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Beginners > Can i use gamemaker?

#19505 - Bread purse - Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:57 pm

Hey, I was wondering if you could use Game Maker to make games for the GBA. If there is a way, please informe me and tell me how, i.e. what software to use for it. If you don't know what Game Maker is, heres the Address: http://www.gamemaker.nl/

#19506 - dagamer34 - Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:20 am

Sorry, but no.
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#19530 - zazery - Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:50 pm

Just to clarify why: Gamemaker uses I believe DirectX and the GBA has no support for DirectX. The way you access memory on the GBA is entirely different compared to how you would access it on the computer. They both have different processors and various other specifics that you need to figure out.

The tutorials on http://www.thepernproject.com/ are really easy and I would suggest that you try them if you know a lot of C/P++. To make any really good game you eventually will need to know C or C++ (C++ is just an extension of C which includes object oriented programming)

The closest thing to Gamemaker on the GBA is either
Dragon Basic http://www.jm-basic.com/dragon/index.php
or HAM http://www.ngine.de/ham.html

I haven't tried either but I know they are ment to be easier than coding with C/C++. Good luck, if you have any more questions please check some FAQs and research using the search function on the forums. If you don't find your answer post your question.

I hope this is a clear enough answer as to why you can't use Gamemaker.

#19641 - Bread purse - Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:51 am

First of all, thank you, I didn't actually think it would work but hey it was worth a try. Umm I'm not a programmer yet, in fact I'm still in high school. But game design and programming (all surrounding professions) are what I am looking into. Is there something, preforably not just text, that could give me a good start on C/C++ programming. I can't take the courses for another two years.

#19646 - poslundc - Fri Apr 23, 2004 2:58 am

Bread purse wrote:
Umm I'm not a programmer yet, in fact I'm still in high school.


Never stopped me - or many others on this forum, I imagine - from being a programmer.

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Is there something, preforably not just text, that could give me a good start on C/C++ programming. I can't take the courses for another two years.


Try googling c tutorial and seeing what's out there. The best way to learn is by doing, so find tutorials that walk you through the process with examples, and code those examples yourself.

But I will warn you that GBA programming can be daunting even for experienced C/C++ programmers. Don't expect to be programming GBA games overnight.

Dan.

#19648 - tepples - Fri Apr 23, 2004 3:05 am

If your school is being a female dog about prerequisites, you'll need a book. This has been discussed on gbadev.
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#19668 - yaustar - Fri Apr 23, 2004 8:00 am

www.gametutorials.com has plenty of source...
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#117398 - QuantumDoja - Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:10 pm

see post: http://forum.gbadev.org/viewtopic.php?t=11414
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#118465 - misterDtD - Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:50 pm

Actually! It is sort-a possible, a user by the name of Cooleo at G-Java was wokring on a GM6 2 GBA converter, but develpment stopped because some jerk stole his GBA cart (which he also used for DS, so GM6 2 DS is stopped too).

You can look at his topic at G-Java here.

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