GMEdit vs YYDebugView

GMEdit

A high-end code editor for GameMaker: Studio, GameMaker Studio 2.x, and more! (by YellowAfterlife)

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YYDebugView

A small tool for viewing code inside .yydebug files generated by GameMaker when running from IDE. Intended for code recovery. (by YAL-GameMaker-Tools)

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GMEdit		YYDebugView
	Project
7	Mentions	1
295	Stars	5
-	Growth	-
8.0	Activity	0.0
12 days ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
JavaScript	Language	Haxe
MIT License	License	-

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GMEdit

Posts with mentions or reviews of GMEdit. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-18.

Exporting Code as a PDF
3 projects | /r/gamemaker | 18 Apr 2023

You can grab GMEdit to open the objects in a single "file" and then copy the code out that way. GMEdit is at https://yellowafterlife.itch.io/gmedit and it's free
Best engine for quick prototyping?
1 project | /r/gamedev | 5 Mar 2023

Make it quicker by editing your projects on the GMEdit IDE which is free. Even quicker with GMLive which isn't free but not expensive either. Even quicker with some of jujuadams libraries, specifically input and scribble.
Change the GUI?
1 project | /r/gamemaker | 23 Jun 2022
Changing fonts and background color in GMEdit?
1 project | /r/gamemaker | 30 Dec 2021

This is a bit of a hard question to answer if you're not well versed in GMEdit (https://yellowafterlife.itch.io/gmedit), but hopefully someone here knows how to solve this issue for me.
Does Gms2 have this feature?
1 project | /r/gamemaker | 29 Nov 2021

GMEdit by YAL has this iirc
Config file not working when attempting to learn to mod. Somebody please help the less tech savvy here
1 project | /r/RivalsOfAether | 5 Sep 2021

Install the Beta Version of GMEdit
GMEdit
1 project | /r/gml | 6 Aug 2021

YYDebugView

Posts with mentions or reviews of YYDebugView. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-09.

I clicked "Save As" And Game Maker deleted my project
2 projects | /r/gamemaker | 9 Jun 2022

Backups indeed exist, the path should be set in preferences. Also there's a tool by YAL on GitHub that could help you restore your project: https://github.com/YAL-GameMaker-Tools/YYDebugView

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GMEdit and YYDebugView you can also consider the following projects:

Stitch - Python Remote Administration Tool (RAT)

OpenGMK - A rewrite of the GameMaker Classic engine runners with additional tooling

Scribble - Efficient, internationalized, multi-effects text renderer for GameMaker

soloud - Free, easy, portable audio engine for games

GM-Online-Framework - Warp is a feature-rich framework for multiplayer games, written in GMS2.3 and NodeJS (previously GM-Online-Framework) [Moved to: https://github.com/evolutionleo/Warp]

GDevelop - :video_game: Open-source, cross-platform game engine designed to be used by everyone.

GML-OOP - Library of constructors operating primary GameMaker functionalities.

UndertaleModTool - The most complete tool for modding, decompiling and unpacking Undertale (and other Game Maker: Studio games!)

HgPatcher - A universal GameMaker patch format!

iota - Miniature delta time and time dilation library for GameMaker 2022 LTS

Bento - UI framework for GameMaker