This is a list of artists who have contributed to the Game-Maker library.
In its prime, Game-Maker enjoyed a large network of users, connected through dedicated dial-up boards and old-fashioned floppy exchanges. Development on Game-Maker ceased around the time that the Web began to enter the mainstream, and a few years after that Mark Overmars’ unrelated Game Maker (note the absence of hyphen) replaced its namesake, to find its own development community.
Although the software was cheap and easy to use, and there was a thriving community around it, it seems most users were content to finish at most one or two games, then to move on. As a result you have a handful of big, influential voices — the artists who made a handful of complete, original games — and a peppering of neato one-off games by people you never saw again.
| First
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Last
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Logo
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Author
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Developer
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Origin
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Notable games
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Surviving
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Known
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| 1992
|
2010
|
|
Acord, Gary
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Acord Games
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United States: Texas
|
Capn Zapn,
Zapak,
Jaxon Zoose
|
17
|
17
|
| 1994
|
1994
|
|
Barras, David
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|
United States: Louisiana
|
The Descent
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1
|
2
|
| 1993
|
1994
|
|
Bell, Matt
|
SR Games
|
United States: California
|
Paper Airplane,
Yuphex
|
4
|
9
|
| 1998
|
1998
|
|
Bergervoet, Erwin
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Multigames
|
Netherlands
|
QiQ: Please Peace,
PC-Man's World
|
2
|
2
|
| 1996
|
1996
|
|
Bolden, Jon
|
Jonsoft
|
United States: Texas
|
Rascal
|
1
|
4
|
| 1998
|
2001
|
|
Brandon, John
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Brandon Enterprises
|
United States: Arizona
|
Seal Boarders
Skate Board
|
10
|
10
|
| 1997
|
2001
|
|
Brandon, Robert
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Brandon Enterprises
|
United States: Arizona
|
Penguin War
Terra
|
10
|
12
|
| 1994
|
1994
|
|
Callahan, Paul
|
Antares Bros.
|
United States: Massachusetts
|
Time After Time,
Reptalia
|
2
|
2
|
|
|
|
|
Callahan, Paul
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|
Canada: British Columbia
|
Zackpin
Zackpin 2
|
0
|
2
|
| 1994
|
1994
|
|
Russell, James
|
Antares Bros.
|
United States: Massachusetts
|
Time After Time,
Reptalia
|
2
|
2
|
| 2011
|
2014
|
|
Tairne, EJR
|
Jeneric Rules,
A-J Games
|
United States: Maine
|
Builder,
The Fantastic Adventures of Byron Solomon,
Bubble & Squeak
|
3
|
3
|
| 1992
|
2010
|
|
Waugh, Eric-Jon Rössel
|
A-J Games,
Don'Pan Software,
Janet L. Groth Productions
|
United States: Maine
|
A-J's Quest,
Peach the Lobster,
Friction
|
40
|
40
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