yuor game maker stories.... GAME MAKER 8 IS THE BEST

Gamer (ex-Cantavanda)

〜Flower Prince〜
note: subjective

~~2010~~
i wanted to make a game, an I WANNA BE THE GUY fangame to be exact.
i bought a book called "games programmeren" which was huge and had c++ tutorial and cd
it was two compilacated for me.

than i found game maker 8.
a project file to be exact.
a project file of a fangame engine to be exact.
made by tijitdamijit to be exact.
but he didn't make an account here to be exact but on the old GMC to be exact.
a few days later after realising nothing could open the project file.
i google
than i found G.M.8. in google website
i buy it and make my fangame
i was not good at it
then i remade it two years later after starting again a few times

this was amazing

i was on sandbox and downloaded many projects and had so much fun

everything was utopic

i downloaded a D.O.O.M. engine, a ZOMBIE SURVIVAL FPS engine, yet another IWBTG engine

it was crazy

then i joined the YoYoGames Forums.

I was very good friends with @Misu we stayed up much nights videochatting on M.S.N. and sharing our deepest secrets with each other.
This last part was totally not made up.


than..............................


the appocalipse came....


YOYOGAMES RELEASED GAME MAKER STUDIO AND IN THE CODE OF THAT PROGRAM IT DESTROYED YOYOGAMES FORUMS AND EVERYONE WAS FORCED TO GO IN GMC AND EVERYONE WAS SO MEAN AND I GOT NEGATIVE REPUTATION AND THEN THE GMC GOT HACKED AND THE COOL FORUM THEME WAS GONE

and GAMEMAKER stUdio was two hard two use.
it alway CRESH&BUGG

T. V. (Thot Voluntaries) was so rich because he inventet GAMEMAKER STUDIO new sound engine and nobody knew how to use it because it was two complicated and he ripped everyone of by asking 9.99EUR for sound engine tutorial in TXT form

He made 1000 times 9.99EUR per month because all month 1000 new people start using GAMEKMAKER STUDIO and they not know how to use sound engine

than i got perma banned from GMC forums because ~t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m~ joined forum and he was black and i said N-word and everyone was think that i am ressist. but it actually was april fools joke and I MADE THAT PROFILE

than i got unbanned
one year later, to be exact.


then even more apoclalpipse came....

YOYOGAMES WAS BOUGHT BY CASINO MAFIA OWNER AND THEY HAVE FORCE TO MAKE GAMEMMAKER STUDIO 2 whish looks like tablet windows 10 that is so confusing that nobody could use it.

This time not T. V. but this time Brock Obama rip everyone of to sell txt file with layout tutorial but this time for 19.99EUR and he gave 9.99EUR of it to casino mafia company.
Brock Obama new president after Nocturne resin from democratic partie
i voeted for Nocturne not Brock Obama.

Now new sound engine is even harder and layout is cofnusing.

so i cannot use GAMEMMAKERKER 2 STUDIO


GAMEMAKER 8 IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

also camera room function view is too confusing too, and i dont want to pay 39.99EUR to Brock Obama for the new txt tutorial file
txt tutorial file for camera room function view, to be exact.





now share your gamemaker history and stories.
 
T

Triangle

Guest
Aye, I remember back when I first saw Gamemaker was when it still had that off-white menu colour and the 90's graphics (was that GM 8? I don't remember), trying to do that tutorial that came with it and failing miserably at it (that was well before I knew anything about coding or was passionate about development), and all that good stuff. Pretty sure I was even running Vista at the time (maybe not, my memory is horrendously bad) - lots of good memories there. I don't have much in the way of stories, I honestly only really just started taking development seriously. Back then I was just messing around with the free software a bit.

Shame to hear about the forum collapse - I didn't know, it seems like everywhere I go there's been some similar breaking point. Also unpleasant clicking on your link to @Misu's profile and seeing that confession post where they quit again. You know, that confession thread was the first I saw after I stopped lurking and made an account? Really depressing stuff, everyone seeming to quit at the very moment I wanted to join.. Ah well. This is why I read @RichHopelessComposer's stuff, they are so relentlessly optimistic it's oddly refreshing.
 
This is why I read @RichHopelessComposer's stuff, they are so relentlessly optimistic it's oddly refreshing.
Thanks. I think that getting good at/finishing large projects is 90% tenacity. I think most people sell themselves way too short, too. I agree that a lot of the stuff in the confession thread is a little depressing, but I think most of those people will come back if they really liked making games. A few of them already have! =)
 

Bluetail7

Member
Back 11 years ago I tried to start using game maker but failed, I couldn't understand anything since I wasn't into it yet. As sool as I tried out, as fast as I quit, it needed to pass a few years and I would come back using DND, soon I eiwi find out that DND was weak and hard coded. For my luck a program called FND to GML existed, letting me translate everything into code and easing my way through GML till I understood the basics.

4 years will happen after I tried learning the hard way. Making platformers mostly and few rpg elements into it, by then I would have made a game called the underworld, this one game helped me to learn about fighting sequences, unlockables, inventory, shops, lighting and AI such as bosses and enemies.

3 years passed (4 years ago), I would try to remake this game with controller support and new visuals, for my bad, I haven't learned enough about pixel art, I was a good animator by nature at this point, but I would make bad decisions about the shape, angles, colors and shading. Time passed and I would have given up on this remake, it was frustrating as I didn't know what were the goals, enemies or story. I decided to quit

2 years pass like water, I decided to come back for a hobby again, it would start as simple as I did back in 2014, but it reached a new level, I finally managed to get control over the pixel details, pushing everything I learnt, I start giving life to a new and more polished character. Using all the previous experience and tools I manage to accomplish something complex, I finally reached out to the point where I beat my inspirations of the past.They are long gone, but I can tell for sure that I have grown powerful with dedication.

To the present: It's almost finished, I have managed to get a team, hiring them, getting the budget is a hard task, but feels worth the shot. This time I'm aiming high with everything I got!
 

Gamer (ex-Cantavanda)

〜Flower Prince〜
Great story!
I don't have a redemption story like that, I kept sucking for over 8 years lol.
Just don't have the time, and have other priorities over GM.
But my dream of devving is still there... And as you, I still think my first ever wanted project could become big, the IWBTG fangame.
Suggestion: Try making Copycat her body move while she walks, instead of just the legs. Even if it's just a little bit, it will make your character come to life more!
P.S.: Sorry for assuming their gender, I just assume all cats are girls and most dogs are boys
 
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