Adventure Maker Free Edition for Windows

User Reviews

• Great Program!!! In...theory...

  JasonMcDonaldSeptember 24, 2010

  Pros

  Somewhat easy to use. Good tool for beginners with no intention of making anything to compete in the game world.

  Cons

  No customer support from the maker. Limited video support. Horrible built-in animated .gif support, shoddy Flash integration.

  Summary

  Adventure Maker is a noble concept. It is somewhat easy to use, has a shallow learning curve, and it a good tool for beginners...assuming they have no intention of making anything that can compete in the software world. In contrast with product description, Adventure Maker will NOT play any video format other than the infamously large AVI. It has horrible built-in animated .gif support and shoddy Flash integration. While its abilities can be expanded with third-party plugins and scripting (as long as you pay for the full version). Custom cursor support leaves a lot to be desired. Most built in features are poorly executed, and are extremely limited and bug ridden. None of the visual effects allow for image transparency, and .PNG format is NOT an option. There is absolutely no customer support from the maker, instead, the only help you will ever be able to receive is from other customers who have spent time learning the program, and finding ways around its limitations. However, their requests for bug fixes have fallen on deaf ears. While a Windows 7 BETA was released prior to the actual OS being released by Microsoft, there have been absolutely no updates in over a year, and no improvements on the BETA (which has no video or audio support, and more than half of the program is limping along). The website is outdated (still set up for Christmas '09), and no one gets any response from the software maker. The bottom line is, unless you want to pay for the $69 full version ($150 if you want to sell your products), learn how to use visual basic script, and spend 85% of your time circumventing the many limitations and bugs of this program, don't expect to be able to make anything that even remotely stands out. For that time and money, you might as well invest in learning Visual Basic Studio Express (which is free). At least THAT is devoid of bugs.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Sep 24, 2010<p/>While you can create PSP and iPhone applications with this program, these features have no support for ANY type of animation, video, audio, plugin, text (use images instead), or script.

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• "Excellent!"

  Clown36April 3, 2010

  Pros

  Great interface. Very easy to use and installs a stable, solid working game. I have never had it crash or corrupt a file. It handles a very large number of files .jpg, .wav and .mpeg without incident.

  Cons

  It would be nice to be able to search variable locations in relation to frames or weed out unused files but I wouldn't really call this a con.

  Summary

  This should be all you need to get a point and click game up and running.

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• Crashed on started up, full of viruses and spyware

  brianc123981March 13, 2010

  Pros

  none, crashed after selecting new-&gt;

  Cons

  full of viruses. AVG went nuts with trojan reports and I got at least 4 popup windows when i closed it.

  Summary

  This should be pulled from cNet. not quality and full of junk. downloader beware.

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• TOTALLY AWESOME

  travisabyssApril 22, 2009

  Pros

  it is very useful for any third or first person game and it is easy to build games

  Cons

  nothing completely satisfied

  Summary

  great

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• Pretty pointless really

  RandomweirdoDecember 18, 2008

  Pros

  It does what it says it does IF you upgrade to the full version It could be useful to beginners Simple and easy to use

  Cons

  Can only create very basic games

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• It is fabulous!

  draynfliJuly 25, 2008

  Pros

  I like everything about it--it's easy to use!

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• DarkmanstApril 24, 2008

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• OMG! Great!

  alh2011March 31, 2008

  Pros

  I like the way it is so simple to use! <p>Theres so much you can do that goes beyond what it is originally programmed to do. <p> <p>Eg, if you edit the .gif files on the "Third-Person Plug-in" to make it yourself, you can have yourself walking around your home or anywhere you like!!

  Cons

  The only thing I didnt agree on was how it states on this site that there are "no limitations" when infact, there is. If you'd like to use the premium features (Third Person Views, Custom Plug-Ins, etc), you are only limited to 20 frames ... WHICH IS STILL ABSOLUTELY FINE! <p> <p>Also, I couldn't work out how to export it so that I could send to my friends (im not sure if you can or not). <p> <p> <p> <p> <p>Overall, I think this is an amazing piece of software for someone who wants to make a fun and enjoyable game for friends and family!

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• gaji_city1December 5, 2007

  Pros

  very nice

  Cons

  fine

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• This product does not do what it claims to do

  DreamWeaver1973November 27, 2007

  Pros

  If you want to make a slide-show presentation, it MIGHT be suitable...

  Cons

  If you want to make anything other than a slide-show, this program is not the one for you!

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