A limited-time subscription to Stencyl, and a coupon for a discount on RPG-Maker doesnāt sound terribly āamazingā to me, especially when Twine and Game Maker exist and are freeā¦
It has what looks like the most recent version of RPG Maker in it. The coupons are for older versions. There are some other interesting tools available in this bundle too - donāt just rely on the portion in the articleās screenshot.
Actually, having Spriter in there at the $12 tier is a pretty good deal for a fairly robust tool (esp. for hobbyists who donāt have access to tools like Flash or After Effects). That alone could be worth it. (Though, as far as I know, thereās no API for importing Spriter animations to either of the game dev tools included in the bundleā¦)
Sprite Lamp also seems like a pretty nice tool, though itāll definitely take some work to figure out how to use it properly.
My only real issue with this one is that itās a little difficult to work out what the āDLCā packs are for or what you can do with them. The way theyāre listed at first made me think they were for the two tools in the āGame Dev Starter Packā, but it looks like theyāre actually content thatās usable in any engine that can handle them. It would be nice to be able to see the license terms on them ahead of time.
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