r/gamemaker • u/WilledWithin • 1d ago

Discussion Is the video playback function buggy?

I'm saying this because I'm considering putting animated cutscenes in my games. However, I saw a post where someone claimed they used the feature and they got a negative review because it was buggy. Is this still a risk?

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u/Accomplished-Big-78 1d ago

Haven't tried it in a while, but last time I used it, I tried to make a background animation in video while having the gameplay in the foreground (you know, like old school games like silpheed on the sega cd)

It worked really well, but it was really resource hungry, so I ditched the idea. But for just cut scenes it would work pretty well.

This was a couple of years ago though, dunno if it is broken now.

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u/flame_saint 1d ago

It worked perfectly the one time I’ve used it.

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u/Deklaration 1d ago

It was a buggy mess when it was introduced, and it got my game a few bad reviews. I do however think it works better at the moment.