
Join us in celebrating twenty five years of GameMaker with GameMaker 25th Anniversary! A fun look at the process behind creating the world's greatest 2D Game Engine! Manage your development house, keep your employees happy, and squash bugs as they come up!
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Join us in celebrating twenty five years of GameMaker with GameMaker 25th Anniversary!
Manage your development house, keep your employees happy and squash bugs as they come up in this minigame filled, top down management and strategy game! Starting from a single programmer, you'll select features to develop for your game engine, buy new furniture for the office to improve the performance of your team, hire new developers, and collect posters for the office!
Select upgrades for your office to improve worker movement speed, productivity and more.
Pick cool features to add to your engine from a list and develop them!
Keep your workers happy by clicking thought bubbles to send them through the office.
Repair broken objects by playing over a dozen minigames.
Click-and-squash bugs as they come up.
Release new engine features, gain popularity and collect posters based on the history of GameMaker!
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Get back to work now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢠⠒⢉⡉⠥⠤⠖⠒⠒⠒⠒⠂⠒⠂⠤⠭⠍⣉⠑⢲⠠⡀ ⡞⠀⠇⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠈⡄⢣ ⡇⢸⢰⠀⠀⢄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⠀⡇⢸ ⡇⢸⢸⠀⠀⣀⠨⠗⠂⠀⠀⠒⠭⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⡇⢸ ⡇⢸⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠛⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⠀⡇⢸ ⡇⠸⡈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⠀⡇⢸ ⢱⠀⠣⣇⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⡠⠇⢰⠀⡎ ⠀⢳⡒⠢⠤⠤⠬⠭⢭⣭⣭⣭⡭⠍⠡⠥⠤⠴⠒⠊⢠⠇ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠁⠐⢒⡏⠉⠉⢹⡖⠒⠒⠒⠒⠁⠉⠁⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⢠⡄⠒⠒⠈⠉⠳⠤⠤⠼⠋⠉⠁⠒⠒⠠⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠸⠍⣒⣒⠀⠠⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠀⠐⣒⣒⡬⠇⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Happy Birthday GameMaker!!!!!!!
Please remove the shine/glow bs when we're done with the minigames. Finish and directly close the minigame screen. We need to finish the game feature fast, no? Then don't add useless effect! Please add new items for "Productivity" tab which reduce troubles to happen. Isn't it annoying when you have to see and wait the shining effect on minigames screen while looking at your colleagues computer burning/broken, trash full, stinky fridge, etc?! I don't mind the repetitive runs but these two problems annoy me so much.
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I like the game but boy do I hate the fridge mini game. 7/10
A fun short game. Thanks :)
I had a ton of fun playing this game, and if you play all in one go, you can finish it in a couple hours. Super cute and really great for people who like time management, simulation, and casual games, the only thing I wish it had was achievements. I will say there was a little bit of a click accuracy issue when I played, you had to click everything about a quarter inch to the right or you wouldn't get it.
A bit hectic but nce
Kkieeeak!!
This is a "meta" management simulation that serves as both a fun strategy game and a sincere tribute to 25 years of indie game development history. Released by YoYo Games in November 2024 to celebrate the engine's legacy, this free-to-play title puts you in the shoes of the developers themselves, tasking you with managing a development house, hiring familiar faces from the community, and squashing bugs in real-time. Much like Game Dev Tycoon, you oversee your office by selecting which engine features to develop next, upgrading furniture to boost productivity, and keeping your growing team happy. The core management loop is broken up by over a dozen frantic minigames—from "Whack A Bug" to repairing broken office appliances—which add a layer of arcade-style fun to the strategic planning. As you release new features and gain popularity, you collect posters detailing the real-world history of GameMaker. There is even in-game statistics, but the lack of windowed is bad. When you force the game into windowed mode by clicking Alt + Enter, the game sometimes glitches and gives an error making you lose your progress. There is definitely a saving issue in this game; I believe it only saves the progress when you finish a project, whether you succeed or fail, does not matter.
boring and repetitive
Aburrido y repetitivo, no hay ningún tipo de desafío que te incite a jugar
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