{"id":2965,"date":"2010-06-05T19:56:16","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T23:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2021-03-27T17:23:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T21:23:04","slug":"the-game-maker-archive-mike-perrucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2010\/06\/the-game-maker-archive-mike-perrucci\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game-Maker Archive: Mike Perrucci"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p><b id=\"header\">by [redacted]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Most of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diygamer.com\/2010\/04\/original-gamemaker\/\">Game-Maker<\/a> material I know, I&#8217;ve known about since high school. When the program was new, there was a thriving development community. When RSD stopped supporting Game-Maker, interest dwindled, the community dissipated, and it became difficult to find any mention of the program. Occasionally, though, I run into a developer who missed the wider loop and just kept on developing in private. The most productive of these isolated cases is also one of the more talented Game-Maker artists of all, Mike &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mazeguy.net\/\">Mazeguy<\/a>&#8221; Perrucci.<\/p>\n<p>Although Perrucci&#8217;s two finished games are an apparently simple overhead-view game and its sequel, there&#8217;s much more going on than you catch at a glance. For one, the guy never repeats himself. Never mind between games; within each game, no two levels are remotely similar. Typically each stage can boast not just distinct backgrounds and enemies but different mechanics and often a slightly different character sprite, with different animations and abilities to suit the level&#8217;s theme.<\/p>\n<p>Where these games really excel are in their creative use of background animations and monster birthing &#8212; two of the most powerful, yet least exploited, Game-Maker traits. Between the two, there&#8217;s almost no end of effects that you can fake &#8212; as aptly demonstrated in Perrucci&#8217;s second game.<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"header\">( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diygamer.com\/2010\/06\/gamemaker-archive-mike-perrucci\/\">Continue reading at DIYGamer<\/a> )<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by [redacted] Most of the Game-Maker material I know, I&#8217;ve known about since high school. When the program was new, there was a thriving development community. When RSD stopped supporting Game-Maker, interest dwindled, the community dissipated, and it became difficult to find any mention of the program. 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