Game Maker is a useful tool for indie developers, allowing them to craft simple games made from 2D sprites. Over the weekend, it got a whole lot less useful, as the programās digital rights management system went haywire, branding many peopleās artwork with a giant skull and crossbones.
Thatās normally the punishment for when the system determines the copy being used is a pirated copy, but the problem is that on the weekend it started stamping the image on plenty of copies that werenāt pirated.
In response to disgruntled members of the community, especially those directly affected, creators YoYo Games have removed the āfeatureā from the service, and informed all affected that they can recover their artwork and assets by completely deleting Game Maker, right down to the registry entries.
Game Maker DRM Permanently Vandalizing Paying Usersā Games [Game Politics]
