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PlayCrafter: another snap-together game maker

July 22nd, 2008 (Visited 1368 times) Tags: game grammar, gamebrix, playcrafter, popfly, sims carnival

PlayCrafter is launching open alpha, joining all the others: Sims Carnival, Gamebrix, Popfly… Looks to me like they lean heavily on Box2d.

One of the things about all of these is that they almost force a game grammar approach to things, in a way.

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PlayCrafter's blog: News Coverage wrote on July 23rd, 2008 at 3:48 pm:

[...] for Adobe: “The games are fun, the interface is nice, and the application is very impressive. “Raph Koster: “[...] they almost force a game grammar approach to things, in a way.”Remedy: “Lets even the most [...]

Leapfroglog - links for 2008-07-24 wrote on July 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 pm:

[...] Raph’s Website » PlayCrafter: another snap-together game maker “One of the things about all of these is that they almost force a game grammar approach to things, in a way.” Having designed a more humble entrant in the game maker ‘market’ I can only confirm this. (tags: games gamedesign gamedevelopment creativity tools making) [...]

Game Tycoon»Blog Archive » Articles of Interest wrote on August 4th, 2008 at 12:53 am:

[...] Via Raph, news of the open alpha of PlayCrafter, another “easy way for anyone to make games” platform. (See Raph’s blog for a video.) [...]

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Morgan Ramsay said on July 22nd, 2008 at 3:19 pm:
Where’s the cool “leaked” YouTube video of Metaplace with electronic music?
Mike Rozak said on July 22nd, 2008 at 8:59 pm:
Reminds me of the [arcade] game construction kit, circa 1985… which wasn’t too successful.

And maybe a touch of lode-runner, which was very successful. (Actually, the PS3’s latest game, LittleBigPlanet, reminds me more of lode runner.)
Michael Chui said on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 pm:
One of the things about all of these is that they almost for a game grammar approach to things, in a way.

I’m braindead tired, but I could swear there’s a verb missing in here. Or something. My brain is forcibly rejecting this sentence and apparently unwilling to fill in whatever might be missing.
Raph said on July 22nd, 2008 at 11:02 pm:

I’m braindead tired, but I could swear there’s a verb missing in here. Or something.

Supposed to have been “almost force,” fixed now.
Olivier said on July 23rd, 2008 at 12:36 am:
There’s also Troy Gilbert’s Mockingbird that should not be forgotten!
I’d really like to see an expert comparison of all these sites…
Eric Martindale said on July 23rd, 2008 at 3:40 pm:
This is pretty cool, but I’m not sure I’d use it very often. What is the application of creating a game? Am I doing it just for fun? Do I have the opportunity to monetize my own games? Is there a community built around the games that are built?