MAKING GAMES in GameMaker Studio 2 with Griffin and Pat
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I really enjoy when people in the games media learn about game development because its such a fun and challenging art, and as Griffin said. being able to realize all these game ideas that you inevitably end up with when you work with or play games a lot is massively satisfying.
FWIW I am highly impressed that in his first non-tutorial project Griffin was able to build a number of fairly complex game mechanics and put it together into a working prototype in 40 hours. That says a lot about his ingenuity, and about the power of GameMaker Studio as a platform. Theres no reason to discount it because its not as complex as some AAA 3D game. the right tool for the job is always going to be the way to go.
I really hope that Griffin continues to work on building games, and would love to see this become a recurring feature from Polygon. Maybe something where Pat or other video staff suggest a feature to add and Griffin works on it and then explains how he did it?\r\n
Date: 2023-12-10
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-elliephants7047
god. it's been a stressful few months, I could download that shit, hyperfixate, completely flake on all my responsibilities and make GAMES. what an idea. what a world we live in, where going and creating neat video games for the next month while doing literally nothing else is a thing that is easily accessible.
my own delight aside, that looks like an AWESOME game. I like the. whatever that gem game is called, and combining it with the RPG stuff? that's really neat. also pat, please, please get on that wrasslin 2D game. do it for us.
also you're right -- although I do have like, minimal experience with the if/then sort of thing, like, it looks really easy. this is cool.
definitely can't download it though, free or not. no no no. nope.
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god. it's been a stressful few months, I could download that shit, hyperfixate, completely flake on all my responsibilities and make GAMES. what an idea. what a world we live in, where going and creating neat video games for the next month while doing literally nothing else is a thing that is easily accessible.
my own delight aside, that looks like an AWESOME game. I like the. whatever that gem game is called, and combining it with the RPG stuff? that's really neat. also pat, please, please get on that wrasslin 2D game. do it for us.
also you're right -- although I do have like, minimal experience with the if/then sort of thing, like, it looks really easy. this is cool.
definitely can't download it though, free or not. no no no. nope.
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-paladinosaur_
I have tried to watch this video four times now, and each time I have fallen asleep. I do not know why this is, as the topic is very interesting to me and I do enjoy both pat and griffin. Whatever it may be, I would like to thank polygon dot com for making the most powerful, non medical sediditive I-ve ever come across.
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I have tried to watch this video four times now, and each time I have fallen asleep. I do not know why this is, as the topic is very interesting to me and I do enjoy both pat and griffin. Whatever it may be, I would like to thank polygon dot com for making the most powerful, non medical sediditive I-ve ever come across.
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-PaulFisher
I write software for a living and it-s really fun to watch somebody discover the magic of making a thing they imagined real, and then poking it to see what happens.
Doing something and then poking it in various ways to see what changes is a big part of programming in real life, too. :)
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I write software for a living and it-s really fun to watch somebody discover the magic of making a thing they imagined real, and then poking it to see what happens.
Doing something and then poking it in various ways to see what changes is a big part of programming in real life, too. :)
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-ThomCote88
I'm really impressed, your puzzle RPG is far more ambitious than what I'd recommend for someone's second-ever game! And yeah, GMS is a pretty good tool for dipping your toe into game dev, and it looks like they've improved it a lot since I last used it.
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I'm really impressed, your puzzle RPG is far more ambitious than what I'd recommend for someone's second-ever game! And yeah, GMS is a pretty good tool for dipping your toe into game dev, and it looks like they've improved it a lot since I last used it.
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-merrowtooth
-those gems look familiar- goes back to look at the credits -oh shit i used to play on order of amulets and Herkimer made stuff for me-
none of those gems were gems Herkimer made for me but holy shit, Griff, you sure nostalgia bombed me
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-those gems look familiar- goes back to look at the credits -oh shit i used to play on order of amulets and Herkimer made stuff for me-
none of those gems were gems Herkimer made for me but holy shit, Griff, you sure nostalgia bombed me
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-chloec4127
Everytime I watch videoes and they start talking about coding I get really happy and try to remember what all the rules were from when I took ap computer science. I was never good at coding, but I still love it
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Everytime I watch videoes and they start talking about coding I get really happy and try to remember what all the rules were from when I took ap computer science. I was never good at coding, but I still love it
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-termite9501
i have a cool game idea (along with everyone else ever) and this is inspiring! griffin also inspired me with composing music, so now i have half a soundtrack - its probably time to get cracking on game maker
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i have a cool game idea (along with everyone else ever) and this is inspiring! griffin also inspired me with composing music, so now i have half a soundtrack - its probably time to get cracking on game maker
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polygon
Just started learning game maker. Half way through my first actual game and seriously impressed. Holy cow, I mean I know he used drag'n'drop, but the boy did a lot of work! I feel inspired all over again -
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Just started learning game maker. Half way through my first actual game and seriously impressed. Holy cow, I mean I know he used drag'n'drop, but the boy did a lot of work! I feel inspired all over again -
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-lexiebrown1169
if you made gemstone heroes into a real game i-d lose my shit like i would buy that for 3. 99 on the appstore or like 20 dollars on steam i am very interested in this do a kickstarter or smth brah
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if you made gemstone heroes into a real game i-d lose my shit like i would buy that for 3. 99 on the appstore or like 20 dollars on steam i am very interested in this do a kickstarter or smth brah
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-taakotuesdays
Griffin: hey I did this thing but like it-s not amazing but I really enjoyed it and I-m proud of it
Griffin: -shows off a fully functional 2D gem puzzle game that only took him 30 hours to make-
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Griffin: hey I did this thing but like it-s not amazing but I really enjoyed it and I-m proud of it
Griffin: -shows off a fully functional 2D gem puzzle game that only took him 30 hours to make-
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polygon
Holy shit, Gemstone Heroes actually looks better than 80% of mobile games. If Griffin really polishes it (or atleast gets rid of all the copyright infringing stuff) he could probably sell it.
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Holy shit, Gemstone Heroes actually looks better than 80% of mobile games. If Griffin really polishes it (or atleast gets rid of all the copyright infringing stuff) he could probably sell it.
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-markbosch7378
6: 27 does anybody else find it really funny the way griffin says -so now we will have many players- i dunno just something about that good good mcelroy inflection gets me every time
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6: 27 does anybody else find it really funny the way griffin says -so now we will have many players- i dunno just something about that good good mcelroy inflection gets me every time
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-plushs
My dad has been pushing me to learn about coding since I was maybe 10, but it had never really clicked with me until this moment. Griffin is honestly the driving force of my life lmao
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My dad has been pushing me to learn about coding since I was maybe 10, but it had never really clicked with me until this moment. Griffin is honestly the driving force of my life lmao
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polygon
Shaun Spalding made this game a year ago as a tutorial series to help people learn GM. Did you guys collaborate with him, learn it from the same source or use his tutorial?
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Shaun Spalding made this game a year ago as a tutorial series to help people learn GM. Did you guys collaborate with him, learn it from the same source or use his tutorial?
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-KzmGaming
Brother why can't export my game I pay the license i have problems when I created keystone its says something about keytool command any one can help please
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Brother why can't export my game I pay the license i have problems when I created keystone its says something about keytool command any one can help please
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-HeeCawRoo
this fills me with an absurd level of motivation but i dont have a laptop right now and i would so very much like to be working on my games right now
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this fills me with an absurd level of motivation but i dont have a laptop right now and i would so very much like to be working on my games right now
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polygon
Please make this a show. Take prompts from Twitter like SEO Play or CGI and make the good movies. I loved this episode more than I love my children.
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Please make this a show. Take prompts from Twitter like SEO Play or CGI and make the good movies. I loved this episode more than I love my children.
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-disky01
God I wish Griffin and I were friends. We have so much in common. I spent weeks building mechanics and levels in the LittleBigPlanet 2 editor.
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God I wish Griffin and I were friends. We have so much in common. I spent weeks building mechanics and levels in the LittleBigPlanet 2 editor.
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-jammygitz
Griff now has a duty to resurrect an 'applied' Cool Games Inc -. - December, The Lodge, Yummy & Wild coming soon, exclusively to PC and PS3.
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Griff now has a duty to resurrect an 'applied' Cool Games Inc -. - December, The Lodge, Yummy & Wild coming soon, exclusively to PC and PS3.
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-makeghandi
The wild thing about this is how many concepts are actually recognizable and understandable for me. That's actually a pretty cool feeling.
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The wild thing about this is how many concepts are actually recognizable and understandable for me. That's actually a pretty cool feeling.
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-Justpastawesome
Holy crap, that's an actual game. Not just a tutorial demo or an experiment with the software, but an actual playable game. Kudos.
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Holy crap, that's an actual game. Not just a tutorial demo or an experiment with the software, but an actual playable game. Kudos.
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-kitspencer435
my favourite bit was griffin shyly explaining what he made and pat being awed and proud -holy-- this is an actual game griffin: o -
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my favourite bit was griffin shyly explaining what he made and pat being awed and proud -holy-- this is an actual game griffin: o -
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-verse_4422
PLEASE Make this a series. This would be so amazing to see maybe like. Once every two weeks to a month.
Seriously. Please.
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PLEASE Make this a series. This would be so amazing to see maybe like. Once every two weeks to a month.
Seriously. Please.
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-AF-dm1sg
This really made me happy to see, great work on your game Griffin, and the whole Polygon team is killing it lately.
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This really made me happy to see, great work on your game Griffin, and the whole Polygon team is killing it lately.
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-almlewis9673
The amiibo functionality would have to require it being coated in a fresh layer of saliva for it to connect!
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The amiibo functionality would have to require it being coated in a fresh layer of saliva for it to connect!
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-Alison. taylor. c
wow i love watching 40 minutes of griffin just being really happy and excited about something he's made
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wow i love watching 40 minutes of griffin just being really happy and excited about something he's made
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-jadem9987
I hate how I took one look at those gem assets and knew right away most of them were from steven universe.
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I hate how I took one look at those gem assets and knew right away most of them were from steven universe.
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polygon
Should put polygon employees as the heros in the game at the end, then sell it or let everyone download -
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Should put polygon employees as the heros in the game at the end, then sell it or let everyone download -
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-xbluemx
this is exactly what I needed this morning to get motivated to work on my projects, thank you polygon!
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this is exactly what I needed this morning to get motivated to work on my projects, thank you polygon!
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