{"id":2991,"date":"2010-07-03T11:51:22","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T15:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/?p=2991"},"modified":"2021-03-27T17:27:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T21:27:43","slug":"the-game-maker-archive-part-10-the-integrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aderack.com\/journal\/2010\/07\/the-game-maker-archive-part-10-the-integrator\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game-Maker Archive \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Part 10: The Integrator"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"initial-letter\"><p><b id=\"header\">by [name redacted]<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One thing that Game-Maker serves to underline is the sheer talent that goes into game design. Especially by 1995 standards, Game-Maker makes it simple to whip up some graphics and sound resources, click a few flags, slap them together, and call it a game. Depending on your tools and the time you invest, you can get your game looking rather snazzy. 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It doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t communicate a coherent idea.<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"header\">( <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diygamer.com\/2010\/07\/gamemaker-archive-part-10-integrator\/\">Continue reading at DIYGamer<\/a> )<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by [name redacted] One thing that Game-Maker serves to underline is the sheer talent that goes into game design. Especially by 1995 standards, Game-Maker makes it simple to whip up some graphics and sound resources, click a few flags, slap them together, and call it a game. 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