I am now sick of Game Maker. I want to get into a new language. I need something with lower system requirements, and a better windows interface. And all this trouble with GM7 and Yoyo games is just about it. I have tried using GM5, which gives the lower system requirements, and a bunch of scripts (Gwindows, Nmenu, and some others) to get both of those, but since I'm limited to GM5, there are alot of features that I can't use.
I started looking for another language, but I can't seem to find one that I can work with. I have Visual Studio 2005, but I really can't stand using it. That interface is so full of useless features, that the editor runs slowly, is hard to use, and puts in these files everywhere, and I have no clue what I need. Game Maker was so simple. 1 gm6/gmd/gmk and that's it. It's editor is also nice and simple.I actually tried C++, but it is really not worth the work. I can't handle all that stuff with registering the classes, and the windows, and all that. It's better than VB, but it's complicated.I tried pascal, but it's so different from all other languages, and hard to learn. So many things are standard in all languages, but that one's just different.BASIC doesn't seem very powerful, and there's not much I can do with it.So basically, I can't find anything that beats GM. Anyone have any ideas for me?
Nope, GM owns. Period.
I know pascal, i make DLLs in it.
Try C++ and the Torque game engine. Its expensive, but im pretty sure you can try before you buy.
3D Game Studio :D check conitec.net
Uses processor over graphics card, and neither is strained. (and I used to run it on a 98!) This time you're using real C, but you've got a nice engine backing you up and it's far more powerful than GM.Hmm.
You can try web programming.Or Java.Google JCreator LE, and look for some Java tutorials.Another vote for web programming. PHP, CSS, HTML, JS. Good fun.
I already do web programming, just not design. I do PHP, JS, HTML, SQL, and I know some CSS, but I don't use it because I can't really plan a design. I want to make applications also. Right now, I want to make a webcam-messenger type thing. I want system requirements like GM5. Something like Win 98, Pentium II, that kind of thing. Preferably cross-platform, but I don't think that's too easy.
What exactly is Java? Web programming or regular?Java is a great language, a lot like C#. It can be used for both web & non-web programming.It's cross platform, and fairly easy to learn. It's a good language to know.
Python.