February 2009
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GMKing’s 7th Podcast released
GMKing have published a new podcast – their third of the year. Recorded in time for a week after their previous episode (but not released until now!) Once again the show is hosted by Robin Monks and GameMaker TV host Dan Eggers who are joined by GMKing’s Eyas Sharaiha. Issues discussed include whether or not Construct is a viable alternative […] More
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Prodigy Game Magazine becomes a semi-decent publication
…with their newest issue. Featuring a new layout and some decent writing. But wait, hold your horses – do you think that our good friend Nate is responsible for this? The explanation to this seemingly miraculous event is simple: he had outside help from somebody insane enough to help him. So, here’s some bits from […] More
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64digits hacked – don’t visit the site
Everyone’s favourite Game Maker community site, 64 digits, has been hacked. If you have followed GameMaker Blog for any length of time you probably know that I despise the site and their constant hackings, admin fallings out, infighting and general order of chaos. This is just a warning that you should not visit the site unless […] More
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Gone and (not?) forgotten: GMWeekly
At the end of last year GMWeekly became the latest in a long series of Game Maker publications to join Game Maker magazine graveyard. Much to the surprise of many the magazine was released on-time every Friday for its first 11 weeks. Things however started to slip with two missed release dates and then a […] More
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Add your location to a world map of GMC members
James Rhodes of GM-Resources.com has created a map on which GMC forum members can indicate their geographic location. You may like to add yourself or see what other users are from your neck of the woods, although the service has only just started so very few members are currently plotted. Game Maker does have a […] More
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In brief: Time Contest and vulnerabilities
After a successful first competition, albeit with few entries, gmarcade have launched their second game making contest with the theme of ‘time’. The vulnerabilities discovered by James Rhodes in YoYo Games’ Instant Play remain unfixed more than three months after they were bought to the attention of the website. More
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Save the Planet Competition Winners
Earlier today Mark Overmars announced the winners of YoYo Games’ fourth competition. The winning games can be found below. For more information including details of the chosen games and the runners-up see Mark’s post. 1st Place, [$1000] : Greentech by Mr Chubigans 2nd Place, [$500] : EcoRush by andywiltshirenz 3rd Place, [$250] : Incoming: Battle […] More
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YoYo Games will finally allow users to delete their own games again
In December of last year YoYo Games removed the option that enabled their members to delete games they had uploaded. Mark Overmars responded to the critiscim of the decision by saying that users should not have to delete their games, however the decision has been reversed today with CEO Sandy Duncan commenting “no idea […] More
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Gmking Audcast #6
GMking’s 6th podcast made its way online today with hosts Danny Eggers and Robin Monks. The production once again featured interesting things from around the Game Maker world. It featured things such as: Russell’s Quarterly 5 GMNews looking at their market GMhut Suggest Questions for GMTV to give to Sandy This edition of the Audcast […] More
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in Competition, GMC
New Moderator at the GMC
KC_LC introduced a new moderator today over at the Game Maker Community who goes by the name Frostblade. According to his profile, the new moderator appears to be 16 years of age meaning he could be the youngest staff member on the GMC. Frostblade will be moderating the Game Ideas forum which was a good […] More