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1001 Marios	Posted: Sep 4 2009, 03:38 PM
New User Group: Trial Members Posts: 9 Member No.: 6495 Joined: 4-September 09 Status: (0d)	Hey! I've tried 2 programs to create games, they're Game Maker and Adobe Flash CS4. Now, I want something more "powerful" than Game Maker (more features), a program which I can make better games with (and it needs to be free). What should I try? This post has been edited by 1001 Marios on Sep 4 2009, 03:40 PM

Sergeant DeeY	Posted: Sep 4 2009, 03:39 PM
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QUOTE (Sergeant DeeY @ Sep 4 2009, 03:39 PM)

Help! forum

Why should I post this in the Help! forum?

This is written in the rules:

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1. This forum is used for showcasing your fangames, talking about other fangames, getting help with your fangames, or conversing different ideas/aspects of fangames.

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QUOTE (1001 Marios @ Sep 4 2009, 09:42 PM)

Why should I post this in the Help! forum?

This is written in the rules:

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1. This forum is used for showcasing your fangames, talking about other fangames, getting help with your fangames, or conversing different ideas/aspects of fangames.

This section is meant to show or comment fangames, games, engines.
Asking for Game Making Programs belongs in the "Help!" forum.

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QUOTE (Sergeant DeeY @ Sep 4 2009, 03:46 PM)

This section is meant to show or comment fangames, games, engines.
Asking for Game Making Programs belongs in the "Help!" forum.

Ok.

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QUOTE (Xgoff @ Sep 4 2009, 03:47 PM)

c++

I tried it, but it was too hard.

Miaxis	Posted: Sep 4 2009, 03:50 PM
hagan bromas Group: Members Posts: 1799 Member No.: 2793 Joined: 12-October 06 Status: (0d)	Combining the words "free", "good" and "program" is nearby impossible. Free, good and program would most likely fit to Game Maker - which is anything but lacking features. There's GML, and as long as it is used properly, you won't need anything more than that. If you could cut the word "free", Multimedia Fusion 2 is also worth of getting mentioned. Easy D&D interface for the less advanced ones, extensions for the more advanced ones. Cutting the word "program" would result in simply learning a programming language. Though as I know today's users, they prefer not to spend countless hours in learning one. But yeah, Game Maker is your best bet for now. --------------------

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kremling	Posted: Sep 4 2009, 03:52 PM
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QUOTE (kremling @ Sep 4 2009, 09:52 PM)

Alice

This is new?, Because I never saw it.

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This is new?, Because I never saw it.

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1001 Marios	Posted: Sep 4 2009, 03:57 PM
New User Group: Trial Members Posts: 9 Member No.: 6495 Joined: 4-September 09 Status: (0d)	Ok... Alice sounds good when I want to make 3D games, because I just have the Lite version of Game Maker. Thanks, I'll try it. This post has been edited by 1001 Marios on Sep 4 2009, 03:59 PM

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QUOTE (kremling @ Sep 4 2009, 01:52 PM)

Alice

That sounds pretty interesting...

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QUOTE (kremling @ Sep 4 2009, 04:52 PM)

Alice

I've never seen this before.

kremling	Posted: Sep 4 2009, 04:04 PM
Casual Member Group: Members Posts: 923 Member No.: 3240 Joined: 28-January 07 Status: (0d)	To be honest, Alice is really not a good program to use if you plan on making big fan games. :/ We are currently doing it in my Java class, because its supposed to teach you all about Java. The interface is basicly drag-and-drop like game makers, but in a really different way. You place your actions in slots that are named 'do in order,' 'do together,' 'while,' 'loop,' and another one I can't think of. Here is an example of what you could make in Alice. Alice Example Youtube (Not made by me) This post has been edited by kremling on Sep 4 2009, 04:05 PM -------------------- My Reference_1 Deviant Art "Doing the wrong thing is always right" Drawings by mfggers: Omnomlicous - Jazz - Bip

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You're going to want to use C++ if you want something powerful. Use the tutorials at http://www.cplusplus.com/, and when you have finished with those tutorials, get SFML and begin learning how to use it. SFML can be found at http://www.sfml-dev.org/

Also:
>I tried it, but it was too hard.
Too hard, or you didn't try to learn?

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QUOTE (Xgoff @ Sep 10 2009 @ 06:11 PM)

did you try hello's engine

make sure to not ****ing change anything before using it!

Hohoo	Posted: Sep 5 2009, 05:14 AM
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Soiyeruda	Posted: Sep 5 2009, 06:03 AM
Because retarded looking women is fun. :S Group: Members Posts: 3589 Member No.: 5004 Joined: 6-March 08 Status: (0d)	For the most part, you'll either find game creation programs that are expensive and easy to use, yet powerful, programs/languages that are free, but take awhile to learn. If you don't want to learn C++, Python, etc. then Game Maker is pretty much your best option. If you can't dish out $20, it's still pretty useful (but you'll be limited from some pretty nice features), and you can learn GML fairly quickly (around a week at least, maybe less).

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