News on GameMaker v4.0

[Al Staffieri]

I'm trying to make a new code parser so it doesn't need spaces between math symbols and will be faster. I can't really work on it though because I can't get the scripts to load the text correctly yet.

[GuthanSoftware]

You adding universal compiling to gm 4? Like compiling for windows.

[Silverwind]

I'm trying to make a new code parser so it doesn't need spaces between math symbols and will be faster. I can't really work on it though because I can't get the scripts to load the text correctly yet.

Bummer.

It sounds like software development was easier in the old days. Kevin Kinell never managed to port Yipe! to OSX, due to stupid "improvements" in modern language structures. (btw, iYipe! is due for release soon. )

One more extra super special sprinkling in 4.0 would be an OR command. I've grown lazy with JavaScript and find the workaround a nuisance now, hehe.

EDIT:

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IF npcGridX < playerGridX // pcGridX > playerGridX THEN
  ' --- distance check routine.
END IF

OM NOM NOM...

[Al Staffieri]

You adding universal compiling to gm 4? Like compiling for windows.

The first release will be Mac only, but  once it's done I do want to start working on a Windows runtime engine.

[GuthanSoftware]

Do you maybe have an approximate release?

[Charlo]

Will GM 4 have arrays?  More advanced games pretty much require them.

(Sorry if I missed the answer to this somewhere back in the topic)

[Connors]

But is it worth the ten bucks!?!?  

[Silverwind]

It's 20 bucks, and yes it certainly is.

Mac GameMaker is an incredibly well refined game development tool with years of excellent customer testimonials and input. It's undoubtedly among the easiest to learn game development tools available for the Macintosh and boasts a brilliantly simplistic yet versatile scripting language which supports development for of a wide variety of genres including Adventure, First Person Shooter, Driving Simulator, Platformer, Side Scroller, Puzzle and Role Playing Game.

If you're new to Mac GameMaker or are still considering it over other game development tools, check out my Getting Started tutorials which show you how to make simple games with the demo's 15 lines of code per routine restriction: http://alstaffieri.com/gmguide.html

[Silverwind]

Hey Al, I noticed Silver Creator has a shiny new icon and thought 4.0 could do with one as well. I'm not sure if you have anything in the works, but here's a concept I threw together that you're welcome to use:

[Al Staffieri]

hehe. Cool. I'm going to put this picture on the GM 4 preview page.

[Silverwind]

Here's one keeping to the hand and pencil idea:

[Silverwind]

I was messing about with colours after noticing how flat the grey icons appear at actual size, but working with the hand is actually quite tricky. It's either too small to be distinguishable or too large to fit with anything else.

You must have spent ages on that logo! You certainly did a good job of it.

EDIT:

Oh wait, I forgot to give the grey ones drop shadows:



They look a little less flat now.

[EqwanoX]

i like the second one, "GM 4.0" but the 4.0 needs to be enlarged, and maybe make the background blueish and keep the gray outline

[j]

I actually like the bottom left, the one with the hand, color, and GM.

[Charlo]

I don't like the idea of having text on the icon.  Most icons these days are just that: an icon.  However, it's hard to come up with an icon that coveys the idea "GameMaker" without explicitly saying it.