Lighting-System-2D VS steamworks.gml

I took a look and didn't see the documentation, thus I suggest you check out Bulb as it has a lot more activity and documentation. If you really want to use Jobo's look at the repository at https://github.com/borup3/Lighting-System-2D, download the zip and open it up in GM

https://github.com/borup3/Lighting-System-2D video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFRV3lhVOhg)

I bought this too but ended up going with https://github.com/borup3/Lighting-System-2D

Thank you! I'd suggest giving the lighting system mentioned in the video a try, it's pretty well documented and easy to set up. (It also exists in the yoyo-marketplace)

Basically what the title says. I know that there is YALs dll, but it doesn't work anymore with the newer versions of gamemaker. [1] [2]

To add to that: When Yoyo releases the Steamworks extension and it is still missing some features (like networking, lobbies, matchmaking) then I recommend YellowAfterLife's Steamworks Extension and the accompanying example project.

Choose your platform. I chose to use YellowAfterlife's Steamworks.gml wrapper. It locks me into the Steam platform and porting the game to another console or platform would require a ton of work. On the plus side, Steam handles a lot of the networking (inviting friends, creating lobbies, etc) for me, and it requires minimal effort from the player. You can, of course, choose a more universal approach that uses sockets and IP addresses, but that often requires the player making modifications to their router's firewall, trusting apps from unknown developers, exchanging IP addresses, etc. Steam uses UDP hole punching, so as long as you're playing with other Steam players, there's way less friction.

Thank you! The online works with YAL's marvelous steamworks extension :) (and with a lot of sweat and pain, but that's another story) https://github.com/YAL-GameMaker/steamworks.gml