Games like Macaw - Perlin Noise in GameMaker

Are you a fan of computer graphics from the olden days of video games, before artists had the full gamut of 16,777,215 colors to play with and were instead constrained to palettes of up to 256 colors to choose from? Do you wish you could achieve fancy artistic effects by simply replacing colors in the palette of a single sprite? Do you wish this effect could be performed blazingly fast, and easy t…

Did you ever want to be able to combine multiple sprites into a single sprite atlas during runtime? Probably not, since it's an incredibly specific thing to need to do. But if you do, here's an extension for it! This can be useful if you're in the business of building vertex buffers on the fly, and you want to be able to combine sprites from different texture pages. The sprites used in the demo pr…

GameMaker has some really nice built-in pathfinding in the form of mp_grids; in fact, I often go as far as saying they're my favorite built-in system of GameMaker.  They're great if you want to be able to navigate through a grid-based structure like a maze, but sometimes they're not quite the right tool for the job. Did you ever want to implement Google Maps in GameMaker? Probably not, but bear wi…

Do you want to do batch operations on 3D objects for use in GameMaker (or for other purposes)? Here's a tool which does just that! Features Import 3D models: D3D / GMMOD (GameMaker) or OBJExport 3D models: D3D / GMMOD, OBJ or a raw vertex buffer for fast loading (use buffer_load in GameMaker), or a collection of vertex buffers that can be loaded with the provided import scriptsBulk operations: app…

I've made a few terrain editors over the years. Circa 2016 there was this thing, which isn't very impressive but it does the job - or a job, anyway - and in 2017 I made a new version which could do a bit more but still wasn't anything to write home about. I've wanted to give it another go for a while, and recently it was requested that I add some things, so this week I finally sat down and made so…

64%Game Brain Score

graphics, emotional

optimization, stability

64% User Score Based on 386 reviews

Pixel Game Maker MV – the latest entry in the Maker series.

89%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

optimization, story

89% User Score Based on 946 reviews

Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Fix global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.

81%Game Brain Score

story, graphics

optimization, music

81% User Score Based on 430 reviews

Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations is the ultimate military simulator for modern military conflicts. Designed with a huge emphasis on detail, realism, accuracy and flexibility, Command allows you to simulate and direct any historical or hypothetical air or naval engagement from 1945, at any scale, including strategic nuclear war.

87%Game Brain Score

gameplay, story

monetization, stability

87% User Score Based on 1,550 reviews

Star Realms combines addictive Deckbuilding with player VS player combat!

88%Game Brain Score

humor, emotional

optimization, gameplay

88% User Score Based on 1,101 reviews

GameMaker has everything you need to take your idea from concept to finished game. With a fresh user interface and many new exciting features including; Real-Time Animation Editing, a new innovative workflow and seamless path from Drag and Drop to actual code, developing top quality games has never been easier! Featuring a powerful programming language for professionals, and a drag-and-drop no-co…