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Primordial Games
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First off I will say there are many improvements. Good job. Congratulations. Much nicer than previous game maker studio.
That congratulatory statement however, is not one to last.
I may stand alone on this, but I find the image editor improvements entirely unnecessary. It feels a large part of the "Upgrade" to this new version of gamemaker studio is this image editor and I just dont feel it is worth it. At all.
To be blunt, the majority of people that are creating games and art for said games are using external tools. Spine, spriter, photoshop, aesprite, even things like paint.net. There are a vast amount of both paid and free options that exist and outperform the editor.
I just cant say I feel the obvious time spent and put into the image editor improvements is one worthwhile. I also cant say im entirely thrilled about the improvements because:
A) the improvements wont ever benifit myself. And
B) It feels like a large part of whats new and im having to pay extra for an image editor I still wont use.
There are still an assortment of other improvements, but I think one of the big changes and big improvements is the image editor. I just find it a little frustrating is all. Would have loved to see a higher focus on other aspects.
tldr:
I dislike the idea of image editors being a part of these game creator tools/ide's
Gamemaker, construct 2, the whole lot of these tools that include their own image editor...it feels like money and time wasted.
I just felt like saying this, its something that has always and continues to bother me.
That congratulatory statement however, is not one to last.
I may stand alone on this, but I find the image editor improvements entirely unnecessary. It feels a large part of the "Upgrade" to this new version of gamemaker studio is this image editor and I just dont feel it is worth it. At all.
To be blunt, the majority of people that are creating games and art for said games are using external tools. Spine, spriter, photoshop, aesprite, even things like paint.net. There are a vast amount of both paid and free options that exist and outperform the editor.
I just cant say I feel the obvious time spent and put into the image editor improvements is one worthwhile. I also cant say im entirely thrilled about the improvements because:
A) the improvements wont ever benifit myself. And
B) It feels like a large part of whats new and im having to pay extra for an image editor I still wont use.
There are still an assortment of other improvements, but I think one of the big changes and big improvements is the image editor. I just find it a little frustrating is all. Would have loved to see a higher focus on other aspects.
tldr:
I dislike the idea of image editors being a part of these game creator tools/ide's
Gamemaker, construct 2, the whole lot of these tools that include their own image editor...it feels like money and time wasted.
I just felt like saying this, its something that has always and continues to bother me.