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Game Builder Garage

Game Builder Garage

Nintendo
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Release Date: June 11, 2021

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A platform for deg and creating simple games. Game Builder Garage teaches you the basics of programming, as well as gameplay planning and level design, in an accessible way. You can share your creations with the community.

7.7

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Game Builder Garage is a platform that allows you to design and create simple video games. It was developed and published by Nintendo.

Mechanics

In Game Builder Garage we create our own small games. The creator allows us to design both simple platform games, as well as shoot'em ups, racing games or even variations on the cult retro games.

The whole creation process takes place in an accessible and intuitive way, with the help of colourful creatures called Nodons. Each of them has a specific function, activated by combining it with another Nodon. For example, combining a Nodon symbolizing a character with one representing an analog knob allows us to control the hero with it, and combining the Nodon corresponding to a button with the Nodon associated with a specific function (such as jumping) will make pressing a specific button activate the selected action. Apart from that, game creation requires setting up various objects on the board (such as obstacles that the hero of our platform game will have to overcome). After mastering the basics, we can use more advanced tools; the game allows us, among other things, to apply textures to objects ourselves, and even allows us to design and animate simple characters.

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Game Ratings for Game Builder Garage Video Game.

7.7

OpenCritic Rating

Game is Recomended by 67% of Critics. There are 49 Critic Reviews.

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Guardian: 4 / 5 by Keith Stuart

From Mario Kart racers to 2D platforms, this charming game-maker gives you access to the Nintendo toolkit

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TheGamer: 3 / 5 by Dave Aubrey

In reality, Game Builder Garage feels like the perfect place to build a game prototype. You can create a basic idea, see if it works and is fun, and then maybe take that concept into a real game engine development kit - but not much more. It can truly pique the curiosities of kids, and I hope it does, but it's launched in a world where it has big competition, and the depth and charm of those tutorials which only Nintendo could pull off so well can't carry the rest of the experience.

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IGN: 8 / 10 by Seth G. Macy

Game Builder Garage is a robust, yet easy to learn, game engine that's absolutely delightful.

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