Steam is now selling non-game software, which means that, yes, non-game software can now get achievements.
http://kotaku.com/5948333/non+game-software-is-now-available-on-steam
This has the potential to be hilarious, and GameMaker: Studio is taking advantage of that. The game-making software offers 24 achievements, allowing you to earn virtual medals for racking up compiler errors and getting your game to run on Windows.
Here’s the full list:
Run Windows
Runner
Open Preferences
Run HTML5
HELP!
Compiler error
10 Runs
Empty Room
Searcher
New Object
Debugger
Android Verified
Run iOS
Run Android
Run Mac
100 Runs
10 Debugs
Mac Verified
1,000 Compile errors
1,000 Runs
100 Debugs
1,000 Debugs
10 Compile errors
100 Compile errors
Good luck racking up those errors!
