November 2009

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    in Community Links

    End of week Community Links

    Yesterday GMVision released a video review of the 3D FPS Infinite War.  An archive of last weekends GMLive radio show has also been uploaded. Sam Whited has created a Twitter list of influential Game Maker users. Wow there has been a lot of reaction to the new Game Maker logo.  Hopefully we can now move […] More

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    in Game Maker 8

    Interview with Game Maker 8 Logo Creator

    Yesterday YoYo Games revealed the new logo that will be used to represent Game Maker 8. As expected some members of the community have been very vocal in their opposition to it with one petition attracting 500 signatures in 18 hours asking for the logo to be replaced. I expect that between them the signatories […] More

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    in Community Links

    Mid-week Community Links

    GreyPea has launched a game development diary documenting the progress of a “2D side scrolling something-em-up”. The daily posts are short so it doesn’t require too much commitment to follow. Kablooey! is currently in second place in the final public poll in the 2BeeGames contest.  Public voting takes place up to the end of the […] More

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    in Distribution

    NextPlay: An easy Instant Play alternative

    NextPlay, a feature rich Instant Play alternative, is a project that hasn’t got the attention it deserves. NextPlay was launched on February 22nd 2009 by Covac Software which is lead by uuf6429 at the GMC. NextPlay has the most features when comparing it to some other Instant Play alternatives as you can see on this […] More

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    in Books

    The Game Maker’s Companion: Coming April 2010

    The Game Maker’s Companion is the title of Jacob Habgood’s follow-up book to the successful The Game Maker’s Apprentice. Earlier in the year Jacob asked for suggestions as to what a second, more advanced, book should include.  Companion is due to be released in April 2010 and publishers APress have recently released some information about […] More

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    in Reviews, Websites

    GMVision’s Second Minisode Published

    GMVision’s 2nd Minisode has been released. This episode looks at various file hosts that may or may not be aimed specifically at Game Maker. With the abrupt shutdown of the popular “Will Host For Food”, this episode may be a great resource for people looking for a replacement host. The hosts featured in this Minisode […] More

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    in Community Links

    Distinctly not mid-week Community Links

    The second round of voting at 2BeeGames ends at midnight tonight (EST).  Currently 3 of the 4 Game Maker games in the final would drop out with only Kablooey making it through to the next round. 2BeeGames recently published an interview with the game creator, Mr Chubigans, on their blog. Earlier this week second and […] More

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    in Distribution

    WillHostForFood starved

    One of the most popular file hosting services used by Game Maker Community members has today gone offline.  WillHostForFood had been online for 2 and a half years and hosted over 200GB of content belonging to over 5,000 members. To get an idea of the popularity of the site Google returns “about 79,000” results to […] More

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    in GameMaker Media

    GMLive – Fourth Show Topics

    The fourth GMLive online Game Maker radio show will take place this Saturday at 11am US Eastern Time (4pm UK). Hosts Robin Monks, Joshua Pedroza, Jonathan Martin and Tamper will review the four Game Maker finalists in the 2BeeGames competition and discuss topical Game Maker news such as Game Maker’s 10 year anniversary and the […] More

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