GameGuru News
I'm going to change the title of this from 'official' GameGuru news to GameGuru news. This is for several reasons. One, I am not an official news source of GameGuru. Everything I do, I do without compensation as a service to the community at large.
Second, my blog/report is not here to parrot what is already out there officially from TheGameCreators. As such, expect editorial-style analysis and things out of the box of the usual - along with a nod towards whatever actual news is out there. I do, however, appreciate their good graces of putting my blog/report on their site through blog syndication.
So with respect to 'official news' - There isn't any. Nothing new has been posted.
Unoffically?
It appears that a recent update broke encryption in standalone games.
This is only affecting the Feb 28th+, PP, and Beta builds.
This is a massive bug that has been marked as urgent on github. Unfortunately the fixer of things, Lee, has not yet commented on this issue. What this means for you, as an end user, is if you make a game with custom assets or the like - when you make a standalone using the newest client it will make your _e file that is encrypted... except it isn't. Assets can be stolen/ripped from your standalones. The solution is to either not make a standalone at all, or to use a previous version until the issue is rectified.
What's Good in the Store
The store hasn't changed much this week. Mad lobster continued to add to his studio kit, as he frequently does. As a result, you can expect even more high quality assets to trickle their way into this very well made set.
Third party tools and tutorials
Big apology to Corno_1 whom last week I accidentally missed an update with respect to his 'EBE Editor 2.0'. You can use the editor to make new shapes for the EBE, to allow for some fairly interesting variations on the usual fare inside of GameGuru's editor.
You can obtain your copy of this free utility here: https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/220618
Someone recently pointed me at a new site called 'www.scriptguru.net' - I cannot comment much on it other than it's nice to see a new resource in the community. They do have some interesting tutorial videos, however, so it may be worth a trip there to check those out.
Free Stuff
Graphix made a grappling hook. Looks great though I honestly have no idea what I'd use this for.
https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/217932?page=14#msg2613556
Gtox made a hilariously weird dog with a man's head that's available for free: https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/220642#msg2613678
Grobyken made a massive tome of all of his free works in one location. Get them all here: https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/217711?page=5#msg2613666
Side note... people with a name that starts with G apparently are (G)enerous :)
Random Acts of Creativity (WIPs)
A new challenger appears! This user built a relatively rare isometric shooter. While I love these types of games for GameGuru, I know the limitations are going to seriously box him in. I do wish him the best of luck though! https://forum.game-guru.com/thread/220643
Cogwheel Chronicles is just.. man. This guy is something else. I'm really impressed at your level of work Cybernessence.
In My Own Works
So having wrapped up my book it's so hard to not go back and try to feature creep it. I want to consistently go back and edit things, but alas, that's in the hands of the publisher until we do a revised version. I'm sure I missed things. I KNOW I missed things.
One interesting tidbit I'd love to have included was a user (Defy) recently posted this beautiful screenshot illustrating some problems with GG's memory usage.
In my own works, I'm still putting together a nice 'freebie' sky to go with the pack. Thank you everyone who purchased it while it was on sale. Maybe it will find it's way into another sale in the future. Enjoy the skies and make sure you leave a comment!
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