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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.

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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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Shacknews: 7 / 10 by Ozzie Mejia

Much like most people's first efforts with Game Builder Garage, it's a good first effort. It's just not something people will be revisiting after a few weeks .

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Nintendo Life: 7 / 10 by Alex Olney

Game Builder Garage is a frighteningly powerful game creation tool dragged down by a few limiting factors. The lack of an object creation tool (and pyramids) means that most games are going to look like they were made in a game creation suite, but the sheer scope of what's possible helps to take the sting out of the tail. This will actually teach you how to make games, the tutorials that lead you through are by-and-large excellent, and the inclusion of USB mouse is a godsend. We're probably unable to even conceive of half of what Switch owners will be able to create using this software, but we're certain this is going to help propagate the next generation of game developers.

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God is a Geek: 9 / 10 by Adam Cook

Game Builder Garage is typically brilliant Nintendo, offering a way of creating levels that is only stymied by the lack of online community and curation options.

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