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'''Release type:''' [[Retail]] ([[Game-Maker]] suite)<br /> | '''Release type:''' [[Retail]] ([[Game-Maker]] suite)<br /> | ||
'''Release date:''' 1991 (original release)<br /> | '''Release date:''' 1991 (original release)<br /> | ||
| − | '''Author:''' [[ | + | '''Author:''' [[G. Andrew Stone]]<br /> |
'''Related tools:''' [[Graphics Image Reader]], [[Palette Designer]], [[Block Designer]], [[Character Maker]], [[Monster Maker]], [[Map Maker]], [[Sound Designer]], [[Integrator]] | '''Related tools:''' [[Graphics Image Reader]], [[Palette Designer]], [[Block Designer]], [[Character Maker]], [[Monster Maker]], [[Map Maker]], [[Sound Designer]], [[Integrator]] | ||
| − | }} | + | }}A portable version of Game-Maker's PLAYGAME utility; the name XFERPLAY presumably comes from "Transfer Play". |
| − | + | Each game consists of a copy of the XFERPLAY program file, which contains all of the essential code, and a collection of data files that plug into XFERPLAY to populate the game with content. Those data files are compiled and organized in a .GAM file, produced with [[Integrator]]. | |
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| + | Programmed by Gregory Stone, in a mix of C and Assembly. | ||
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| + | == Version history == | ||
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| + | 1994 - Version 3.00 | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
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| + | * [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EJRTairne/20130504/176610/The_Making_and_Unmaking_of_a_GameMaker_Maker.php The Making and Unmaking of a Game-Maker Maker] (Gamasutra) | ||
| + | ** [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EJRTairne/20130512/192139/Bonus_Time_with_Andy_Stone.php Bonus Time with Andrew Stone] (Gamasutra) | ||
[[Category: Formats and Tools]] | [[Category: Formats and Tools]] | ||
[[Category: First-party tools]] | [[Category: First-party tools]] | ||
| + | [[Category: G. Andrew Stone]] | ||
[[Category: Recreational Software Designs]] | [[Category: Recreational Software Designs]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:43, 27 January 2016
Release type: Retail (Game-Maker suite)
Release date: 1991 (original release)
Author: G. Andrew Stone
Related tools: Graphics Image Reader, Palette Designer, Block Designer, Character Maker, Monster Maker, Map Maker, Sound Designer, Integrator
A portable version of Game-Maker's PLAYGAME utility; the name XFERPLAY presumably comes from "Transfer Play".
Each game consists of a copy of the XFERPLAY program file, which contains all of the essential code, and a collection of data files that plug into XFERPLAY to populate the game with content. Those data files are compiled and organized in a .GAM file, produced with Integrator.
Programmed by Gregory Stone, in a mix of C and Assembly.
Version history[edit]
1994 - Version 3.00
Links[edit]
- The Making and Unmaking of a Game-Maker Maker (Gamasutra)
- Bonus Time with Andrew Stone (Gamasutra)
