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* '''[http://effluviaofascatteredmind.blogspot.com/2011/06/rsd-gamemaker.html RSD GameMaker (eoasm)]''' - [[RSD]] CEO and Lead Programmer [[Andy Stone]] reminisces about Game-Maker | * '''[http://effluviaofascatteredmind.blogspot.com/2011/06/rsd-gamemaker.html RSD GameMaker (eoasm)]''' - [[RSD]] CEO and Lead Programmer [[Andy Stone]] reminisces about Game-Maker | ||
* [http://www.pcmuseum.ca/details.asp?id=36382&type=software Personal Computer Museum]: A very brief overview | * [http://www.pcmuseum.ca/details.asp?id=36382&type=software Personal Computer Museum]: A very brief overview | ||
| + | * [http://creatools.gameclassification.com/EN/creatools/32-RSD-Game-Maker/index.html Game Creation Tools Classification] | ||
* [http://www.diygamer.com/tag/the-game-maker-archive/ The Game-Maker Archive (DIYGamer)] | * [http://www.diygamer.com/tag/the-game-maker-archive/ The Game-Maker Archive (DIYGamer)] | ||
* [http://www.scribd.com/doc/36682846/Text Mike Wiering's Clean Game Library] (see section 3.3) | * [http://www.scribd.com/doc/36682846/Text Mike Wiering's Clean Game Library] (see section 3.3) | ||
Revision as of 01:53, 19 December 2011
Here I mean to form a repository of general links about, regarding, and associated with Game-Maker.
Contents
Information
- RSD GameMaker (eoasm) - RSD CEO and Lead Programmer Andy Stone reminisces about Game-Maker
- Personal Computer Museum: A very brief overview
- Game Creation Tools Classification
- The Game-Maker Archive (DIYGamer)
- Mike Wiering's Clean Game Library (see section 3.3)
Resources
- DOS Museum -- "Game-Maker" tag filter
- RSD Game-Maker (YouTube)
Personal sites
- Mazeguy's Invasion of the Blobs! pages -- Mike Perrucci muses about his Game-Maker days.
- Sylvain Martin's recollections
- Bilou Homebrew's Blog -- Sylvain Martin discusses his analysis of Game-Maker's file formats.
- cly5m's unfinished Game-Maker games -- Clysm, of course, being the Seiklus guy.
- The History of T3 Software -- Including some information about RSD Game-Maker development.
Tools
Image utilities
- Autodesk Animator binary
- Autodesk Animator source code
- Dave's Targa Animator -- For working with .FLI files.
- MLC Deluxe Paint Animation Decoder -- For playing .ANM files (Barracuda) in Media Player.
- .BBL to .PNG converter -- Perl script by Sylvain Martin. Optimized for Linux.
- VGMaps tool -- Perl script by Sylvain Martin, used to render level maps on this wiki. Optimized for Linux.
- .BBL metadata extractor -- Perl script by Sylvain Martin. Optimized for Linux.
- .GAM to XML converter -- POSIX C program by Sylvain Martin.
- .GAM to XML converter -- Perl Script by Sylvain Martin. Optimized for Linux.
Music utilities
- AdLib Visual Composer - For composing .ROL files and building sound banks.
- Open MPT - Modplug tracker (for converting tracker files to MIDI).
- Various other converters - MIDI to .ROL, and so on. Expect to do lots of cleanup.
- ROL2CMF - For converting .ROL files and sound banks into .CMF files.
- CMFStuff - Utilities For Working With CMF Music Files
- AdPlug -- WinAmp plugin for .CMF files
Playback utilities
- DOSBox -- for playing Game-Maker and its games on modern Windows machines.
- D-Fend Reloaded -- Good Windows frontend for DOSBox.
- Boxer Decent DOSBox frontend for Mac OS X.
- Joy2Key -- for mapping joysticks to keystrokes.
- Keyboard Remapper -- Flexible key mapping software for Windows
- KeyRemap4MacBook -- Flexible key mapping software for Mac OS
Other
- Wired Xbox 360 controller -- for half-decent joypad control.
