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What is taking Mark so long?
« on: June 25, 2006, 06:58:52 pm »
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Game Maker 6.1 has been out since May 29th 2005, so it's been over a year. What do you reckon Mark is actually doing with all this time?
Massive holiday perhaps?
Or, dare I say it, working on compiling the code?

We've had quite a long wait, so I'm quite perplexed as to what is taking so long.
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2006, 07:06:30 pm »
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He writed a book about GM which takes some time =D
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2006, 07:10:30 pm »
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He has a job, hes writing a book and Game Maker is probaly at the back of his mind yet. He already said he hasn't begun working on it, and wont until his books finished.
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2006, 11:11:02 pm »
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Quote from: Hyrule_boy on June 25, 2006, 07:06:30 pm
He writed a book about GM which takes some time =D
"He writed"  XD  Nice dude.

Considering how much the guy has given to the game making community it's perfectly fine for him to not work on GM for a while.
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2006, 02:38:22 am »
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I hope he does 6.2 (Fixes, new features), and !@#$% better encryption. As for the book, interesting :D
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2006, 04:57:41 pm »
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There are a lot of things. He develops Game Maker not as occupation, but as hobby. His primary job is as a professor. He has to do that every day. He also has been working on a book with Jacob Habgood. Also, donations definitely help spur him to develop Game Maker, so donating always helps him out. Finally, with the next edition of GM, he wants to have a set of consistent sprites of very high quality, and he has to work out contracts with some people to do this. Internationally, most likely. This will take time. He's adding so many new features, who knows when he'll be done (I'm most looking foward to alpha channels).
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2006, 05:09:00 pm »
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Yeah I hope he's gonna release some open beta's. =D
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2006, 09:09:28 pm »
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I don't know what he could add to gamemaker.. as far as I know, I can do anything with gamemaker as long as my knowledge goes that far..
so he's problably only fixing bugs and glitches IF he's working on gamemaker.
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2006, 01:51:37 pm »
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The same reason why TRM is taking so long on OoT2D, cos it's a hobby  :P
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Och vi som väntar på något gott vi väntar alltid för länge jag vet, jag vet
men ett liv med låga krav är som sommar utan sol och vinter utan snö
Och vem vill leva så
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #9 on: July 02, 2006, 01:52:43 pm »
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good point ;D
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #10 on: July 03, 2006, 10:17:11 am »
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Quote from: CoNfUsEd_GaMeR on July 02, 2006, 01:51:37 pm
The same reason why TRM is taking so long on OoT2D, cos it's a hobby  :P
Very nicely said.
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Ben
Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2006, 12:33:45 pm »
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Jesus you people (last 3) need to learn to reply properly >_>.

My point is not that Mark is taking so long. My point is that all previous versions came out months after their predecessors. Yet here we are 1 year, 1 month on and there's nothing. So I'm asking for your speculation on what he's doing, not why it's taking time.

The book though, I can accept :-p.
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #12 on: July 09, 2006, 01:45:55 pm »
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Maybe He working on more 3d functions.
Maybe Making game maker powerful enough to make a "quake" quality game!
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #13 on: July 09, 2006, 01:51:38 pm »
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The question is.. can my computer handle it than :P
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #14 on: July 10, 2006, 09:37:17 am »
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It can make "quake" quality games right now >.>
Game maker can make games better than quake.
You just need to know how to limit the drawn vertexes and such on screen to keep a decent frame rate and you need some good models (not the highest quality though).
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #15 on: July 10, 2006, 09:41:48 am »
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Thats true!

you can make almost everything with gamemaker, as long as you've got enough experience ;)
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2006, 05:55:46 am »
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I hope mark adds in increment support. x+=1 looks stupid X_X.
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2006, 09:54:46 am »
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But it is logical :)

I would like a bould in "Z"axess (or how do you cal it) youve got "x" and "Y" so I want"Z" too 8)

And more room transitions!, couse in GM5 there were more then GM6 :o
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cloudsquall
Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #18 on: July 13, 2006, 04:07:14 pm »
I'd prefer it if he fixed the decimal numbers bug above all.
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Re: What is taking Mark so long?
« Reply #19 on: July 13, 2006, 04:28:52 pm »
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Right :)
I guess the buggs and glitches should go first ;)
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