Want to try your hand at making a shoot-’em-up, but not sure where to start? You may want to check out the new SHMUP Creator software that just landed on Steam today. As the name suggests, it is to shmups what RPG Maker is to RPGs and Visual Novel Maker …
Today, Nintendo announced Game Builder Garage, a no-coding-required game development tool that’s making its way to Nintendo Switch on June 11. Game Builder Garage lets you program your own games by connecting colourful creatures called Nodon, each of which represents some different object, function, or programming logic. In one example …
BTS Universe Story is now available worldwide on Android and iOS, giving fans a platform to easily read, create, and share interactive stories with the members of BTS in the starring roles. The stories found in BTS Universe Story are, essentially, visual novels. They play out through snippets of dialogue …
The already impressive creative possibilities with Media Molecule’s Dreams have opened up even more, with the latest update giving adding PSVR compatibility. The update gives Dreams creators access to new set of tools designed for crafting virtual reality games, as well as a variety of new tutorials and creation kits. …
When I first saw Dreams in action at a preview session in 2015, creative director Mark Healey said something that’s stuck with me ever since: “We don’t know what Dreams is. As I said at the time, “that simple, off-the-cuff statement told me more about Dreams than all the trailers …
2015’s Super Mario Maker was a stroke of genius for Nintendo. Everyone who’s ever played a Mario game has probably dreamed of making their own levels, and here was a game that made that possible. The creation interface was intuitive, but still offered enough depth for imaginative creators to come …
Over the last few years, we’ve seen an explosion in support for entry-level game development tools like RPG Maker and GameMaker. Such tools were once written off as too simplistic to make “real” games, but the current indie boom has given these engines and the games made with them a …
RPG Maker Fes may not have the power or commercial possibilities of its PC bretheren, but it’s still a great, easy introduction to the world of game making. My first experience came with RPG Maker 95, back around the dawn of the 21st century. There was no official English release, …
