GameMaker Blog

Today I registered the Stencyl.org domain name.
For those of you who don’t know Stencyl (official site) is an up-and-coming open-source game development and distribution platform - think of it as an open source, and probably better run version of GameMaker. Quite why the creators of open source software neglected to register the .ORG of [...]

The DRM integrated into the latest version of GameMaker has caused problems for a few legitimate users who have tried to install the software on more than one computer, but undoubtedly the people most effected by the new registration system are the “I’ll stick with GM6ers”. Those that post on the GMC looking for [...]

I haven’t been making many posts recently and with the summer coming up (not in weather terms) you may expect me to say that I will be updating gamemakerblog more frequently.  In fact the opposite is probably the case. Over the summer break I will be spending more time working on GMKing projects such as [...]

This post in the recently relaunched team request forum just made me laugh. Firstly the project was a MMORPG, secondly the topic creator was looking to recruit ‘atleast 20‘ people to fill every position, thirdly the idea was to create a Harry Potter (yuk!) themed game and fourthly the topic was posted on [...]

Promoting a freeware game will be different from promoting a commercial game - the most important thing, I think, is to be aware of who your target audience is and to make sure they see your message.
Forum signatures are a great place to advertise since it is essentially free space, and if you are an [...]

Some people, honestly.
When asked by a member of the GMC to provide a more detailed description of his game this member decides that they don’t have time to add more information. “Very detail discription: Like I have time for that?”
Like people who ‘can not be bothered’ to post a screenshot this really infuriates me. [...]

As featured in MarkUp July 2007:
What they say: Arena is the two-player game where opponents battle within the confines of a random maze. With lots of options and multiple paths to victory, Arena is never the same game twice. This is a great rivalry game where two good friends can sit down and blast [...]

Sorry for the lack of activity recently I am on Work Experience this week. I have been writing an article for MarkUp, I guess I have been prioritising that over writing here at GameMaker blog.
Anyway I’ve got some time to share with you some funny topics at the GMC. Firstly from a couple [...]