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The 'runners' in '''''Sonic Maker''''' are the engines that will play the games/levels people make. They will be ranging from many different engines and programs. The only runner at the moment is a Game Maker runner, an edited version of Sonic Dash, but in the future more engines will be added, with different exporting methods. Engines like Multimedia Fusion's Sonic Worlds, an engine Made in Visual Basic and any others that the community suggest that will be suitable and adaptable, to use Sonic Makers features. | The 'runners' in '''''Sonic Maker''''' are the engines that will play the games/levels people make. They will be ranging from many different engines and programs. The only runner at the moment is a Game Maker runner, an edited version of Sonic Dash, but in the future more engines will be added, with different exporting methods. Engines like Multimedia Fusion's Sonic Worlds, an engine Made in Visual Basic and any others that the community suggest that will be suitable and adaptable, to use Sonic Makers features. | ||
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| + | Sonic Maker currently includes creating levels by point and click, saving levels, exporting levels and playing levels. The load feature doesn't work, but has already been implemented for the next build. | ||
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| − | Future versions of '''''Sonic Maker''''' will include more features and the access to many different ways of creating Sonic games. The next verson | + | Future versions of '''''Sonic Maker''''' will include more features and the access to many different ways of creating Sonic games. The next verson will include the load feature, a disabled .NET 4 framework (causing some graphical downgrades, such as the tabs become buttons) and possibly a click and drag function. |
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== Downloads == | == Downloads == | ||
(Custom host temporary). | (Custom host temporary). | ||
Revision as of 15:16, 12 June 2010
Sonic Maker is an unreleased PC game creation application being made by Sonica. It is designed to be a user-friendly level editor using existing game objects, including platforms, rings, boxes, and loops. It's easy-to-use interface allows simple click & place in a level grid as every object is a set number of squares. As of now, there is functions to save or test your layouts, but this is still in a testing phase.
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First appearance
Sonic Maker was first mentioned on this thread on the Sonic Retro message board to spark attention, also to see what the community thought of the idea. After a good response, Sonic Maker started its Internet life.
Programming
Like many programmers, Sonica is making Sonic Maker's editor in Visual Basic 2010 although started in Visual Basic 2008 The runner will use a variation of engines ranging form Game Maker to Visual Basic.
Runners
The 'runners' in Sonic Maker are the engines that will play the games/levels people make. They will be ranging from many different engines and programs. The only runner at the moment is a Game Maker runner, an edited version of Sonic Dash, but in the future more engines will be added, with different exporting methods. Engines like Multimedia Fusion's Sonic Worlds, an engine Made in Visual Basic and any others that the community suggest that will be suitable and adaptable, to use Sonic Makers features.
Current Features
Sonic Maker currently includes creating levels by point and click, saving levels, exporting levels and playing levels. The load feature doesn't work, but has already been implemented for the next build.
Future versions
Future versions of Sonic Maker will include more features and the access to many different ways of creating Sonic games. The next verson will include the load feature, a disabled .NET 4 framework (causing some graphical downgrades, such as the tabs become buttons) and possibly a click and drag function.
Downloads
(Custom host temporary). Sonic Maker v1.5 - 5.3mb
Remember this is the testing demo, but you can play your games using the GM Runner.
Prior versions
- Sonic Maker v1 (info) ("SonicMakerV1.zip" does not exist) (117KB)
