The Games Factory 2

by Clickteam

Product Features

• All Visual development studio
• Comes with 1000's of game sprites
• Printed manual and more tutorials online
• Makes games, screensavers and internet files
• Very easy to use

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 1 x 6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• ASIN: B000J0MXD8
• Item model number: TGF2
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 30, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,522 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Have you ever thought about creating video games but were bored by the learning curve required by the traditional programming languages? Now with Multimedia Fusion 2 from Clickteam you can make your ideas come alive. Multimedia Fusion 2 is a very powerful all visual programming environment. All visual is perfect for the developer who likes to concentrate on the important parts of the creations: the design and game play. You won't get bogged down by the things that should be simple -- Like coding for hours to move a sprite on the screen.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A stupendous piece of software, April 14, 2007

By 

SeeBodyOoks - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Games Factory 2 (CD-ROM)

My four-year-old son has tired of mere level editors in video games. He asked me how to make his own games from scratch. There's no way a four-year-old is going to learn Java or C#, so I downloaded ClickTeam's Games Factory 2. He has created five simple games already.

It's all dragging and dropping. There are no file handles, IO streams, inheritance, polymorphism, or other other sophisticated programming concepts. In fact, there's really not any scripting, just clicking.

The level of sophistication you can create is on par with the average Intellivision or Atari 2600 game. However, the graphics can be high resolution and in full color. You can import WAV files for audio. It has options for creating multiplayer games, connecting to the Internet, saving high scores, and many other extras.

You could easily recreate your favorite 2D games: Rootbeer Tapper, 1942, Donkey Kong, etc. My son created an original game where you traverse mazes, collect cheese, and battle giant skulls. You're not going to use Game Factory to write the next installment of Halo, but you can certainly have a blast. It's way more creative and engaging than just playing video games.

One thing that could be improved is the documentation. The instructions are good, but not flawless. Sometimes we had to figure a feature out by trial and error when the manual was not clear.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but There's an Alternative..., December 24, 2007

By 

Anthony W. Tobianski (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Games Factory 2 (CD-ROM)

This product is great for beginning game developers. I would say 90% of the activities that one carries out in this softwared are "Drag-n-Drop". There are plenty of tutorials that are easy to follow.

However, if you are an experienced game designer, or are totally enthusiastic toward game design/development, then you might prefer investigating a less expensive alternative, yet one that may prove to be more flexible... "Game Maker".

The "Game Maker" software follows the same drag-n-drop philosopy, but also incorporates the use of a scripting language if you find the need for this. The basic software is free with unlimited use. In addition, upgrading to the Pro edition, from the free, is only $20.00! You might want to give this software a try before you purchase TGF, at $50+ dollars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars gamesfactory 2, December 9, 2007

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booknut (cornelia ,ga usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Games Factory 2 (CD-ROM)

I found that Gamesfactory was the perfect program for anybody aspiring to custom-make a game. Learning and using the software was easy because of the tutorials included and the ease-of-use setup.