Xferplay

Xferplay

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

1994 - Version 3.00

Links

• The Making and Unmaking of a Game-Maker Maker (Gamasutra)
  • Bonus Time with Andrew Stone (Gamasutra)