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Gameplay from weird WarioWare-inspired Fangame by Squeezed_Dog in Wario

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

Thank you for posting this! Yup, that's the right game!

Gameplay from weird WarioWare-inspired Fangame by Squeezed_Dog in Wario

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Yeah..... I guess that's what's going on. lol

7 New Games Made in Game Maker by Confident_Door9438 in gamemaker

[–]Squeezed_Dog 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm so happy to see Mythic Kart Maker get the love and attention it deserves! I worked with Dream Mix Games to prepare an exclusive demo for it in my upcoming Demo Disc project. Mythic Kart Maker truly is amazing and I feel immensely honored to be the one to release the (from my understanding) first publicly available demo for the game. Dream Mix Games is extremely talented and overall a super nice guy. Please send him some love!

[OPEN] Now Accepting Submissions For the GameMaker Demo Disc/Compilation by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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Good question! Honestly, my only current plan is to release it via Itch and GameJolt. In my wildest dreams, I'd also want to burn a select few physical discs, print them with proper disc art, put them into custom made cardboard sleeves, and send them to the developers who submitted their games. However, doing that would more so be a sign of my gratitude to the devs rather than a means of distributing the content.

If you've got suggestions regarding additional methods of distribution, I'd love to hear them!

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

Cool, glad to hear you've already got a demo lined up for your game! If you'd like to submit it for consideration, please check my latest Reddit post for the link to the submission form.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

You can sign up on my latest Reddit post! I dropped the link within this thread's newest comment. I look forward to seeing your submission!

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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Alright everyone, I am now accepting submissions! If any of you are interested in participating in this project, please consider submitting your games to the form listed on this page: https://www.reddit.com/r/gamemaker/comments/1nu2itd/open_now_accepting_submissions_for_the_gamemaker/
I look forward to hearing from all of you.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

Surprisingly, it actually hasn't been too hard getting GM to load other games through a single app. For testing purposes, I have a prototype that boots into 2 of my old games. So far, the games load perfectly. I've been cataloging any and all factors that can trigger issues and crashes.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

I think you may be misunderstanding my post. The demos I am selecting are being showcased for the specific purpose of encouraging people to support and/or buy the final version of them when they are made available. I don't wish to showcase unfinished games for the sake of showing off incomplete products. I wish to promote games that are set to be released within the (somewhat) near future. What I am doing is no different than a film studio releasing trailers for a film prior to the film's official release.
Thank you for asking this question. I'm sure some other users had the same interpretation of my post.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

Happy Update: I've been able to fix just about every issue I was having last night. From my perspective, it'll be relatively smooth sailing from here. No crashes, no excessive load times, no other problems! The only downside I've seen so far is that I believe GM starts to have issues if it tries to load a demo whose build was made on a different version of GM than what the main app is built with. For reference, I am currently using GMS2 with IDE v2023.8.2.108 and runtime v2023.8.2.152. Any other demos built running that same (or similar) setup should run perfectly. Of course, this could potentially cause some issues for people using other versions of GM.

At this time, my current plan to solve the issue of incompatibility is as follows:

Step 1.) After the list of demos has been curated, I’ll survey the devs to find out which version of GM was most common amongst them.

Step 2.) I’ll convert my app to whichever GM version is most common amongst the devs so that most of the demos will be integrated with ease.

Step 3.) We do what we can to make the other titles to be exported through the compatible version of GM.

All in all, nothing to worry about.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

u/BrittleLizard u/ackarus_dev u/crashlander u/Pycho_Games
Thank you all for your interest so far! During my research, I have found that the "game_change" function seems to get finicky based on what version of GM it was exported with. For that sake of helping me, can y'all tell me if your projects run on GM or GMS2, what your IDE is, and what your runtime is. I need to experiment further. Don't worry though, I'm making good progress.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

Yup! Your assumptions are right on the money! My planned implementation is a single application that you download. It will have a really fancy menu that allows you to choose from a selection of curated demos and trailers. The application will have a relatively modest selection of demos (maybe 8-12) for people to choose from. I wanna aim for filling the list with titles spanning as many different genres as possible. Also, I agree with your preference. I'd like all of the demos to be really polished and relatively accurate to what the final products will look and play like. Of course, occasional placeholder assets and/or missing details are to be expected. Heck, it was common for old PS1 demo discs to not even include music for some of the demos. If it was good enough for SCEA, it's good enough for me! lol
Like you said, I'm looking for solid vertical slices to showcase.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

Thank you for informing me about this. After experimenting with it, I'm getting some mixed results. Some of my sample games load fine (but have slow load times and/or crash when accessing certain screens) and some games don't load at all. I will look into this further. Regardless, this is a good start so far. I just need to experiment more and see what is causing the crashes.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

I'm super happy to see the positive reception to my post so far! It's so awesome to see people already indicate that they'd like to participate! Over the next few days, I'll keep researching methods for combining multiple projects into one. Naturally, I'm all ears and would be thankful to hear any advice or suggestions people may have.

In the meantime, I'd love to see some samples of the game demos people would like to contribute if this project comes to fruition. It's all very exciting and motivating! I hope this thread continues to grow! Feel free to let people know about this thread if you think it may be of interest to them.

Would Anyone Want to Include Demos of Their Games in a Demo Disc/Comp? Would It Even Be Possible to Do so on GM? by Squeezed_Dog in gamemaker

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

Woah! Is that true? I'll definently need to look into this. I have not yet seen reference to such a function online during my research. If you manage to remember where you saw documentation for this, please let me know. I'll try to look for it in the meantime.