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gugnihr Mar 1, 2020 @ 5:20am

Is GB studio safe?

I have just heard about this program and I wanted to try it but when I open it Windows shows a warning that it can be dangerous (author is unknown).
I know there are false positives and that I am quite obsessive, more than I should, I am almost sure that this program is safe but I'm just not confident enough to run it right now :(

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Zekiran Mar 1, 2020 @ 2:50pm

Did you buy it from steam?

It is not a virus and will never be. Steam does not distribute virus ridden stuff.

What specific error or popup are you seeing? Because they are always false positives if you bought it on steam and dl'd it from there too.

cinedine Mar 1, 2020 @ 2:56pm

Are you talking about https://www.gbstudio.dev ?
Yes, it's safe.

Prof.Jackie Mar 1, 2020 @ 3:00pm

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Steam does not distribute virus ridden stuff.

You mean except the time they sold a game that contained a hidden cryptominer aka malware

https://youtu.be/xClkx9UzsmE?t=140

Zekiran Mar 1, 2020 @ 3:07pm

FFS.

How many products exist on steam?

How many have had ONE problem?

ONE.

which was dealt with IMMEDIATELY.

Stop spreading lies and panic with that garbage. It's old ass news.

Prof.Jackie Mar 1, 2020 @ 3:13pm

Originally posted by Zekiran:
FFS.

How many products exist on steam?

How many have had ONE problem?

ONE.

which was dealt with IMMEDIATELY.

Stop spreading lies and panic with that garbage. It's old ass news.

FFS don't use terms like "never" and get offended when people prove you wrong!
And I'm not spreading lies, it's a proven fact so stop your insults and defamation.

Zekiran Mar 1, 2020 @ 3:48pm

.... Defamation like 'LOOK AT THIS ONE EXAMPLE OMG!!!' you mean?

The OP's request has been answered *correctly* long before you came by with this.

wuddih Mar 1, 2020 @ 4:28pm

Originally posted by Zekiran:
The OP's request has been answered *correctly* long before you came by with this.

long before = 4 minutes after cinedines post.

Originally posted by Zekiran:
Stop spreading lies and panic with that garbage.

had a chuckle.

Zekiran Mar 1, 2020 @ 6:05pm

Originally posted by wuddih:
Originally posted by Zekiran:
The OP's request has been answered *correctly* long before you came by with this.
long before = 4 minutes after cinedines post.

Originally posted by Zekiran:
Stop spreading lies and panic with that garbage.
had a chuckle.

Dood I habit the vac section of the forum.

4 minutes could be like... 900 closed threads!

gugnihr Mar 2, 2020 @ 2:53am

Originally posted by Zekiran:
Did you buy it from steam?

It is not a virus and will never be. Steam does not distribute virus ridden stuff.

What specific error or popup are you seeing? Because they are always false positives if you bought it on steam and dl'd it from there too.

No it is a freeweare (not from Steam, it has its own web site) and I don't think Steam could sell it since it is used to make games for the Gameboy

gugnihr Mar 2, 2020 @ 2:54am

Originally posted by cinedine:
Are you talking about https://www.gbstudio.dev ?
Yes, it's safe.

Yes, thanks

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AirborneMuffins Mar 4, 2020 @ 5:16am

Originally posted by gugnihr:
Originally posted by Zekiran:
Did you buy it from steam?

It is not a virus and will never be. Steam does not distribute virus ridden stuff.

What specific error or popup are you seeing? Because they are always false positives if you bought it on steam and dl'd it from there too.

No it is a freeweare (not from Steam, it has its own web site) and I don't think Steam could sell it since it is used to make games for the Gameboy

That wouldn't matter unless it came packaged with licensed code like BIOs or something. (It doesn't). If GBdev wanted to monetize it they could 100% legally.

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gugnihr Mar 4, 2020 @ 5:33am

Originally posted by AirborneMuffins:
Originally posted by gugnihr:

No it is a freeweare (not from Steam, it has its own web site) and I don't think Steam could sell it since it is used to make games for the Gameboy
That wouldn't matter unless it came packaged with licensed code like BIOs or something. (It doesn't). If GBdev wanted to monetize it they could 100% legally.

Ok but I don't think on Steam.
1) it is used to make games for a console. It would feel weird to have it on a store for PC games, it would be like encouraging people to play on consoles instead of PC for a company that sell PC games.
2) that console died long ago I mean of course many (myself included) still love it but nobody outside indie developers interested in its own retrogames would support it, do you really think Valve would? Lol. It would just feel way too weird.
They could probably sell it on their own website, but not here.

Last edited by gugnihr; Mar 4, 2020 @ 5:34am

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AirborneMuffins Mar 4, 2020 @ 7:47am

Originally posted by gugnihr:
Originally posted by AirborneMuffins:
That wouldn't matter unless it came packaged with licensed code like BIOs or something. (It doesn't). If GBdev wanted to monetize it they could 100% legally.

Ok but I don't think on Steam.
1) it is used to make games for a console. It would feel weird to have it on a store for PC games, it would be like encouraging people to play on consoles instead of PC for a company that sell PC games.
2) that console died long ago I mean of course many (myself included) still love it but nobody outside indie developers interested in its own retrogames would support it, do you really think Valve would? Lol. It would just feel way too weird.
They could probably sell it on their own website, but not here.

Steam already sells software for development of console games. I myself have GMS2, and there are plenty of others

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