GameMaker Blog

AKA Annoying newbie trait (6)
Helpful, descriptive topic titles, with typical newbie ambition:
http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=297258

Garion’s first blog post in 2007 consisted of ten things he disliked about Game Maker Version 7.0 and the Game Maker Community.
Many of the points I consider to be valid such as the intensive memory usage which gamemaker requires and the large minimum file size for the simplest of games which Garion demonstrates by creating [...]

Random, pointless and nonesensical topics with no logical explanation.
“1 practice make a high quality game like cocktail contact eny number,…..”
How useful, this contribution to the GMC is invaluable, as are English lessons.
GMC Example

When I was using Game Maker in the 4.3 era few people had domain names for their Game Maker ‘team’ or resources sites. Now at the GMC it seems that almost every other gamemaker site has invested in a top level domain. There is still the high number of freewebs sites, and of [...]

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Following on from my post last month about the Lander Remix game which had a YouTube trailer I have since come across quite a number of games at the GMC who have created video trailers.
So in true [...]

Announcing the BETA of Game Maker Blog’s Game Maker Affiliation service.
Designed to make exchanging affiliate banners with other gamemaker sites quick and easy and to reduce the time taken to maintain links, graphics and search for new affiliates.
This free service is currently in BETA, so register and help us make the service better whilst helping [...]

I came across an article by Aussie Bill Kerr who was looking at the popularity of gamemaker compared to other ’similar’ products out there, in particular the software available at squeakland.org
It makes quite interesting reading as it compares various aspects of the programs and their communities, and suggests reasons why gamemaker comes out on [...]

Can I steal images?
No.
Okay, Can I steal sounds?
No.
What a surprise and how unexpected. What did these newbies expect - “yes, sure you can rip and use graphics from any game, no problem - just put ’sprites ripped from <game name>’ in the credits and you will be fine”.
Just as I hate people [...]