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Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:15 pm
by AznKhmerBoi
i recently downloaded game maker and so far so good but not without its limitation. I know there is more to what is offer in the lite version, but thats y i ask is there anything better or decent for free.

THanks :P

Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:21 pm
by emwearz
AznKhmerBoi wrote:i recently downloaded game maker and so far so good but not without its limitation. I know there is more to what is offer in the lite version, but thats y i ask is there anything better or decent for free.

THanks :P


Not if you dont know a programming language.

Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:24 pm
by AznKhmerBoi
:( unfortunately no :?

THanks :P[/quote]

Not if you dont know a programming language.[/quote]

Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:52 pm
by CRTGAMER
I used an older one called Klik and Play.

There are other game design programs, more info at the link.
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=278767#p278767

I made a game called Space Tanks, a free download at the same link.

Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:02 am
by brunoafh
Get Multimedia Fusion 2. It's made by the same team that made Klik & Play, but renders Klik & Play useless. The features it adds are indispensable. It requires no programming language knowledge at all, you'll love it.

CRTGAMER, if you've already used KnP, you're going to be in heaven with MMF2.

Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:16 pm
by Jrecee
Stop using gamemaker immediately and get MMF2.

www.clickteam.com

If you're a student you can get an academic verison even cheaper.

Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:47 am
by renardqueenston
another vote for MMF2. it's incredibly versatile and the graphic engine is insanely fast compared to any other game creation suites. it might cost a bit, but it's really damn good.

Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 3:44 pm
by Jrecee
renardqueenston wrote:another vote for MMF2. it's incredibly versatile and the graphic engine is insanely fast compared to any other game creation suites. it might cost a bit, but it's really damn good.


I completely disagree with it "costing a bit". $120 is an absolute steal for the amount of value I've gotten out of clickteams products over the years. If you're a student you can get it even cheaper.

They recently released a flash runtime and they're working on an iphone runtime right now meaning you'll be able to port anything you make with it to iphone. If you want to sell anything you've made with it though you'll need the developer version which costs $300 or so, but if you've made something people want to buy you should earn that back without a problem.

Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:18 pm
by GSZX1337
Flash trial
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Re: Whats the best free software for making 2d style games

Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 8:55 pm
by renardqueenston
Jrecee wrote:
renardqueenston wrote:I completely disagree with it "costing a bit". $120 is an absolute steal for the amount of value I've gotten out of clickteams products over the years. If you're a student you can get it even cheaper.

They recently released a flash runtime and they're working on an iphone runtime right now meaning you'll be able to port anything you make with it to iphone. If you want to sell anything you've made with it though you'll need the developer version which costs $300 or so, but if you've made something people want to buy you should earn that back without a problem.


yeah, i have the developer version, hence it costing a bit ;] - and also, you can still sell with the standard edition! you just need to include the MMF logo somewhere ingame or on the package / readme. with the dev version, you don't need to do that, and you have a few more goodies here and there.