Is there any word on when source control will be available in GMS2?
I noticed the help file's instructions show options to set it up that don't currently exist in the IDE. I also noticed one of my favorite (read: least favorite) lines in the helpfile:
I'll also say, this language is kind of confusing to me. On the licenses page of my account, it says nothing about a "trial" license. To me, a trial communicates a temporary and typically free version of a program, not an early access license.
Am I missing something here? Or is that an error in the helpfile?
(I've also noticed shaders use similar language in the helpfile, and I've had trouble getting them work. But that is likely my own error, since I don't know much about shaders yet)
Thanks.
I'll let YYG Staffers speak to what their intent is with regard to features and pricing, but it looks to me like they're trying to do the same thing that they tried to do with GMS1.
Some history:
For a long time, GM (pre-Studio) was very inexpensive, with a very useful Free edition, and then a Paid version that unlocked some additional features.
When YYG bought GM, they raised the price by about double what it was (IIRC it went from something like $25 to $40; users howled). $40 is still very inexpensive, unless you don't have a job or something.
When GM:S was released, the price went up even higher, to $200. $200 is no longer a very inexpensive price point. Users howled. They had a "free" version but it was extremely limited. I never tried it, but I think you couldn't make a project with more than 1 room and 3 objects. It was nearly useless, and it seemed like it was intended to be something that you could try out as a demo to see if you liked it, but if you liked it enough to use it at all, YYG was expecting you to shell out $200 for it, at a minimum.
YYG padded this painful increase by offering upgrade pricing for people who had purchased GM8, and on occasionally they had sales. Eventually they lowered their prices a bit, while increasing the price of Master Collection. They got rid of the "crippled" free edition of GMS and made a Standard edition which was once again free.
In short, over the years, they've tried a few different pricing experiments with the product, with varying success. It seems as though they're trying once again to go with a very limited, not very useful Free option that they consider a trial demo. I don't know that the market will like this any more than it did the last time. So they may or may not change. It does seem like having a more useful free edition of the tool would benefit them as long as it has a decent conversion rate to users paying for a higher edition. I'd assume that if the conversion rate with the less-useful trial edition is inferior to the conversion rate of Standard, they may relent.
Still, I think the features you get, combined with GMS's ease of use and gentle learning curve, make it worth paying for. If you want something more powerful
and free, there are free engines out there that you can find with a google search.
