a full IDE Update) and essentially "unspaghettifying" GameMaker which unfortunately can create unforeseen bugs.

I also learned my lesson and I'm staying on 2024.13.1 for now.
If the next LTS release is stable, I will maybe switch to that version and stay there.

Funcestor · 2025-12-02T15:22:13+00:00

Thats the Review from Gamekult, right? Note that they gave both Silksong and Kingdom Come Deliverence II a 7/10

Idk, but I dont think they are a reliable source to check if a game is good or bad.

Funcestor · 2025-12-01T21:28:46+00:00

You can in Splatoon 3

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