Comments on: Incredible Hulk DS Game prototyped in GameMaker

By: CosMind

CosMind — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:00:54 +0000

[in fact, we actually used gm6.1 - so YoYo Games isn't really even connected. all mark o. all the way. ]

By: CosMind

CosMind — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:53:09 +0000

the article does a wonderful job of articulating our dev process. good stuff.

regarding:
“Interestingly Fizz Factor is a subsidiary of Foundation 9 Entertainment who also own Sumo-Digital – the developers responsible for future versions of GameMaker.”

we actually weren’t acquired by f9 until long after prototyping and development began. so, there is absolutely no connection at all between sumo-digital and the fact that we prototyped using the gm engine/tool set. in fact, i’ve used gm on pretty much every single commercial game project that i’ve lead for years (and will very likely continue to do so f o r e v e r).

By: Mattthew_H

Mattthew_H — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:07:48 +0000

Awesome. I am suprised though. I’m suscribed to Gamastra, but this didn’t come in my daily e-mail. Oh well.

Thanks for this Phil though.

-Matt

By: msr

msr — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:15:09 +0000

Yes it is VERY powerful. Not only is it powerful on its own, but the fact that you can use DLLs and extensions allows for instant expandability in a very simple environment. Mark Overmars did great work with this one.

By: Simon Donkers

Simon Donkers — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:58:14 +0000

It does actually happen more often, most publishers don’t discuss that though.
While most people still see Game Maker as a fun child toy it’s a very powerful tool and it’s being used for lots of different things.

By: Elmernite

Elmernite — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:29:02 +0000

Nice find! That was a great read! Awesome to see stuff like this happening. I’m surprised that it doesn’t happen more often.

-Elmernite