FPS Creator Reloaded - PC Preview

As some of you may know I am a pretty big fan of tools that allow gamers and aspiring developers to create their dream, tools such as RPG Maker VX Ace and FPS Creator Reloaded are designed by gamers, for gamers. I originally came across FPS Creator Reloaded while browsing the Steam Greenlight projects for additional game creation or modding tools when the title caught my eye. On a whim I clicking the link and was in for a relatively big surprise. More often than not tools that are claiming to be easy to work with tend to be a bit on the sub-par side. FPS Creator Reloaded looked not only easy, but the Steam page was full of some excellent videos and screenshots showing that the application was not only easy to use, but incredibly detailed and thorough. I was immediately hooked and reached out to The Game Creators, the small Indie studio behind the FPS Creator application.

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Lee Bamber of The Game Creators - Interview

Video games are an amazing form of entertainment, because they let us interact with the stores and environments as opposed to the passive roles we assume with other media such as music, movies or books. Many of us have heard a song and wanted to hum something new, or read a book and jotted down a bit of fan fiction or watched a movie as a kid and acted out a variation of our favorite scenes. Game creation tools have that same sort of draw, giving gamers a chance to create what would otherwise be locked away on in their imaginations. This is the premise behind FPS Creator Reloaded.

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Play The Escape - a demo built in FPS Creator Reloaded

The ability to create games using engines has long been an interest of mine, and likely plenty of other gamers too. We talked some time ago about how these kinds of tools really help to foster someone's ideas and imagination. A favorite example of ours is the popular RPG Maker VX Ace, which Robert reviewed and absolutely adored. FPS Creator Reloaded takes a lot of those same principles and attempts to give gamers the opportunity to create the kinds of shooters they and their friends want to play.

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