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[Khepri]

heart lots of good stuff about love

not so good stuff about game maker

Because Game Maker is a bloated overrated piece of stuff.

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[Marcem]

Because Game Maker is a bloated overrated piece of stuff.

Wouldn't a game creation tool beng "bloated" be good?  Surely more features should be appreciated.

[Texan101]

Because Game Maker is a bloated overrated piece of stuff.

That's funny, because last time I checked it was free.

[Khepri]

That's funny, because last time I checked it was free.

The full version costs $39.99, please go forget off. Also where did I even say anything about money ????

Wouldn't a game creation tool beng "bloated" be good?  Surely more features should be appreciated.

No. It's better to use a barebones engine instead of using ones that have a stuffload of features that you may or may not use. As Sheath said you have to check constantly for CPU/Ram eating. Game Maker also requires a license where you if you want to put your games on any products like Androids and what not you have to publish through them where they get a "publishers fee" from the profits. Whilst LOVE is just a framework and requires no license, AKA you can sell it, and publish it on anything, AND get all the cash from it.

[Thorax]

Well derp, the information isn't going to come to you. You aren't going to hear much if you don't look into it.

I meant that I've heard a lot of negative opinions about it on the forums, so I had just assumed that it wasn't that great. Saying I would look into probably was not the the best phrasing of words considering I had already looked up information on it to get a general idea. Perhaps I should have said I'd take a better, deeper look at it and not dismiss it for being a piece of crap like I thought it was.