Saturday, August 10, 2013

Free Gaming Software Frome GameMaker

Alright  now, I've got some more software for you that will allow you to make free games. Now if you already know about this software don't ready on and wine about reading about it capuche!!!!  This one is called Game Maker Studio. I did download this software but I haven't played around with it much honestly. I also have Game Maker 8.0 PRO which I also use frequently. I have checked out pretty much all the software that they have and I do like it. "Its not crap" I should say. Very easy to use. Now down below are what you can freaking look forward to.
This crap is everything that is on there web site so if you want to skip the introduction like I like to then just go to the bottom and click on the damn link already or freaking read on about the damn software.

Fast, cross-platform games development

Immediately get started creating a high quality game then publish native executable for both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X with a resource limited FREE version of GameMaker: Studio™.

GameMaker: Studio™ – Key Features

Multi-format Export

multiformat
When combined with additional export modules, GameMaker: Studio™ can take your game's single codebase and produce ready-to-run executable and store-ready apps for multiple platforms with a single click. With modules already available for Microsoft Windows including Windows 8, Mac OS X, iOS*, Android*, HTML5* and Windows Phone 8* - and more coming soon - GameMaker: Studio™ is the fastest and simplest way to develop multi-platform games for mobile devices, home computers and the web.
*Only available for GameMaker: Studio™ Professional and Master Collection
 

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
The GameMaker: Studio™ IDE has everything that you need to deal with fonts, sounds, images and music, as well as other resources that you may need for creating your game. It enables you to define game entities, known as 'objects', and their behaviors in an intuitive, event-driven way and has an easy-to-use drag-and-drop interface.

Powerful Scripting Language – GML

Powerful Scripting Language - GML
With GameMaker: Studio™'s built-in GameMaker Language (GML), you can control every last detail of your game – path finding, physics, object interaction, particles, data structures and more…
And should you find that even that is still not enough for your project, you can easily expand GameMaker: Studio™ by using GML extensions – or creating your own – to include social networking, payment systems or any other feature you can think of.

GameMaker: Studio™ Free – Limitations

FeatureLimit
Rooms5
Sprites20
Sounds10
Objects15
Backgrounds5
Timelines5
Scripts10
Fonts5
Paths10
Included files5

Excluded features

The following features are not available in GameMaker: Studio™ Free:
  • Configurations
  • External Resource Loading
  • Texture Grouping
  • Extensions
  • Export Modules
  • Team Source Control
  • Developer Services Portal

System Requirements

GameMaker: Studio™ IDE
  • Windows XP, Vista, 7 or Windows 8
  • 512MB RAM
  • 128MB graphics
  • Screen resolution of 1024×600
Games on Windows
  • Windows XP, Vista, 7 or 8
  • 512MB RAM
  • 128MB graphics
Games on Mac OS X
  • Mac OS X computer required for export
  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • 1GB RAM

Compare the GameMaker: Studio™ family

FeatureStudioMIPS EditionStandardProfessionalMaster
Price (USD)FREEFREE$49.99$99.99$499.99
Unlimited ResourcesNoYesYesYesYes
Mac OS X ExportYesNoYesYesYes
Windows PC ExportYesTest onlyYesYesYes
Windows 8 Export – x86, RT & JavaScriptyesNoYesYesYes
Texture ManagementNoYesNoYesYes
Multiple ConfigurationsNoYesNoYesYes
Team FeaturesNoYesNoYesYes
Developer Services Portal (DSP)noYesnoYesYes
Mobile TestingnoYesnoYesYes
Android Export – x86, ARM and MIPSNoMIPS onlyNo+$199.99Yes
HTML5 ExportNoNoNo+$99.99Yes
iOS ExportNoNoNo+$199.99Yes
Ubuntu ExportNoNoNo+$99.99Yes
Windows Phone 8 ExportNoNoNo+$199.99Yes
Automatic upgrade to future export modules
 
NoNoNoNoYes
 
Now that you have read all the mumbo jumbo from yoyos website you can click this link http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studio/free and check the same stuff out for yourself and download the software for free. Hope you enjoy and don't for get to leave a fancy or mean comment. WOOOOOT WOOOOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, August 9, 2013

"Game Salad" Innovating A Easy Way To Make Free Mobile Game Apps!!!!!!


       So I was searching YouTube like I always do. I came across a website called "GameSalad". Man was I ecstatic to find this. You can make your own games like Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Candy Crush and what ever else you can come up with for free. Well I have been playing around with GameSalad for the last week and let me tell you that its very easy to make games on. You can download GameSalad for  Windows 7,Mac,Windows 8
App Signer, iOS Viewer, Android Viewer  and Other Releases. But the other releases you have to go pro which isn't free.  Here are some System Requirements that you will need or that are recommended before getting started.

 

Mac:

Mac OSX Lion or Later. Xcode 4.6 with Command Line Tools and iOS Support. Android SDK for Android support.
Core 2 Duo or Later CPU required. Minimum of 2GB of RAM recommended.

Windows:

Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8. Android SDK for Android support.
Core 2 Duo or Later CPU required. Minimum of 2GB of RAM recommended.

    Here's what you need to do to start creating like I am doing for free. Hopefully your system is up to par by the way. Go to http://gamesalad.com/creator and wham your there. Now you will need to sign up for a new account/profile to take advantage of free membership benefits and join the game design community. So if you like that sort of thing just put your name and email address in and wham!!!!!!!  Now you will see a box that says "GameSalad Creator" and a enormous button that says download, "well you can push that  it will be all right". Ok lets get on with the next step already!!!!! It will bring up another screen that says,"Download GameSalad Creator 0.10.3 Beta - For Mac OS X" Enter your real email address click the box that says your over the age of 13. Hopefully you are and if you are not, "GET YOUR PARENTS TO DO IT FOR YOU"!!!!!!!!  You should be on your way to downloading a 29.1 megabyte file. When its done downloading open it up push next a bunch of times and bam your done Start creating. 
 
 
    
   Now If your broke like me and you don't have a Mac OS X, you cant download this version. Don't freak out, have a little of bit faith now. I was overwhelmed with happiness and didn't care about reading or having a look on GameSalad so I accidently downloaded the wrong file. So please don't do what I did and look or feel like a wisenheimer. Simply look at the bottom of the page and find Windows operating system if that's your case and a new but same window will pop up. It will ask you for the same information you boringly read in the  paragraph above. After you did that you will be prompted with downloading or saving the 29.1 mega byte file. I pushed save and run like I always do you can save or run whatever your poison is. Now I had to use WinZip to unzip the exe file and then I walked threw the set up. This might not be the case for you though, you might just be able to run the file after downloaded and push next a bunch of times and bam your done. 


    You can now start making games, what a relief huh? You probably don't know what to do next do you? Well luckily for you GameSalad has a community forum a help center on the website for questions, research or what ever other bizarre things you would want to look for.You can also take free educational classes online, watch videos is what I call it I'm not a sucker. Extra graphics, audio, templates and the so called deals are available for purchasing. But I'm a cheapskate and I believe to get things free or do things, "The Old School Way" as I like to say. But they do have free stuff I found out!!!!! Ok if you want to be cheap like me you can do this.....
Go to Support at the bottom of the page and click on it. After it arouses with a new page you'll see them "FREE TEMPLATES" woooooooo weeeeeeeeeee!!!!! I thought I struck gold when I found this. Anyways click it to download it yippee. If you also want a readable manual click that as well that's yours for the taking. Don't get your panties in a bunch now. Scroll down to the bottom of the page again and go to the about us and click on press kit. BAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!! More free stuff to download!!!!!!!!!!!!    
           
                      All and all I would just like to say thanks to GameSalad for making more diverse and innovating opportunities for ignorant people that don't really have a clue how to code. Hopefully you have found my information reasonably acceptable or maybe even helpful. If you have any questions or just want to post something skeptical about me or my blog feel free to simply indulge any or all your viral moods in the comment feeds below. WOOOOOOO WEEEEEEEE!!!!!!



     






Wednesday, August 7, 2013

HOW I MAKE ANDROID APPS AND GAMES!!!!!!

With 850,000 new Android devices being activated daily, many keen gamers grow up wanting to develop their own games. Many of them are put off by the coding aspect of software development. With the advent of smartphones and Android Market, the smartphone/tablet software market has started booming, not that the software market has ever been weak. A good enough Android app priced at approximately $2 could easily generate 10,000 downloads or more. That's $20,000+
                           However, technology companies are hoping that tablet PC's will eventually completely replace laptops and netbooks and become the main way of computing.
What many young potential developers don't realize is that it's not an absolute necessity to be able to code in order to get into the software industry. You do not need to be a computer programmer. In fact, there are many software tools available that take the 'coding' aspect completely out of development leaving you with just a set of commands and customizable settings that allow you to build a game or app from scratch, similar to WYSIWIG (What You See Is What You Get) web design tools such as Microsoft Frontpage or Web Expression.
The Coding Method
As most programmers will already know, Android apps and games are based on Java therefore many developers will use the Eclipse IDE (integrated Development Environment) along with the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) plus the ADT plug-in in order to create Android software - sounds stupidly complicated already eh? To create software programs this way requires a knowledge of coding in Java. Learning this method is advised if you plan to take your software development to a serious level, although it does require a strong understanding of the basic fundamentals of computer programming: variables, integers, functions, methods, loops, etc - this is not as difficult as it first appears to be and is much easier than learning to speak a language like French or Spanish.
However, for the beginner there are much easier ways to get started developing your own Android apps which will familiarize you with the way they work and to be honest trying to use Eclipse even just for the basics can be ridiculously difficult to do and that's if you can even get Eclipse working in the first place which requires about three days of downloading and installing other software to get your development computer set up. Personally, I find Eclipse a complete and utter waste of time.
Google Labs App Inventor
Update: App Inventor has now shut down and is moving to MIT Center for Mobile Learning.
App Inventor is a new online creation facility by Google Labs, that allows users to create Android apps by using a drag and drop interface. You simply load in all the graphics and sound that your app is going to use, arrange it on the screen and select what happens when certain items are clicked. The system is relatively easy to use and compiles your app or game into a downloadable .apk file. The app or game can then be installed on compatible Android devices. People who don't have an understanding of how software programs operate should read the online manual first. It's easy once you know how.
The only current disadvantage to App Inventor at the moment is that you are not able to upload your apps or games to Android Market although Google are working on a solution to this. However, you can host the downloads on your own site or elsewhere as most people set their Android devices to allow installation of third party non-market apps to avoid compatibility issues.
Appsgeyser
Appsgeyser is another useful app creation tool that lets you build Android apps or games from already existing content. Appsgeyser is extremely easy to use in that you can simply type in the web address (url) of your own website and Appsgeyser will automatically convert it into an Android app for you. However, you should ensure that the pages of your site are set to the correct size for a standard Android app or the pages will be too big to fit the screen.
Appsgeyser also allows you to monetize your apps either by placing ads in your app or selling them ad-free via the Appsgeyser network. They also have free educational resources that they claim can help lead your app towards success. Rather interestingly, Appsgeyser also supports HTML 5 to add advanced features, the ability to send pop-up notifications to your apps and advanced statistics so you can see how many times your app has been installed.
Once you have finished building your Android app Appsgeyser then allows you to download the .apk file which is the installation file that will be downloaded to Android devices. If you so wish you can then upload this file to sites such as Google Play (Android Market) and SlideMe Market. Any apps made with Appsgeyser are automatically hosted on their own network.
Andromo

Thirdly and finally, Andromo is yet another online tool that lets users create their own Android app for free with no programming or coding skills required. Andromo lets you mix and match a variety of features and components that allow you to build your own professional Android app plus more features are continuously being added. Andromo supports interactive maps, photo galleries, blogs and feeds, video playlists, custom pages, websites, HTML & CSS, MP3 music, soundboards and much more making it a full-on WYSIWIG Android app creation tool. Andromo claim that their users have, so far, created 9,398 apps which have been built 12,719 times (at the time of writing). Andromo had over 11,000 users sign up within a few weeks of going into beta.
As with Appsgeyser, Andromo lets you download the .apk file of your app which you can then upload to your choice of Android Market. There are also options to include your own advertising within your apps so that you can earn money from them.
Uploading To Android Markets
Once you've got your .apk file which is ready for installation on Android devices, the next step is to get them hosted online. Although both Appsgeyser and Andromo have their own networks where your app can be downloaded by users, you can reach an even wider audience by uploading it to the Android Markets, of which there are several:
Google Play (previously Android Market) - Google charge a $25 for anyone who wishes to sign up as a developer. There are also restrictions and requirements for your app which you need to check before uploading your app.
SlideMe Market (Original Android Market) - SlideMe claim to be the original Android Market and claim that they were in existence before Google Play (Android Market). SlideMe Market is a simple solution for those just getting started in Android development, as you can sign up for free and upload your apps straight away. Each app must have at least two images associated with it - an icon and a screenshot. As long as these requirements are met then you should have no problem publishing your app.