May 2009
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Game Maker in Schools
A look at the increasing use of Game Maker in education around the world including an insight from Simon Donkers on a course he recently ran at the IMC Weekendschool in The Netherlands. This article was first published in Game Maker Tech issue 16 released on 29th May 2009. Over the past few years […] More
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Game Maker Tech Issue 16 Released
The 16th issue of popular Game Maker magazine GMTech has today been released. As well as the usual code features and game reviews there is a rather interesting bunch of features. An exciting exclusive interview with two members of thatgamecompany is the front-page article. Download now | Direct pdf link (5.2MB) More
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Thoughts on GMVision’s first episode
GMVision released the first episode of their Game Maker TV show earlier today. The first thing mentioned was Dan Eggers’ GMTV. It gets mentioned far too much – please provide original content not just competitor-bashing under the thinly-disguised veil of ‘news’. The news section with Tor: How much had she been drinking prior to the […] More
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GMVision Episode 1 Released
Episode 1 of Joshua Pedroza’s GMVision has been released on time (scroll down to watch). The show has been in the works for a long time after originally being started started following disagreement between Josh and the creators of established Game Maker video service GMTV (who recently split from GMKing). Problems with the proposed original […] More
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Simulated Switch
After releasing two issues in its first two weeks of existence and nothing since SimulatorGM has changed from a magazine to a website. BoxFish, as the website is named, features reviews of simulation and sports games created with Game Maker. More
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Sound Effects creators for Game Maker 8 wanted
Mark Overmars has revealed that YoYo Games received over 25 applications from people wanting to make free-to-use sprites for distribution with Game Maker 8. The spriters’ identities however have not been revealed as contracts have not yet been made with the successful applicants. YoYo’s search now turns to sound effects that will be distributed in the next […] More
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Don’t make games in four hours if you stink!
Jonatan Söderström, perhaps better known as Cactus, creator of games including Ad Nauseam 2 and Clean Asia recently gave a lecture (using Game Maker) on “Four-Hour Games Design” at the Independent Games Summit. TIGSource has an rather nice article about the presentation and as I wasn’t there I will guide you that way if you […] More
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Free upgrade to Game Maker 8 for GM5, 6 & 7 users?
The GMC’s grasp of economics is, like their common sense and logical thinking, so often lacking. The question of whether registered users of Game Maker will get a free upgrade to Game Maker 8 once again reared its head at the GMC and unlike previous postings the topic has remained open. Mark Overmars previously enabled […] More
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Please tell me GMKing hasn’t done this
The once mighty appears to have fallen [gmc topic has been deleted, screenshot below]. Has GMKing the team behind the YoYo Games wiki, GMCast and MarkUp really been reduced to collbarating with gap-to? Apparently not. Robin wasn’t aware of this post until I asked him. “Good Lord have mercy. I feel the need to shoot someone. […] More
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Revenue sharing for Game Maker games
Indie gaming website GameJolt (website | GMB review) has launched a beta version of their ad revenue sharing scheme. The website, which also hosts games written in languages other than Game Maker, will pay developers a percentage of the advertising income derived from any pages relating to a particular developer. For developers that sign up in the […] More
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GameMaker 8: Image and Sprite editor version 0.9
Mark Overmars has released version 0.9 of the image and sprite editor that will be included in Game Maker 8. The updated version of the editor implements some of the suggestions and fixes bugs that were submitted following the release of an earlier version about a month back. Unofficial Mirror (has been removed from official […] More
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GMVision out May 25th
GMVision, a planned Game Maker TV show to rival GMTV, have released a trailer and have confirmed that they plan to release their first episode on Monday 25th May. GMTV meanwhile have released a short video about ev149‘s use of a Game Maker decompiler. More