GameGuru Classic News

With the September launch date for GameGuru MAX in sight we can reveal more detail about our planned release of GameGuru MAX. It's been a crazy development ride over the last few months and, as the new Wicked graphics engine started bedding down, we saw rapid progress as functionality was restored across multiple parts of the engine.

For those lucky enough to have pre-ordered, you will have enjoyed some of the Alpha builds we released as development continued. To continue in this vein, we are now happy to reveal that we will shortly be starting the Beta phase, which will boast near-complete functionality of the software and a real chance to start making some test games with the new product.



We have stuck pretty close to the features outlined on the GameGuru MAX pre-order page and look forward to delivering a much-improved game maker for your future game-making projects. Fear not GameGuru Classic devotees -  as previously announced we will continue to provide fixes and functionality improvements to GameGuru Classic for as long as the community requires but, as you can imagine, we are most excited about what GameGuru MAX brings to the table and look forward to seeing what you will be making running up to Christmas.

One small change to the final deliverable is related to the Oculus Quest support. At the time of making our plans the only way to run on Oculus Quest was to have an Android Player that ran the entire GameGuru game as a compressed and reduced export. This turned out to degrade pretty much every facet of the game experience due to the limited power of the hardware on the Quest. Since then, Oculus has launched the Oculus Link and full support for OpenXR, which means you will be able to play the FULL PC experience on your Oculus Quest device instead of a cut-down version.

If you have not been following our latest announcements and you are a pre-order user it's definitely worth checking out Alpha Build 5 as it's a great version to start playing with GameGuru MAX.  Also, check out the latest Sneak Peek Videos which reveal some of the great progress we have made over the last month.

Watch out for further updates on the Beta release as we head towards the launch of GameGuru MAX!

 

We are delighted to announce the release of the Autumn fixes update for GameGuru Classic, which fixes all new bugs reported in the issues board since the May Fixes update. As you may remember, the May update fixed every single bug reported up to that point, and the Autumn Fixes update does the same thing up to the present moment.

Here are some of the fixes that you will find in the update:

• Optimized entity memory resulting in much less memory being used in your level
  
• Sound effects can now reach zero volume for when you want to script your sound to silence
  
• Fixed seamless textures in EBE structures so they are once again seamless
  
• Fixed issue with the draw call optimizer having problems with multi-textured entities
  
• Fixed crash caused in the "May Fixes" update related to the testgamemode
  
• Fixed ray casting of active entities and use of the intersect against static entities
  
• Fixed issue of 'save standalone' pausing progress
  
• Restored multiplayer to working condition
  
• Fixed a paste sprite issue causing the rendering on-screen to lag
  
• Title script now amended to determine correct folder for loading in title music
  

We also answered two bug reports that needed information rather than actual code changes. This brings the official bug count of GameGuru Classic back to zero, demonstrating our commitment to continue working on GameGuru Classic functionality for as long as the Classic community requires.

Development continues at full speed on GameGuru MAX, the successor to Classic, and we are looking forward to sharing more progress as we head towards the release date. As planned, we have merged our codebases so that some tweaks during MAX development make their way back to the Classic product, and bug fixes on either product benefit both products.

If you find new issues in GameGuru Classic, please do not hesitate to post them in the GitHub Issues board, which you can find here: https://github.com/TheGameCreators/GameGuruRepo/issues

We are pleased to announce the release of GameGuru MAX Alpha Build 5, which introduces the new Character Creator, Structure Editor, and Importer, as well as improved entity management.



Feel free to watch the Sneak Peek video which goes over some of the features of Alpha 5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3NZ93wU1P8

Now is the time to get up close and personal with a range of weapons that puts you toe to toe with your enemies. The GameGuru Melee Weapons DLC is packed with 23 melee weapons for you to populate your games with, comprising an assortment of household items that can pack a punch in the right hands!



If you want to get your hands on the GameGuru Melee Weapons Pack DLC it's currently on promotion right now:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/822010/GameGuru__Melee_Weapons_Pack/

Released today - a NEW GameGuru Classic DLC - the Ancient Treasures Pack! 
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361590/GameGuru__Ancient_Treasures_Pack/?curator_clanid=7871194
Add these ancient treasures as virtual rewards to players of the games you make with GameGuru. There are fifty high quality objects included in this pack - here's the full breakdown:

• 2 x Bangles
  
• 2 x Bowls
  
• 5 x Broken Pots
  
• 3 x Chalice
  
• 4 x Chests
  
• 1 x Clay Pot
  
• 1 x Coal
  
• 1 x Coin Gold
  
• 1 x Coin Silver
  
• 1 x Coin Pile Gold
  
• 1 x Coin Pile Silver
  
• 1 x Crown
  
• 2 x Daggers
  
• 1 x Dagger Sheath
  
• 4 x Gems
  
• 1 x Gold Bar
  
• 1 x Helmet
  
• 1 x Map
  
• 1 x Necklace
  
• 4 x Ornate Chests
  
• 1 x Pearl
  
• 1 x Ring
  
• 1 x Shield
  
• 2 x Statues
  
• 1 x Sword
  
• 1 x Torch
  
• 3 x Urns
  
• 1 x Water Pot
  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361590/GameGuru__Ancient_Treasures_Pack/?curator_clanid=7871194