Determinance screenshot

GG’s Constructor

When Valve bought World-Craft (and renamed it to something with a lot less charisma… that’s Hammer people), they effectively made it illegal for Indies to use it for their games.  Quite a while back the GG community tried to get Valve to change the EULA to allow Torque games to use it, but the best they got was an “it’s probably alright, but we retain the right for it not to be” – basicially useless for those of us trying to be law-abiding.

There are plenty of alternatives, but a lot of people find Hammer the best there is.  If you grew up modding HL and all your experience is in that app, it hurts to learn the arcane ways of Quark or pay for something like GameSpace.

GarageGames have been working on their uber Hammer-beater Constructor for well over a year now, and it’ll probably blow everything else completely out of the water on release.  You can quote me on that.  No-one has more vested interest in making game development quicker and easier than Garage, and they’ve got a community who will give the right feedback straight away.  New info is on Matt Fairfax’s latest blog if you want a sneak-preview; and expect a proper release some-time in the fall.

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