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Fengol
29-07-2010, 12:13 PM
Has anyone trying publishing to web with GameMaker? Can you host the game from your own site?

I've been toying with a prototype for a 2D social game which I'd like to put on the web but I don't want to fiddle with Flash or Java and I don't know even Unity3D to do 2D stuff. I know GameMaker has a publish function but has anyone tried it?

dislekcia
29-07-2010, 04:02 PM
Has anyone trying publishing to web with GameMaker? Can you host the game from your own site?

I've been toying with a prototype for a 2D social game which I'd like to put on the web but I don't want to fiddle with Flash or Java and I don't know even Unity3D to do 2D stuff. I know GameMaker has a publish function but has anyone tried it?

AFAIK the game is hosted by YoYoGames at that point... I don't think you'd have any of the "social" elements you're assuming you'd get though, those would have to be coded by you and would probably require a server from your end to store data and handle connections from individual game instances.

CiNiMoDZA
29-07-2010, 06:07 PM
...and its not as easy as Game Maker leads you to believe!! Lag is a bitch, and unless you're using something like Dis' framework, you gonna battle!! Unless you got super ninja skills, like Dis, or the Pope!!

Fengol
29-07-2010, 06:48 PM
Nah, I'm not going to be focusing on the social networking. Just the game play. I wouldn't mind persisting the player's progress though.