does anyone have Game Maker 8.1 in msi format?

[koryo]

Can anyone explain to me why suddenly this product should be used in a school / education environment to allow students to program games?

 

Surely if the aim is to teach them programming then they should be using one of the industry standard applications for doing so? (Python, Visual Studio..) Otherwise how will this benefit them in the real world?

 

How can we sanction the use of a software that we can not get access to (the education version) to install, test, evaluate and decide that this is appropriate for use on the network? We have to purchase a license from them to be able to do any of this.

 

Why do Gamemaker license their software per workstation installation? This limits us to where we can install the application. Wouldn't a concurrent user license be more appropriate for education?

Edited May 23, 2014 by koryo

[Griff]

I used Advanced Installer to create an MSI of Game Maker 8.1 Lite (free whatever you wanna call it) and rolled it out via GPO ...job done easy. Never actually opened it up and used it though.

[Griff]

So in response to my above post I can confirm Game Maker 8.1 is designed to not work on a network so I have re-installed version 8 which is no longer on their site (obviously) if anyone wants it the link is below;

 

http://auntiepixelante.com/gamemaker/gmaker80.exe

 

and I also created an MSI file for it which is here

 

https://www.sendspace.com/file/6mtnk2

[mikecain]

we bought the educational version of the software from them, they sent us a network version, and it was a doddle to sert up, dropp the folder structure onto a shared network drive, pointed the shortcuts to it and it works a treat.