How powerful is GameSalad? What are some of the best games made with it?

sentinelsentinel Member Posts: 1
edited November -1 in Introductions
Hi everyone! I just discovered GameSalad and can't wait to get started making games. From reading through the forums I can tell this is a friendly community with developers helping each other.

A couple things I'm wondering about though is how powerful is GameSalad? Could say, Angry Birds or Plants vs Zombies have been developed on it?

Also, If you could pick a few of the best games made with GameSalad what would they be?

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  • peachpellenpeachpellen Member Posts: 977
    There is a lot of junk out there because it's so easy to use GS - which discouraged me when I first came across it as it seemed as though you could only make, well, crap XD

    In reality there have been some fantastic games made by GS though; I'd say Stunt Squirrels is one to look at for inspiration - also Bumps.

    There are others, but I just woke up.

    Welcome to GS, by the way ^-^;
  • WeswogWeswog Member Posts: 1,171
    Yes Angry Birds could be made with Gamesalad but would need a lot less levels and it wouldn't have open feint.

    Although some amazing game made are Star Daze HD, Stunt Squirrels, Bumps, Attack of The Kraken, Max Vector, Danger Cats!, and many more :)

    Cheers, Weswog
  • UtopianGamesLtdUtopianGamesLtd Member Posts: 120
    It's very powerful but it depends what you want to make.

    I would have a week and play around then see what can and can't be done.

    GS has it's limitations but also has strengths so the best thing to do is find the strong parts of the engine and make a game around that.

    Darren.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    sentinel said:
    I'm wondering about though is how powerful is GameSalad?

    GameSalad is a 2D engine, that can create games similar in functionality to those from the Super Nintendo / Sega Genesis era... but with modern graphics.

    Arcade Action and Commove are two examples of GameSalad games that I created.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Those are all great games!

    And here's an alternative list:

    Stairs
    Poodle Invasion
    RadarHead
    Max Vector
    Attack of the Kraken
    Star Keep
    Space Tech Defender
    Cat rides the Astrobus
    Matching Match
    iSub
    ShootShoota

    :P

    QS

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
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    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • jweaver911jweaver911 Member Posts: 439
    don't forget Zombie Hunter! <----

    Sorry Peach... Couldn't resist. ;)
  • ORBZORBZ Member Posts: 1,304
    GameSalad is so powerful I can tow my truck with it.
  • cbtcbt Member Posts: 644
    jweaver911 said:
    don't forget Zombie Hunter! <----

    Sorry Peach... Couldn't resist. ;)

    I just love this "franchise" :D

    Peach, no offense.. I like you!

    :D
  • ginnixginnix Member Posts: 41
    There are a few good games developed with GS, the rest are crap since anyone can create a game with it easily.

    It lacks a lot of features currently compared to the other development environments (Unity, Corona, Coco2d)

    I would recommend Unity 3 if you have any JavaScript programming under your belt.
  • ChaserChaser Member Posts: 1,453
    Check out Dice Pack http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dice-pack/id382192265?mt=8 and my soon to be Stick Climber http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=10765
  • mrtopzmrtopz Member Posts: 28
    tshirtbooth, I believe that Tumble Drop was not made using GameSalad. It has web access. I believe it was made using Unity (maybe you are talking about another game with same name or something like that).
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Tumble Drop was made with Unity.
  • TymeMasterTymeMaster Member Posts: 527
    tshirtbooth said:
    Ask not what Gamesalad can do with you, But what you can do with gamesalad!

    Stunt squirrels
    Danger Cats
    Tumble drop

    cheers

    Tumble drop is a unity game!
  • ChipmunkGamesChipmunkGames Member Posts: 106
    tshirt stop being so modest :p even though its not out yet i think your game minicanon is the best.
  • JuggerJugger Member, PRO Posts: 238
    Try my game
    Gosar for Ipad

    And soon it will be available on iphone :)
  • FranzKellerFranzKeller Member Posts: 517
    Hey! I made the alt list! ;-)

    I've been here less time than some, but I do like GS a lot.

    It's easy to make games! But not TOOO easy - the more effort you put in,
    the more complicated things you can make.

    There are things missing, but GS is a fairly new program itself,
    it is evolving as we do

    But hey, it's good to get in on a good thing while it's new! ;-)
    quantumsheep said:
    Poodle Invasion
    RadarHead
    Max Vector

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