2023.11 Release

May 3, 2022
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GameMaker

GameMaker has everything you need to take your idea from concept to finished game. With no barriers to entry and powerful functionality, GameMaker is the ultimate 2D development environment!

2023.11 brings lots of behind-the-scenes performance improvements to both the IDE and Runtime; various new functions have been added to expand what you can do with buffers and rooms; following on from the SDF Effects added last release, you can now apply these effects to text tracks within your Sequences; you can now create your own Game Strip projects (and there is a new template you can use to learn about Game Strips); and there is a very large number of bug fixes and also some of the popular community requests since our public request system was revealed a few months ago. [list] [*]For all the public general changes and bug fixes [url=https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Bugs/milestone/4?closed=1]click here to open the Bugs Milestone page[/url] [*]For all of the public new features [url=https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Feature-Requests/milestone/3?closed=1]click here to open the Feature Requests Milestone page[/url] [/list] [h2]Before You Update[/h2] Always ensure your SDKs and other external tools are the correct versions for this release before doing any builds - [url=https://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/227860547]Required SDKs FAQ[/url] Also, if you use antivirus/antimalware or any restricted user permissions on your machine, always check your external settings allow for this new release to work properly - [url=https://help.gamemaker.io/hc/en-us/articles/360022953052]User Permissions and Internet Access Required by GameMaker[/url] [h2]Changes To The Release Notes[/h2] [list] [*]The milestone pages linked already higher up this page show what is fixed or changed in this release (the "Closed" list on each page) [*]You can expand the "Show More" near the top of the page to read the overview/summarised information about what is in the release [*]To see what is already planned for upcoming releases or (in future!) went into old releases, you can do this on the Milestones list pages also: [url=https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Bugs/milestones?direction=asc&sort=due_date]Bugs[/url] / [url=https://github.com/YoYoGames/GameMaker-Feature-Requests/milestones?direction=asc&sort=due_date]Feature Requests[/url] [/list]