<s>
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2D	O
game	O
authoring	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
multi-platform	O
development	O
to	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
Windows	B-Application
95-Windows	O
10	O
)	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Mobile-based	O
Smartphones	B-Application
,	O
GP2X	B-Device
,	O
Pocket	O
PCs	O
,	O
and	O
Handheld	B-Operating_System
PCs	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatibility	O
with	O
these	O
platforms	O
is	O
mentioned	O
on	O
Game	O
Discovery	O
,	O
a	O
popular	O
site	O
for	O
game	O
developers	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
software	O
like	O
The	O
3D	O
Gamemaker	B-Operating_System
,	O
DarkBASIC	O
,	O
and	O
GameMaker	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Makslane	O
Rodrigues	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
developing	O
it	O
since	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
2	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
work	O
on	O
was	O
announced	O
,	O
reimplementing	O
it	O
atop	O
of	O
GTK	B-Application
and	O
ORX	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
itself	O
is	O
relatively	O
basic	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
same	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
action	O
and	O
event	O
has	O
its	O
own	O
window	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
several	O
settings	O
windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Target	O
platforms	O
include	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
Windows	B-Application
Mobile	O
based	O
Smartphones	B-Application
,	O
GP2X	B-Device
and	O
Handhelds	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editor	O
itself	O
runs	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
scripting	O
language	O
that	O
bears	O
similarities	O
to	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objects	O
in	O
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
are	O
known	O
as	O
actors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
recognizes	O
alpha	B-Algorithm
channels	I-Algorithm
,	O
to	O
enable	O
animation	O
transparencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
it	O
allows	O
the	O
rotation	O
and	O
scaling	B-Algorithm
of	O
other	O
images	O
on	O
other	O
actors	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
just	O
a	O
file	O
on	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
engine	O
is	O
event	B-Application
driven	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
something	O
to	O
happen	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
handles	O
events	O
create	O
by	O
the	O
developer	O
using	O
the	O
interaction	O
of	O
actors	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
game	O
elements	O
,	O
the	O
mouse	O
and	O
the	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
provides	O
two	O
ways	O
for	O
dividing	O
the	O
levels	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
also	O
allows	O
the	O
developer	O
to	O
create	O
Paths	O
,	O
and	O
activation	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paths	O
are	O
marked	O
as	O
nodes	O
in	O
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
interface	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
specify	O
a	O
route	O
the	O
actor	O
will	O
move	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
projects	O
can	O
be	O
saved	O
into	O
.ged	O
files	O
before	O
exporting/building	O
into	O
an	O
executable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
are	O
backwards	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
also	O
adds	O
a	O
folder	O
named	O
"	O
data	O
"	O
into	O
the	O
directory	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
saved	O
the	O
.ged	O
to	O
store	O
the	O
related	O
graphics	O
,	O
animations	O
,	O
sounds	O
,	O
and	O
music	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
using	O
game	B-Application
editor	I-Application
,	O
a	O
documentation	O
is	O
accessible	O
reached	O
from	O
the	O
main	O
menu	O
's	O
Help	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	B-Application
editor	I-Application
website	O
supports	O
a	O
forum	O
that	O
answers	O
more	O
complex	O
questions	O
involving	O
game	O
design	O
and	O
demos	O
to	O
experiment	O
from	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
October	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
subsequently	O
dual-licensed	O
as	O
of	O
October	O
2009	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
v3	O
and	O
a	O
commercial	O
license	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
proprietary	B-Application
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
hoped	O
this	O
can	O
help	O
increase	O
the	O
rate	O
of	O
Game	B-Application
Editor	I-Application
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
