Game Maker DRM Goes Berserk: Feature Creep 32 By Tarmack
9YoYo Games makes this fancy program called Game Maker. A lot of you will be familiar with it because it's one of the few "cheap" all in one suites to create video games. The whole premise behind Game Maker is that you don't need to be a programmer to make games. It often gets used as a prototype builder because of how quick it is to get in and use.
And now their DRM has gone berserk. A significant number of paying customers had their version of Game Maker self identify as pirated even though it was legitimate. The result? Numerous game assets like sprites that the developer created themselves were tagged with the skull and crossbones permanently. Yes, you heard me correctly. The DRM altered the game assets and basically destroyed work.
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