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After watching @dragonitespam.bsky.social's video on using JS in GMRT, I got curious if GMRT handles JS arrow and regular functions according to the standards in browsers and JS runtimes like Node.js. TLDR, it's mostly consistent with my experience with them in web dev. 🧵 #gamemaker #javascript

4) Duplicate parameters ⚠️ Regular functions - allowed Arrow function - allowed, but Feather will give errors In browsers and Node, calling an arrow function with duplicate parameters will throw a syntax error, but GMRT allows it. This could just be the beta, so it might change in the future.

After watching @dragonitespam.bsky.social's video on using JS in GMRT, I got curious if GMRT handles JS arrow and regular functions according to the standards in browsers and JS runtimes like Node.js. TLDR, it's mostly consistent with my experience with them in web dev. 🧵 #gamemaker #javascript

3) Scope of "this" ✔️ Regular function - "this" is whatever calls the function (runtime binding) Arrow function - "this" is whatever "this" was when the function was defined (lexical inheritance) Interestingly, neither maps perfectly to how GML functions handles the scope of "self".

After watching @dragonitespam.bsky.social's video on using JS in GMRT, I got curious if GMRT handles JS arrow and regular functions according to the standards in browsers and JS runtimes like Node.js. TLDR, it's mostly consistent with my experience with them in web dev. 🧵 #gamemaker #javascript

1) Arguments object ✔️ Regular function - has it Arrow function - doesn't have it 1st image: I'm parsing the arguments object using for...of like an array, because that's allowed. 2nd image: Arrow functions can access their arguments using rest parameters, which puts them in an *actual* array.

I spent a good part of my day trying to understand this weird edge case where floor() seemed to give me the wrong result. TLDR, x and y are float32s (opposed to user-defined instance variables being float64s) and can sometimes give you unexpected results when working with them. #gamemaker #gamedev

This happens on the VM and YYC runtimes and GMRT running GML code. Only tested this on Windows and GX.games platform exports so far. This doesn't happen on HTML5 and GMRT running JS code, which makes sense since JS Numbers are all 64-bit floats.

So I've just watched the gameplay demo of the new Ocarina of Time remake, and I had a few thoughts that popped up. First of all, it looks like Nintendo did "hire that man". It took a bit to get used the new art style. (1/5) #Zelda40 #ZeldaDirect #OcarinaOfTime

I know that other games have this mechanic, but the roll-to-dash mechanic immediately reminded me of TUNIC. (4/5) #TUNIC

So I've just watched the gameplay demo of the new Ocarina of Time remake, and I had a few thoughts that popped up. First of all, it looks like Nintendo did "hire that man". It took a bit to get used the new art style. (1/5) #Zelda40 #ZeldaDirect #OcarinaOfTime

Looks like they're replacing things that used to float in midair for unexplained reasons (like the platform and ladder) with things that make sense in the real world, even though, even though most people would find it acceptable with suspension of disbelief in a fantasy world. (2/5)

Comparing the games in the showcase video with this selection of top-rated games made with Game Maker from 25 years ago, we can see the works created wit hthe engine have come a long way. 😊 (Games shown: Billario, Schuif puzzel, Dependence Day, IO_Saturn)

I spent the day trying out Flex Panels again and UI Layers, and was confused as to why it wasn't working for me. Turns out instances in flex panel nodes have different default variable values compared to the one created by the instance_create_* functions and in the Room Editor (1/2) #GameMaker

The one thing I missed from Javascript and Typescript while coding in GML are closures. Without them, it gives functions like array_filter limited usefulness without workarounds. But now that we have JS (and later TS) support for GMRT, that's a thing of the past. #GameMaker

I made a website to search and download games from the Game Maker 4 Games CD: gm4gamescd.quadolorgames.com I uploaded the CD to the Internet Archive a few years ago to help preserve it, but browsing it and trying to play some of the games was a hassle, so I decided to fix that. (1/4) #GameMaker

And the top 5 also each received a copy of the GM4 Games CD. It includes all the games submitted for the competition and some other games made with GM4. After going through all the games, it made me wonder where all these developers ended up. I only know about 3 of them, myself included. (3/4)

I made a website to search and download games from the Game Maker 4 Games CD: gm4gamescd.quadolorgames.com I uploaded the CD to the Internet Archive a few years ago to help preserve it, but browsing it and trying to play some of the games was a hassle, so I decided to fix that. (1/4) #GameMaker

Okay, I think I've done everything in Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo just in time for it to leave Game Pass, including the Closure Edition content. Now I can finally follow the game's example and move on from it.

When I made this arrangement a month ago, I was not expecting a remake of Star Fox 64 to come out soon after. Maybe if I make more arrangements of music from my favourite old games, they'll come out of obscurity. 😂 Anyway, I'm interested in their take on the track.

Well this was unexpected.

I heard that only Season 2 of Minecraft: Story Mode was officially translated into Japanese. Without playing Season 1, I think some things like Ivor's surprise return would have had less of an emotional impact and made less sense, since he was a major character in Season 1. (1/2)

Thought about what could be in @zeekayart.bsky.social’s furry video game panel at #furnalequinox for so long, a bingo card materialized. Left: Easy mode Right: Leftovers and wishful thinking. Well how this turns out.

With Adobe Animate being discontinued, I'm glad I still have my license and the installer for Adobe CS5, which I have been holding on for dear life ever since the Creative Suite was discontinued.