Отзывы

• gamedeal user

  Oct 14, 2021

  I'll list all the positive's first and then get to why I don't recommend it. Pros: - Very easy to use - nice, simple UI - Decent selection of assets* with plenty more from DLC's - Block-based building (easy and useful to everyone) *It should be noted that the assets are outdated. Now I'm not interested in top-tier 4k textures and they were fine to me but if you want high-quality stuff you will not be satisfied. So why don't I recommend it? - This is great for messing around in and for testing ideas but isn't really suited for any big projects. Mainly just demo's/concepts - The app is prone to crashes. It completely crashed when I tried to play the example game that comes with the software. - The developer is kinda sketchy. Sorry mate, I know you'll probably read this looking at other reviews and I don't know if the bribery claims are true or not but from reading your responses to other reviews and looking at price history I do have to say you do seem a little sketchy. That's all But the biggest reason why I don't recommend it this is that their are other alternatives for cheaper, even FREE. If you want to learn game development, their are plenty of tutorials online to help you learn something like unity or UE. Edit: a few things to mention: - steam did not accurately record my time spent in the app. I used it for about 1.6 hours rather than 0.6. - It seems the crashes might be due to clashes with different directx versions and it's only on some of the older premade maps so this isn't a big problem. - I don't think I was quite clear on this before: While I don't agree with the idea that this is a game engine for beginners, I do think this software is great when working alongside a better engine; Using it for quick concepts and demo's before fleshing them out in Unity or something. Theoretically it would actually really help at the beginning stage of a games development when so many ideas need to be quickly built and tested to see if they are good. It would be faster to make them in this than in Unity. However, it isn't great as a standalone game engine.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 7, 2022

  They made Pokemon Legends Arceus with this.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 10, 2022

  It's a fun tool to mess around with, and some people have been able to tweak the engine heavily enough to produce some actually impressive results, but overall this is not a serious tool for game development. Some pro's: - Very simple engine - Easy to use - Can make a fun project maybe for demo testing purposes, or do get an idea quickly Some very serious con's: - Horribly outdated graphics, would barely make PS2 standards - Not complex enough to introduce advanced gameplay mechanics, unless you are very experienced with coding - Poor design overall - DLC packs are terribly made 3d models using only an image map, normal and specular map. The UV's on some of the models are absolutely horrendous and far from todays 3D standards. - The engines provided models are also terrible and lacking in any serious quality. Overall not something I would recommend you use if your looking to get into serious game development
• gamedeal user

  Jun 20, 2015

  Do not be fooled by my hours. I did not have internet for months so Steam could not track it. I've logged in around 50 hours with this software. My review has been updated to reflect my experience with the original release (which I purchased), and the Developer version, which was provided by the Devs. Version reviewed - 1.111 ____________________________________ [b] What is GameGuru? [/b] GameGuru (GG) is created by The Game Creators. These are the same people that made another game creator called "First Person Shooter Creator" (FPSC). You can easily tell as they are basically the same thing. I mostly bought this cause I mostly wanted to see if they have learned from their mistakes in FPSC, which I have used for roughly 30-60 hours (when it worked,) but could not actually produce anything due to it huge errors and problems it suffered from. GG lets you make your own First Person games. You can't go too far beyond that. You will mostly be stuck with making FPS games, as that is what 90% of this content is made towards. Comparing this to FPSC is almost 1000x better in just about every way imaginable! The most welcoming part it actually loads 99.99% of the time, and runs on new systems! FPSC is limited to running on Windows XP only, and FPSC 10x went to it's early grave and was never finished. ____________________________________ [b] Features [/b] GG is a "Drag and Drop" style game maker, which is it make it easier for beginners or young kids to make a game. You will be using pre-made assets and models to create your map/level to how you see fit. The addition of a built in terrain editor is nice as well. The sculpting tolls are simple to use. The in-game testing also has nice features, like allowing you to edit while in game! GG has a lot of features that I never expected to be seen from TGC, which is really amazing. You are also able to use SOME of the older FPSC Model packs as well, but only SOME of it. Most of the older content packs will either error out or will cause the engine to crash. They also made DLC packs to help those expand on their asset library. BE WARNED THOUGH! Much like FPSC, the model packs are nice, but they are VERY hit or miss in terms of quality. Some models look like they came from the year 2000. Same goes with any music and sounds. Also want to point out that some of the GG models and DLC include models from previous FPSC model packs. GG includes a Character Creator as well. At the initial launch, it was extremely limited and no where near finished. As of current testing, it has greatly been improved and have added in more assets to play/edit with. TGC also have an "Asset Store" which can be found on their website. I have not purchased much from there, so I can't say too much to what it has to offer. Much like every other Asset store though, be prepared to spend a lot of money. From what I could find, there was hardly any free items. ____________________________________ [b] Performance [/b] During the initial review, this software could not run on my potato of a laptop, and only worked on my Desktop. My first run at this software was not exactly a nice one. I crippled the entire engine permanently within 7 minutes! I did not have good experience in the initial launch and because of that, heavily swayed me to tell everyone to not purchase this software. After getting access to the Dev version, I am able to run this on my potato (though at slow rates) and have been able to test out and try more things than I was able to before. I was not able to test this on my PC because of life problems, and the lack of Internet at home, so my laptop was my only choice in being able to download this and give it another try. I will say it does seem to work MUCH better and haven't had any issues in running GG. I did crash it trying to open the controls page, otherwise no other crashes or engine breaking errors. My only fault with it that I can see is the lack of "Options/Settings" for the engine. I was hoping I could reduce the quality or settings to help improve performance, but you can't change any settings. Since there is only 1 option setting, GG takes about 20 min to boot up on my potato, and suffers a bit of lag when I try to add lots of objects on the screen. ____________________________________ [b] Quality [/b] Do you want to create a AAA Quality Video Game? Well you came to the wrong place. GG will help only the new comers to video games, or kids wanting to try out "Simple" game building. As quoted from Lee Bamber [DEV] "GameGuru is more for users who want to create games quickly, have a little more fun doing it and skip the coding part if you want to. Even though it has a powerful LUA scripting system built-in, it will never replace professional games programming/modeling/design, but as an introduction to game making it's a great place to start." I've stated before, the quality of assets/sounds tend to jump everywhere. If you have the talent though, try to use your own content. Making a game with your own creations always looks better than just paying for things. Much like any other game making software, it all takes time if you truly want to make something great. The AI still tends to be dumb and stupid. Zombies get stuck on obstacles, enemies don't always shoot at you, the typical simple AI. I have not made anything special as of yet, but I might possibly make something or other and release it on Gamejolt or ZeoGames, just so I feel I got something out of it. ____________________________________ [b] My Issues [/b] Wait, after talking so much praise about this software, why the Thumbs Down? Let me explain. You see, there isn't really a "Demo" or "Trial Version" of this software. I purchased this before the whole Steam Refund policy was a reality, so I was stuck with this software. I only bought it because I wanted to see how much it faired with FPSC. As there was no Demo or Trial, I had to buy it. Now, after purchasing this software for $42 (Premium Pack when it had ALL the DLC and a discount) I felt burnt from it. As I stated I was not happy with the initial release. Most issues have been fixed since then, but I know why I don't enjoy it. To really try and explain this, I have to mention Doom Builder, which is software that I've spent hundreds, if not thousands of hours on. Let's say you wanted to build a small town square. In GameGuru you would simply drag and drop all your pre-made assets into place and place out decorations with what you had. In Doom Builder, you had to draw in everything and paste textures on everything. This is why I enjoy Doom Builder more, because I am not limited to what models I have. If I wanted to make a room and keep tweaking and changing it as I work on the game, I can do that. If I wanted to change something in GG, I have to search for a model to find something close to what I want, or try to make my own, which spoilers, I suck at modeling. This is why I PERSONALLY can't recommend this software, it's just not meant for me. I prefer being able to draw out my world/game than drag and drop. If you are like me, then you probably already use Unity or Unreal Engine (which are free.) My Final Verdict: 6/10 *Originally 3/10
• gamedeal user

  Aug 16, 2015

  I got this software for $8.99 and after watching the first Twitch video on making games, I made my 6 year old son a really simple shooter that contained zombies, barbarians, and several bazooka guys. He said it was the best game ever and is hounding me to make more levels. As a dad and a guy who likes to be creative, this is fantastic! There are some issues I ran into. A lot of them are probably due to the ancient laptop I'm using. My mouse pointer seems to be offset by a considerable margin and this makes it difficult to highlight things. I also cannot play standalone versions of games on my laptop because of an error I keep getting--but it works fine on my son's desktop computer. Finally, there is some issue where I keep getting into situations where pressing the W key focuses tighter rather than moving up. This is really frustrating. But I'm sure these issues are mostly to do with my computer specs and that this program will work just fine on a newer laptop/desktop. For reference, I have used GameMaker Pro, RPG Maker, and have attempted to learn some basic Python and Java. All of these have proved frustrating and I never really got anywhere (I have a full-time job and thus cannot devote too much time to this hobby). I certainly never got as far as I did afte a couple of hours with this software. I think the authors have done a terrific job and I am excited to see what new features/revisions they make to this program!
• gamedeal user

  Dec 3, 2016

  This is a scam, and should be banned from Steam. GameGuru is not a piece of game development software. It is a level editor for one of the worst FPS game engines ever, with next to zero user control of functionality beyond importing and arranging assets in the game world. It's plain to see that GameGuru's business model isn't built around being a legitimate platform for making games, but off selling assets to rank amateurs who want to play at being a game designer but don't care enough to learn to program. And no, it's not even a case like RPGMaker, which a skilled user can use at a far higher level than the hobbyists who tool around with it; GameGuru can only produce different levels for what is always going to be the same basic game. This is a worthless piece of software that preys on the people naive enough to buy it, and has no business being sold on a legitimate storefront as a piece of game dev software.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 18, 2017

  Ok so I've got some usage under my belt so it's time for a review. Firstly this is software which is very much in development, the developer is friendly and approachable and willling to supply fixes on a regular basis. To date every major issue I've had has been promply fixed and delivered in the next release. Secondly whilst, as advertised, it is easy to create a simple FPS game, to get more out of it you will need to learn how to use the scripting language (something that applies to all game engines!) but the TGC forums are full of useful advice and free scripts so this is not as arduous as it may sound. To show what this engine is capable of here is a video of something I have been working on https://vimeo.com/199487235 (the video contains DLC btw and is a demonstration of what can be done by an experienced programmer with the built in scripting language - Lua) In my opinion a game is far more than just good graphics and fancy models. Imagination, storytelling and coherent game play are all far more important to make a good gaming experience. All of these things come from the game creator not the engine you use.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 19, 2017

  Game guru is a build your own burger kit, where lettuce, tomato, and onion are sold separately each as a DLC, cheese is an expansion pack, and condiments are sold individually, by shady third party distrubuters. The best part is the bun though, where you are handed a bag of flour as complimentary content and told that you now have everything you need to bake your own from scratch. If you want fries, or god forbid a chicken sandwhich instead, you may as well just start your own separate company. To give an example, I have spent over 100 dollars on this game, and can only shoot a very basic fireball as my wizard. Thats the only spell in the entire game. It feels like someone literally just reached in and took the money out of my wallet. Graphics look like a game from early 2000s. Melee combat feels like using a knife in the first counterstrike. No block, no dodge, only 1 single attack. Just plain bad. I really wanted to like this game, but across the board its just not good. I highly recommend MyWorld instead, which does right everything that GameGuru has done wrong.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 8, 2018

  Regret buying it, it's not only a shitty engine but the things you could make with it is next to nothing. Tbh this is horribly optimised and filled with bugs! Can't load huge maps, and the fps drops drastically! Looks like 90s product. Still running on dx9 oh god! Have to buy water shades seperately from store, the default water doesn't even look like water!! In simple words, if you want to make good 3D games. Just look the other way and get S2Engine or UE4. They call gameguru as a AAA gaming engine yet it's the most pathetic gaming engine ever! It's not worth it.
• gamedeal user

  Jun 29, 2018

  The basics of the map editing is really nice... But unfortnantly, that's about it... There is no (easy) built-in tools for inventory, quests, day/night and weather cycles, saving etc, and no guiding for anything but creating maps, there are very few character models and extremely few clothing options (nothing medieval/fantasy, even tho I got the fantasy pack and one of the mega packs)... ... And I can't import any character models... I've tried downloading royalty-free 3ds & fbx models, 3ds models give me an error every time I try to import (I tried different models), and fbx models import with no textures... ... If there were built-in support systems for making anything but levels of pure exploration, and more customization for character and enemy models / creatures, I wouldn't hesitate to give this a thumbs up, but I really dont see this as an "easy game maker", I see this as a "good map editor with game scripting"..!!