@WinterwolvesG I have an alienware laptop with a 12700h, which takes around 02:30 minutes to build my game. My Macbook Pro M4 (regular, not the Pro chip), takes 00:20 seconds 🤡
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thinking about using the macmini as main development computer, it's much faster than my other two minipc (Intel and Ryzen CPUs), despite having less RAM and SSD space.
Building a big RPG in Ren'Py took 45s less on the macmini which is impressive over 3-4 min total time #indiedev
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Thanks to (my) advancements in technology, you can now make yourself a desktop friend in GameMaker!
(window_shape now supports partial transparency for smooth edges/shadows/etc.)
Character sprite by @PennyPenzilla!
GIF
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And if you've bought the game (now or back then), please leave a review! We're one review away from what's considered the threshold for baseline visibility
Nick@ampersandbear
📢Today @YellowAfterlife and I have finally released the game that was in development for 5+ years. It's a cozy, NES'ish platformer where monsters are controlled by your friends. Grab it here: store.steampowered.com/app/466770 #indiedev #gamedev
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Chinese language did have little impact on sales during Early Access. Full launch week, however... #gamedev #indiedev
Aur 🐷@SnoutUp
Also, adding Chinese language had zero impact on Early Access sales.
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@rczdev @GameMakerEngine If you can submit a report with an attached project that shows the issue, that would be great
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📢📢New GameMaker monthly update!
Version 2023.11 introduces a new drop shadow filter, Sequence text effects, and new GML functions.
READ: gamemaker.io/en/blog/releas…
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@VadimYuryev It was Apple’s choice to deprecate OpenGL and not supporting Vulkan 😉
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If only more games were ported and optimized for Apple Silicon!
Here’s the 1080p test, showing the M3 Max beating out this beast Alienware laptop. Pretty insane!
INIYSA@lafaiel
The M3 Max performs on par with the RTX 4080 in 'Baldur's Gate' ! (1440p) Not claiming Macs are top gaming rigs, but once game studios decide to support Apple Silicon natively, they could lead in comfy gaming with solid performance, low heat/noise, and great battery life!
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@GameMakerEngine Oh, I forgot: better tools for debugging memory.
Finding memory leaks is a pain, I had to make my own tools to track which data structures are in use or not.
Also retrieve how much RAM and VRAM is used (I know a hidden function but it varies from platform to platform)
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What's the one thing you'd add to GameMaker if you could? #GameMaker
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@mino_dev @GameMakerEngine sprite_add_ext it's been there for a while. Dynamic groups also work great for sprites added directly through the IDE.
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@GameMakerEngine Asynchronous sprite loading!
The sprite_add() function loads a sprite without stopping the game... if you're loading it from a URL. If you load it from a file, the game stops to load it.
Let us use the Image Loaded event for local sprites as well
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The new GameMaker beta features gpu_get_depth and gpu_set_depth function implementations of mine! These let you change Z coordinate that "flat" graphics will be drawn at, which can be used for visual tricks (like "sprite stacking") or to easily pass a bit of info to a shader.
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I made a new GameMaker extension!
It gives your game a custom window frame, which acts just like the native one (to the point of having shadows and rounded borders on Windows 11) while addressing a multitude of issues and commonly requested features🧵
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@SnoutUp @MrElliot1210 The more RAM you have, the more the OS does cache on it, reducing the need of disk access (good, RAM is way faster than disk).
If you run out of memory, disk (slow) is used as swap memory (fake RAM). The faster the disk, the better the performance.
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@rczdev @MrElliot1210 Could you explain memory swap and the need for more RAM like I'm a grandpa? I don't know how that works and what benefit RAM upgrade would have in my case(s).
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@SnoutUp @MrElliot1210 A good M2 does wonders specially when being used as memory swap (which would certainly happen only having 16GB installed). That said, your machine looks pretty competent for the kind of games you make. More RAM is the only thing I’d put on the table if you can afford it.
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@MrElliot1210 Also this motherboard doesn't have a slot for M.2 SSD, although I'm not sure how it compares with standard SSD over common usage. I'm not moving TBs of data around.
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@andyabajo @VadimYuryev We gamedevs need Apple to stop deprecating API's every year and stop making it harder and cumbersome to develop for Mac😅
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2023-2024 Prediction: This is where Apple Silicon (ARM-based chips) take over the market starting with the laptop market. x86 just hit a wall with the 4090, coinciding with a massive tech recession. Expect ARM-based chip investments to explode soon in the PC laptop market.
GameSpot@GameSpot
Redditors are convinced new RTX 4090 power cords are melting down trib.al/1WnBOx6
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@jujuadams Military targets were hit on Crimea recently, though, which RU considers their territory since 2014 and they did nothing. Let’s hope it’s all bluff.
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