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Each game consists of a copy of the main [[XFERPLAY.EXE | program file]], which contains all of the essential code. To distinguish one game from the next, the program calls on a .GAM file, in which the user will have compiled all of his content with Integrator.  
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'''Release type:''' [[Retail]] ([[Game-Maker]] suite)<br />
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'''Release date:''' 1991 (original release)<br />
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'''Author:''' [[G. Andrew Stone]]<br />
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'''Related tools:''' [[Graphics Image Reader]], [[Palette Designer]], [[Block Designer]], [[Character Maker]], [[Monster Maker]], [[Map Maker]], [[Sound Designer]], [[Integrator]]
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}}A portable version of Game-Maker's PLAYGAME utility; the name XFERPLAY presumably comes from "Transfer Play".
  
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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]].
  
[[Category:Formats and Tools]]
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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)
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** [http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/EJRTairne/20130512/192139/Bonus_Time_with_Andy_Stone.php Bonus Time with Andrew Stone] (Gamasutra)
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[[Category: Formats and Tools]]
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[[Category: First-party tools]]
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[[Category: G. Andrew Stone]]
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[[Category: Recreational Software Designs]]

Latest revision as of 11:43, 27 January 2016

Xferplay
Xferplay-config.png

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]