TheGMRace Results

TheGMRace is over, voting has closed. There were 186 votes and one clear winner…. who was it? Ahh well I don’t know, you will have to wait and see. The results will be announced in the next issues of MarkUp and GMTech.
I voted for The Meltdown, although perhaps it is too [...]

GameMaker-Tv.com Episode 2

Bored at Christmas? The Christmas themed Epsiode 2 of Danny’s GameMaker-TV.com has been released.
To quote Danny “it isn’t very good but it’s not the worst thing you can find”, and I agree. It is an improvement on the first episode, however I’m not sure that a TV show is the best way [...]

ShadePlay23’s Game Maker School

Shadeplay23 is the mysterious man behind Game Maker School . He won’t tell you what he does for a living and claims to be both 26 and 27 at the same time on his own forum. As for his date of birth you can take your pick from [...]

TheGMRace finalists receive prizes

TheGMRace, the Game Maker competition run by the MarkUp and GameMakerTech Magazines has dispatched prizes to the five finalists. Competition administrator Eyas Sharaiha said “the packages were sent days earlier by Robin, so the winners should expect something from Canada pretty soon.”
There is still time to vote for your favourite game - which will [...]

December Magazine Releases

Download GMTech Issue 9
Download MarkUp Issue 10 (December)

The past few days have seen both Game Maker magazines releasing their latest issues, one considerably more seasonal than the other.
MarkUp have switched to a two column layout, which I think is a big improvement over the previously favoured three-column option. But that isn’t the only presentational [...]

Share your Desktop Wallpaper with WallShare

WallShare by zedman1000 is a small (2.84 MB download) program that enables you to swap and share your desktop wallpapers with other users from around the world.
Downloading and Installing
To get started first download the software from the WallShare website, http://wallshare.uni.cc/. Once you have downloaded the file you will need to extract the contents [...]

YoYoGames Reinstated

In a change of fortune it has been announced by YoYoGames that they have been reinstated into Mashable’s Open Web Awards. Voting opens on Monday. What a mess. Not sure why this means so much to so many at the GMC…

YoYoGames Disqualified!

Despite receiving around 25% of the nominations YoYo have failed to reach the final 10 nominations for Mashable’s Open Web Awards, disqualified because the nominations “came from the exact IP address several times.” YoYo’s James Peddie doesn’t seem to be too pleased, and if I were him I wouldn’t be either.
In my [...]