GameMaker Blog

So far this month we are yet to see any new issues of the major Game Maker magazines.
MarkUp has been notably absent as it normally releases to a pretty strict schedule at the start of the month. Whilst GameMaker Tech have been delayed following several days downtime at their forum. Still they [...]

It appears GMC member, Camman, has launched a web site entitled Game Maker Central . It is similar to the popular Will Host For Food.  Personally, I found the site much more graphically appealing than Will Host For Food, and even better is that thus far there are no ads (hope it stays that [...]

GameTap is running a week-long series devoted to the indie game scene. This is the exact reason why two Game Maker users were interviewed on the website. This was brought to our attention by GMC moderator ‘xot’ in a topic called; Th15 And Cactus Interviewed By Gametap.
Sean Chan creator of Battleships Forever:
“My message is that [...]

Stu Bedore from mygmgame.com (earlier gmb review) has launched a second similar service at gmshare.com. At a quick glance gmshare appears almost identical to mygmgame, however Stu says the sites are different “Mygmgame.com is more of a all-around file host. I wanted something dedicated to GM more.”
Gmshare appears to be more of a community [...]

In the past few months we have seen the launch of a couple of new GameMaker magazines. First there was Mattthew_H’s Game Maker Magazine which released its first issue in mid-February and its second in mid-March. At the end of March we then saw the first issue of GMFetch magazine emerge with just [...]

You may have noticed that despite all the talk of decompilers elsewhere recently GameMaker Blog has remained a decompiler free zone. Well, I can’t contain myself any longer so here are a few questions explaining what the situation is.
What is the decompiler?
At the end of January a program was released that enables anyone who [...]

The recently re-designed GMArcade is holding a game-submission contest with a top prize of a domain name and free hosting for a year. To enter you must upload an original game to the site, and use it as your sole hosting service. Second and third place prizes consist of upgraded memberships at the [...]

One of the more popular GMC staff members, Smarty has decided to get demoted to “member” status.
This was posted and pinned by KC LC at the GMC. Here is the topic. Smarty was a great administrator and he knew alot about what was going on. As KC states in the post: “all the [...]