May 2007
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Please help me steal gamemaker
A post on the GMC: I dont know why i am doing this,and im probably gonna get done in real bad because of it but…can i have some1’s Activation/Registration key/code ?????(PM me) You don’t say,…. (Topic has been deleted from the GMC) More
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Slow server is a feature of Freewebs
From the recommendations topic in the Distributing Games forum at the GMC: FreeWebs Name: FreeWebs URL: http://members.freewebs.com/ Hosted URL: Subdomain Space: Initial 40MB, can request up to 100MB on free account. Bandwidth: up to 500MB of user bandwidth per month File size limit: unknown, but I think it’s none Upload options: Browser Adverts: One FreeWebs […] More
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Game File Hosts Compared (part 2)
There wasn’t all that much of a comparison in my last post about game file hosts as I reviewed the first file host mygmgame. At least now I have something to compare further sites I test with. Next in the firing line is Host-A which appears to be one of the most popular file hosts […] More
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Game File Hosts Compared (part 1)
There are loads of sites out there who want to let you have the privilege of storing your game on their servers for download. Indeed there are so many of these sites which I see advertised daily in people’s signatures at the GMC and in the download links provided that I am amazed by the […] More
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Annoying newbie trait (8)
Annoying trait 8: Insulting someone else’s game purely because the owner criticised theirs: GMC post (courtesy of Grego). More
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GMA new design
Following on from your comments today the Game Maker Affiliation Service has a new design. Nothing amazing but I hope you will agree it is an improvement on the total lack of design which was there previously. More
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YouTube trailer – Mario-Untitled-Game
By far the most imaginatively titled game with the most original and unique concept to be featured on GameMakerBlog. Put simply – what to avoid. The trailer is terrible, there is no explanation of what is going on at the beginning when it appears a game is being loaded from an over-sized loading screen. The […] More
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Quick Review
In this post I take a very quick flashback to earlier issues mentioned in gamemaker blog and take a look to see how they are developing. My article on the Forted game is going to be featured in a future issue of MarkUp – the gamemaker magazine I like the most. Micco the creator of […] More
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GMA Update
Just a quick update on progress with the Game Maker Affiliation Service provided by gamemakerblog.com There are currently 6 banners in rotation, however only 4 users have placed their code on their site. Thanks to Jason from GameMakerResource who reported a problem with sites opening in the GMA iframe instead of in a new window, […] More
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GMC funny moment
Funny moment of the ((‘week’) OR (<insert time period here if I am too lazy to find one every week>!)) Courtesy of Grego from the GMC, GMC member: That isn’t exactly helpful, What did it try to download? Grego: I decided not to find out surprisingly. I just find the idea of unexpected things trying […] More
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Incompatible
The ignorance of some members at the GMC never ceases to amaze me. In the past two days I have come across as many posts promoting websites which look terrible in Firefox based browsers. This alone is forgivable, just. But since the creators of these sites are fully aware that their site does not display […] More
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