Hum so they did stick with lazarus eh? I read their official post on their website (<a href="http://yoyogames.com">yoyogames.com</a>) and it was very vague if you weren't a private beta tester. But, I do have the PC version and here's what it seems to me:<br>
1. The runner is a generic precompiled EXE with all functions etc for dealing with any possible aspect of the game. It is NOT slim, and it is NOT smart. Not using 99% of Game Maker's features will not make the size smaller<br>
2. The 'compiler' probably only puts in your resources into a pre-built runner. <br><br>So, they're not generating new CORE code for each new game; but the user can code using GML (a weirdo coding language), and that gives some extensive expansion capabilities.<br>
<br>Also, considering that GM was made with Delphi, they probaby did a lot of research and found Lazarus/FPC to be a good combo ;)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 6, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Mac Programmer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MacPgmr@fastermac.net">MacPgmr@fastermac.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Very interesting to see Free Pascal and Lazarus used that way,<br>
meaning explicitly for generating fun and not just for databases and<br>
the like.<br>
<br>
Can you tell us a little bit about the architecture of GameMaker and<br>
Runner (if you're permitted to, that is)? It almost sounds as though<br>
you're generating code for and compiling each new game, or have I<br>
missed something?<br>
<br>
I saw a mention about selecting a language for the next version. I<br>
hope you (they?) consider staying with Free Pascal and Lazarus.<br>
<br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
-Phil<br>
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