Pixel Game Maker MV
It’s been a long time coming, but I’m now ready to weigh in my thoughts on Pixel Game Maker MV. I’ve been using this software since early access back in 2018.
TL;DR:
Pixel Game Maker MV is a great game development engine for those that are not programmers, and want to be able to create either side scrolling or top down action games. It’s got enough for a single person development operation to chew on here to create the game you want to create in the way you want it created; bearing in mind that you operate within the program’s limits. If programming/scripting is outside your reach (or if it’s something you can do), this is a great engine that has the potential to be amazing as long as the developers continue with updates & performance improvements. There are assets and DLC that is available at the time of writing for you to get a jump on a concept quickly, but there are no asset standards (outside of keeping things divisible by 2) to conform with.
– Real player with 2587.5 hrs in game
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I’ll begin this review with I’m 36, not 16. I have no illusions about making a game and distributing it for gain. This is a hobby for me and that is the perspective I write this review from. I have a day job. I moonlight as a hobby pixel artist, and that drives me to dev software to have fun with, and bring it to life.
I began with RPG Maker MV as my first dip into game dev software. I do not have a desire to learn to code so that software was more interesting to me compared to more advanced engines. After years in RMMV I felt the want for more control from the ground up, and not be boxed in by hard limitations from the software, and the need for plugins to break through those hard limitations. Pixel Game Maker MV grants me that feeling. I did not feel like the learning curve to get going on a project was difficult, even without a large database of video tutorial content on YouTube at the time.
– Real player with 1866.7 hrs in game
Dev Inc
My Character is Zee, i have made it to 100mil + and love the game. I would like to see more upgrades past 2060 and a possibility of multiple teams that can make multiple games at once.
ScuffingtonYT
– Real player with 33.8 hrs in game
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this game has a very good idea but there are too many bugs that make the game unplayable like when you get to around 2010 every time you try to make a new game engine literally thye last week the game will freeze and youll loss the money the engine and time and dont waste your time going to the discord because its dead the dev seamed really positive about the game but i wouldnt get it right now there are just too mant bugs
– Real player with 14.3 hrs in game
SHAKESPEARE? More like THIRSTspeare, amirite?
You know the drill. It’s a dating sim. But wait: not just any dating sim! One (or more) of your crushes like dating sims, and you, a humble programmer, have decided that is what you will make IN ORDER TO WIN THEIR HEART.
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Create a cast
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Write your dating sim over five acts
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Use various skills such as actually talking to your crush to figure out what they like, and then put that in the game!
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Navigate the new world as an independent developer!
Good luck! You’ll need it! Unless you’ve already played this game and have memorized what to do!
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The Ghost of Joe Papp: 101 Ways To Kill Writer’s Block
You’ve returned to your hometown after trying to strike it big as a writer out in the mean old world. You’ll find that your old theater festival, the John Q. Public Festival, has fallen upon hard times (but honestly, when has it not?). It’s not easy being Lake Tahoe’s second-best Shakespeare festival. It falls to you to write a new future for the festival, as well as either mend or break your relations with the people that you left behind.
Or at least that’s the story you’re trying to tell. You ARE a writer, but the “hometown” is a play you wrote long ago and the “mean old world”…. well, no, that’s the mean old world. That’s not a stand-in for anything.
As Joe Papp’s author, you find yourself with the ability to change the story that you are in, making choices between multiple characters that ultimately dictate how the story progresses. Will you save the theater festival, or will you cause the zombie apocalypse?
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Write new paths to go down with (almost) every new scene
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Your choices have effects on how every character views you
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Make decisions that will affect your play’s rating with the critics
ISLAND_NAME_HERE
Become the developer of a tropical island game in this unique puzzle adventure! 🏝 Edit various object properties to achieve your goals and unlock more of the story. Experiment, undo, and repeat; no action is irreversible. Flex your creative skills to make an experience that is entirely your own!
Key Features
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A relaxed environment with no time limits or irreversible consequences
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Puzzles that allude to some of the problems that game developers solve on a daily basis
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A meta storyline
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Laws of nature… and some defiance of those laws
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Art, music, programming, and design made by a solo developer
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Additional art, music, programming, and design made by… YOU!
Crapht Box
I remain highly confused, yet extremely intrigued by Crapht Box.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
There are better alternatives.
– Real player with 0.4 hrs in game
Villa’s Blinds
Kinda fun game. Problem aside from having to walk everywhere is that they don’t seem to be doing anything else with it. Why not? It sort of feels unfinished. I do enjoy it though. Some aspects of it are really cool (stats on the walls)
It has so much potential to be one of the best. Got mine on sale. Love Sales. Please read the other reviews. Thanks ^.^
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2583598387
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2645208537
EDIT: For those new, I tried to put something together to give a feel for what the game is like. I’m not a good Guide creator but there’s something since there was nothing there before. There’s a lot of Screenshots and some tips. :)
– Real player with 25.3 hrs in game
Villa’s Blinds is a game development tycoon style game where you can live in the game world. It is a little bare right now but there are some fun twists that you don’t get in any other similar games. You start out in a shabby garage with old hardware so the UI may look ugly at first but if you keep playing, that will improve.
It is interesting they chose 2005 as a time period. You don’t see a lot of games set in this era and I like that
There are things to do besides making games like cleaning, eating, drinking, decorating your space. some fun little mini games. Once you move out of the garage you can join a crew. I particularly liked just chilling out by the fire with them even though they dont say much yet. Very impressive for a fledgling Turkish studio making their first game.
– Real player with 16.4 hrs in game
Totally Working Game
2000s flash nostalgia I didn’t know I needed, the game memes on itself but has decent potential and is fun to play. I hope the dev continues adding content and tightens up the rough edges & UI
Tortured a ragdoll trapped in a square of eternal torment with a custom .jpeg of my own smiling face on it and related on an emotional level / 10
– Real player with 14.3 hrs in game
yes this is totally working and pretty good game! 5/5
– Real player with 0.5 hrs in game
Dogot Games
Welcome to this mini-game collection! All games in it are made in Godot Engine. Here you play many fun casual and puzzle games.
In Sleepy Owl, you are a sleepy owl who are trying to not be hit by bad birds. You need to keep flying when the gravity always keeps dragging you down. Try to react at really good timing and survive! As you defeat more bad birds, the score gets higher!
In Food & Hunger, you play as a gray dot who needs to collect foods as fast as you can. There are 3 types of Special Dots, speed-up dots what make you faster, speed-down dots that make you slower, and shrink dots that make you smaller. Some levels really acquire you to solve fun puzzles so as not to fail the level. It contains more than 50 levels. Who will get the best score? Go and compete with your friend!
Game Dev Company
Pros:
-Make your own company
-Hire people
-Have different departments
Cons:
-No tutorial, hard to figure out how to do stuff but once you do it’s easy.
-No story
-No competition (would be cool if there was online leaderboards or offline at least.)
-Constantly have to work
– Real player with 8.9 hrs in game