{
  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "software",
  "description_en": "Game Creator implements a cross-platform .NET engine for games created with classic Game Maker versions through 8.1. It derives compatibility from observed API and gameplay behavior and includes game logic, function and action libraries, with interpreter, editor and file compatibility work distributed across branches.",
  "description_zh": "Game Creator 用 .NET 实现面向经典 Game Maker 8.1 及更早版本游戏的跨平台引擎。兼容性依据运行时观察到的 API 和游戏行为；主分支含游戏逻辑、函数库及动作库，解释器、编辑器和文件兼容功能分布在其他分支。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/game-creator-game-maker-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/game-creator-game-maker-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/joshwyant/game-creator/blob/859ed7d59dfe7d56b9cd9f1325766ed2f91a759e/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "game-creator-game-maker-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/game-creator-game-maker-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/game-creator-game-maker-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/game-creator-game-maker-case/index.md",
  "name": "Game Creator: reconstructing the classic Game Maker engine",
  "name_zh": "Game Creator：重建经典 Game Maker 引擎",
  "reconstruction_method": "engine-reimplementation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "scope",
    "limits",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "Targets classic Game Maker versions through 8.1.",
    "The older codebase is incomplete and undergoing refactoring across branches.",
    "GPL-3.0."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "目标为经典 Game Maker 8.1 及更早版本。",
    "旧代码库尚未完成，相关组件正在不同分支中重构。",
    "采用 GPL-3.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/joshwyant/game-creator",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}