Love it. A great help for me as a non-coder to make games. How i wish the developer will add more features in the next release.
G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit
- Release Date:
- Aug 29, 2019
- Developer:
- Gernot Frisch
- Publisher:
- Dream Design Entertainment
- Platforms:
- Windows
Game Tags
About This Game
With this App you can create games that can be played by a single person or with two players simultanously on devices that allow multiple controls.
You should be able to distribute your game to many platforms.
Features
GACK has a GUI that is much easier to use with a mouse or touchscreen than with a joystick back then. OK, the Amiga version had that, too, but then there was a very hard limit on visible sprites. That's gone, too. You can produce the enemy occurrence you're used from games like "WarBus" easily on modern hardware.
Did I mention this baby has pixel perfect collisions for everything?
You can spawn attack waves at different visible trigger-positions, thus entering one wave, make ten enemies fly the same route.
The levels can scroll sideways, too. They start at the bottom and move upwards, but when you make them wider than the screen, the players can move sideways, causing the screen to scroll.
Options for horizontal scrollers and jump&run games have been added as well.
The image and animation editors have copy/paste support and some other useful features.
Saved game files are astonishingly small, too. (At least for this century).
How does it work?
Basically you just draw images as "Sprites", that's everything that moves, and "Backgrounds", that's - yes - what not moves.
Next, you define how the animations for each player or enemy would look like.
Then you use the map editor to paint the levels on 2 layers. The background is just for show. The foreground can optionally stop the players, or kill them.
After the scenery is set, you simply add a bunch of baddies, save the game and heat the triggers.
And then?
You can export your game as a standalone game. We also have experimental export to HTML5 and configure an Android-Studio project for you.
This way, you can share your games with friends or even sell them on an online store. Will we see your game on STEAM? How cool would that be.
Screenshots
User Reviews
To say I didn't spend long using this piece of software is a bit of an understatement. Minutes rather than hours. But trust me when I say this was more than enough to ask for a refund. I wasn't expect a world beater, but this ?! - You can't go full screen, so you have to create a game within a small window. - When importing your own sprites, you can't specify your own folders, eg. a folder on desktop. - Couldn't see a way to import own sounds. - The menu system is very basic and because you can't expand to full screen, is really cramped. - Clicked to import a sprite from one of the built in demos and it crashed to desktop ! I'm sure there's workarounds, eg. put your sprites in the folders it does recognise, but it all felt like software written in about 1987. Too expensive for what there is, and needs some serious updates and fixes for me to come back for another look.
if you want a h5 game builder, the js file is over 2.3m, consider it too much weight
As an indie developer, I want to find a simple game engine which has a lot of potential. At the first time, I thought GACK is just what I needed. However, after several tests, I found this software is completely out-dated. It's a waste of money to buy it. Cons: -The user manual is old. Some screen buttons are not correspond to manual. -The action game mode is running in a 1280x960 window. But the shooting game mode only supports 600x900 resolution. You can't toggle fullscreen. -You can't change the default keys. -When I tried to publish my test game, an error message appeared. It said: [Connection error] For file exchange, please start Wifi-Sync on the tablet. Enable Wifi. Share the same network. Error: -1: broadcast timeout.
System Requirements
Minimum
- OS: 7
- Processor: x86
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: OpenGL capable driver
- Storage: 128 MB available space
- Sound Card: Recommended
Recommended
- OS: 7, 10
- Processor: Any will do
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated graphics card
- Storage: 1024 MB available space
- Sound Card: Any will do
FAQ
How much does G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit cost?
G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit costs $9.99.
What are the system requirements for G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit?
Minimum: Minimum: OS: 7 Processor: x86 Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: OpenGL capable driver Storage: 128 MB available space Sound Card: Recommended Recommended: Recommended: OS: 7, 10 Processor: Any will do Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: Dedicated graphics card Storage: 1024 MB available space Sound Card: Any will do
What platforms is G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit available on?
G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit is available on Windows PC.
Is G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit worth buying?
G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit has 50% positive reviews from 6 players.
When was G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit released?
G.A.C.K. - Gaming App Construction Kit was released on Aug 29, 2019.
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