The line between building good games and good browsers has been eroding for years - with gaming interactivity across internet connections ramping up and browsers growing more multi-function and sophisticated, he said. Kolondra said that good browser performance is essential to even 2D gaming, and sustaining that performance across mobile devices and laptops as well as variable bandwidth and connectivity requires thinking outside of traditional application silos. Kolondra said the company does not plan to make exclusive games that run only with the Opera GX browser, as the goal is to create a community around Opera GX users but also make GameMaker Pro 2 available to those who want to make cross-platform games. Those games have sold millions of copies. Some of the big hits made with GameMaker include Risk of Rain, Undertale, and Hyper Light Drifter. It features customization options, sound effects, background music, a gaming-inspired design, as well as CPU, memory, and network bandwidth limiters that make the browser less resource-hungry. Opera launched the Opera GX gaming browser in 2019. YoYo Games has worked on the GameMaker engine for years, and it has been downloaded more than 10 million times since 2012. YoYo Games general manager Stuart Poole will remain with the business alongside technical lead Russell Kay. The games can run across a wide range of web-supported platforms including PCs, mobile iOS/Android devices, and consoles.

“It lowers the barrier to entry for anyone to start making their games,” Kolondra said.

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