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Submachine Universe HD discussion - GameMaker or Flash?
Obviously Mateusz has stated that he wants to move away from Flash gaming. Here's the most recent relevant quote:
Mateusz Skutnik wrote:
The problem is: I'm moving away from flash. And it's kind of successful (mission to the sun is the proof of that).
Further subnet expansion would require me to step back from game maker to flash again.
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That's tough.
Mat may have said that GM is a very similar coding style to Flash, at least from what we've heard, but still...rewriting the mechanics of 100+ locations?
And then, will he have to update it for BOTH platforms, if he's still going to update the online version as well in tandem?
Unless the online version will stay as is, and people who don't pay will not get the future updates.
Either way, he has to rewrite the biggest installment of the Submachine series.
So let's say he chooses not to rewrite it. Then that means that he'll continue to update just the online version in Flash. Except...why would he have any drive to do that, now that he's advanced forward with GM?
Does that even make an update still likely? I mean, he's said that SubVerse HD is
2015 wrap-up wrote:Yes, I did do that. You haven’t seen it yet, true, but it’s there. Done and ready to be delivered...the Submachine Universe HD will be expanded even more.
Presumably in a Flash executable.
...see the problem?