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Wasn't Fireworks paid? How would a random teen create a game in it?

by sebazzz 5y ago

crocodiletears 5y ago
The secret ingredient is crime.
- pjmlp 5y ago
  More specifically, street bazaars or a friend from a friend on the school playground.
chrisco255 5y ago
Progz, crackz, and warez.
OJFord 5y ago
Not GP but we were taught to use it in ICT lessons. Could've used it in any lesson/break/after school where computers were available if I'd been so inclined.
mschuster91 5y ago
> How would a random teen create a game in it? Create an Adobe (or, back then, Macromedia - memory is a bit hazy there) account, download the trial of whatever you wanted, download a keygen off of eDonkey or Pirate Bay, run the keygen in some VM so it would not dump some virus on your actual machine, blacklist a boatload of Adobe/Macromedia domains, done.
- antifa 5y ago
  Mute your computer because the otherwise non-malicious keygen is going to blast some chiptune at max volume for no reason.
  - egypturnash 5y ago
    Nah, it's got a reason. Celebrate the names of the people who brought you this toy, have a little tiny rave with them for a moment. Say "hey thanks, The Ma$ked Fucker, I'm gonna have some fun with this tool."
  - mschuster91 5y ago
    I don't see what's wrong with that. Most keygen groups back in the day put some serious effort in their music and artwork.
- data-ottawa 5y ago
  I seem to recall just installing the trials and then setting my computer’s clock back every couple weeks. Many school computers also had Macromedia installed, which is how I got into animation and my first forays into web development.
- jterrys 5y ago
  >run the keygen in some VM lol. You just downloaded a cracked version from whatever torrent site showed up on google or yahoo search and it 'just worked'. No account creation. No VMs. No Blacklisting. :)
kevingadd 5y ago
I used some of my savings from my part time job to buy the student version of flash, then earned the money back getting paid to make websites for people.

Wasn't Fireworks paid? How would a random teen create a game in it?

crocodiletears 5y ago

The secret ingredient is crime.

pjmlp 5y ago
More specifically, street bazaars or a friend from a friend on the school playground.

chrisco255 5y ago

Progz, crackz, and warez.

OJFord 5y ago

Not GP but we were taught to use it in ICT lessons. Could've used it in any lesson/break/after school where computers were available if I'd been so inclined.

mschuster91 5y ago

> How would a random teen create a game in it? Create an Adobe (or, back then, Macromedia - memory is a bit hazy there) account, download the trial of whatever you wanted, download a keygen off of eDonkey or Pirate Bay, run the keygen in some VM so it would not dump some virus on your actual machine, blacklist a boatload of Adobe/Macromedia domains, done.

antifa 5y ago
Mute your computer because the otherwise non-malicious keygen is going to blast some chiptune at max volume for no reason.
- egypturnash 5y ago
  Nah, it's got a reason. Celebrate the names of the people who brought you this toy, have a little tiny rave with them for a moment. Say "hey thanks, The Ma$ked Fucker, I'm gonna have some fun with this tool."
- mschuster91 5y ago
  I don't see what's wrong with that. Most keygen groups back in the day put some serious effort in their music and artwork.
data-ottawa 5y ago
I seem to recall just installing the trials and then setting my computer’s clock back every couple weeks. Many school computers also had Macromedia installed, which is how I got into animation and my first forays into web development.
jterrys 5y ago
>run the keygen in some VM lol. You just downloaded a cracked version from whatever torrent site showed up on google or yahoo search and it 'just worked'. No account creation. No VMs. No Blacklisting. :)

kevingadd 5y ago

I used some of my savings from my part time job to buy the student version of flash, then earned the money back getting paid to make websites for people.