Game making alternative

Posted by RetroVortex on June 21, 2009, 6:50 p.m.

The Software

I've decided I'm going to try to get back into Game Making.

However, while searching around for some tutorials for Game Maker, I discovered a program that is quite similar:

http://www.scirra.com/index.php

Fascinated with a free game maker I tried it out.

It uses the python scripting language, which …

Yearly update!

Posted by RetroVortex on April 30, 2009, 3:08 p.m.

Wow, it's been almost a whole year since I last visited the site.

I heard it got hacked or something…

NO MATTER!

I feel like getting back into the Game Making scene once more.

So anything new about GM I should know since Game Maker 7 was released? (Unlikely…)

If …

Music games...

Posted by RetroVortex on May 11, 2008, 4:21 p.m.

I tell you this from the bottom of my heart:

I LOVE FREAKIN' MUSIC GAMES!!

I'm not sure why though?

Why does this genre stand out for me better than others.

I personally think its to do with quality!

Think about it. How easy is it to make a music …

Looking back...

Posted by RetroVortex on April 14, 2008, 6:15 p.m.

Wow! I was just looking at the last big project I was working on, and I realised it has been a very long time since I've worked on something big, (My last release was in December…. of 2006!!).

I think that maybe I should toy around with GM tomorrow, and …

I got something RARE!!??!!

Posted by RetroVortex on March 29, 2008, 2:52 p.m.

Today I have found out I actually own something that is very rare!

I can't believe it!!

Well.. its pretty rare, but its is worth much more than I expected it to ever be.

Its a game for one of my favourite commercial bombs, The NEO-GEO POCKET COLOR!. What's …

ZOMG!! THE SECRET IS OUT!!

Posted by RetroVortex on March 21, 2008, 5:46 p.m.

THEY KNOW WE EXISTS!!!

What are we going to do!

I say we build a giant box fort, defended by solar powered orangutans!

All sillyness aside, I have realised I haven't blogged in about a month.

So here I am.

Life

Not that anyone cares, but my life is going …

Goodnight Moon

Posted by RetroVortex on Feb. 24, 2008, 4:42 p.m.

Sitting here at the desk,

staring at the wall,

Thinking about all the stuff,

mentioning the war.

Creative speakers,

Jump and leapers,

Hampering for more,

Here comes the ghostly rider,

Standing at the door.

Blood curdles, Windows spat,

Pictures hurdle, ATTACK THE CAT!

Lick the Stamps, post the mail,

Pose …

Work and Blog

Posted by RetroVortex on Feb. 3, 2008, 5:03 a.m.

These two things don't go so well together…

I've finally got back into GM, and hopefully I'm going to enter the competition, (however this is becoming less and less likely as I have 5 pieces of homework to do…)

So what am I going for..

Well my interpretation is very …

Exhaustion overwhelmes me...

Posted by RetroVortex on Nov. 28, 2007, 1:58 p.m.

I've noticed that I haven't blogged here in a while.

You can blame it on my school. I have done so much work, I haven't had much time for the old site.

I mean if you had a chioce between spending 1 hour playing super mario galaxy and 1 hour …

Need new ideas...

Posted by RetroVortex on Nov. 19, 2007, 3:19 p.m.

Seriously I need some inspiration…

I'm so bored… Bored beyond my usual comprehensial belief!

I really need something good, but simple to get me going again…

I'm just finding it hard to make something decent in GM, (recently, I've only made a simple little arcade game, and a basic grappling …