GameMaker 25th Anniversary

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"GameMaker 25th Anniversary" is a minigame-filled management and strategy game celebrating GameMaker's 25-year history. Manage a development house, upgrade your office, and develop game engine features. Keep employees happy, repair broken objects, and squash bugs as you progress, gaining popularity and collecting posters based on GameMaker's history.

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Single-Player Play through the game's story or campaign solo

67%

Audience ScoreBased on 52 reviews

graphics3 negative mentions

The game is a fun and cute way to celebrate GameMaker's 25th anniversary, showcasing the capabilities of the engine.
Visuals are pleasant and stylish, with engaging mini-games that add variety to the gameplay.
It's a free game that provides a light-hearted experience, making it suitable for casual play.

The gameplay becomes repetitive and dull after a short time, lacking depth and challenge.
There are issues with balancing and bugs that detract from the overall experience.
The game feels unpolished, with some mini-games being frustrating and animations that cannot be skipped.

graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game have received mixed reviews, with some users noting that the visuals are pleasant and stylish, while others criticize them as mediocre and outdated, lacking the 3D capabilities expected in modern gaming. This inconsistency in visual quality has been cited as a significant factor in the game's inability to attract players, despite its no-cost entry. Overall, the graphics appear to be a major drawback for many gamers.
- “Visuals are pleasant and stylish.”
- “3D graphics cards became mainstream around 1995, so there's no excuse for this mediocrity.”
- “25 years and these developers still couldn't figure out 3D graphics that have been around for decades.”
- “In terms of visuals (yes, gaming is a visual medium), this game has some really mediocre looking graphics that will understandably be a turn-off for a lot of gamers, and it's a big contributor to the failure of the game to attract players despite having no up-front cost.”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game lacks a traditional plot, instead focusing on the development of a game maker app through time-limited quests that introduce new features. While characters continue their tasks regardless of missed deadlines, each quest culminates in a whack-a-bug mini-game, with players appreciating the creative names of the quests.
- “Kudos for quests having fun names though.”
- “There's no actual plot; the game merely showcases the development of a game maker app, with new features presented as quests. These are limited by time, but characters continue regardless of missed deadlines.”
- “Every quest ends with a whack-a-bug game anyway.”
- “The story lacks depth and coherence, making it feel more like a tutorial for a game maker than an engaging narrative.”
gameplay
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is criticized for its lack of engagement, with users noting that the poor 2D graphics and repetitive mechanics quickly lead to a sense of boredom and disinterest.
- “Trying to take this seriously as a game, the poor 2D graphics and immediately stale gameplay would make you wish you were doing pretty much anything else right away.”