Comments on: Mark Overmars talks about Game Maker’s past and future

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GMIndie Podcast 2 – Sandy Duncan Interview » GameMaker Blog — Sat, 01 May 2010 11:00:47 +0000

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By: some dude

some dude — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 20:29:33 +0000

Most games are crap to be fair on YoYo Games.

Quote:“12 year old girls “tend to create nicer games” than boys of the same age.”
How is that? Nicer in what way? You’d expect it to be the other way around since males are (generally) more interested in programming and/or computers which leads to better graphics being produced in(say gimp? photoshop? paint.net?) and/or music in other programs and overall more knowledge in how to “do stuff”.

I agree with marks statement, 12-year-old boys are more lickley to have played more PC games, or more FPS games probley, so they would probley think that they can make there own Call of Duty with game maker, and fail horribly, where as girls would probley think more realisticly. Game maker can make very nice 3D games, but it took me 2 years to get the knowlage to make counter-strike like games with game maker, and it uses a .dll extensoin. When mark says ‘nice games’ he probley means as in funtualty.

By: RC

RC — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:03:28 +0000

Recreate :“12 year old girls “tend to create nicer games” than boys of the same age.” How is that? Nicer in what way? You’d expect it to be the other way around since males are (generally) more interested in programming and/or computers which leads to better graphics being produced in(say gimp? photoshop? paint.net?) and/or music in other programs and overall more knowledge in how to “do stuff”.

I honestly believe Mark's statement to be true.

By: Sam Whited

Sam Whited — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:32:37 +0000

@Recreate You say males have "more knowledge in how to 'do stuff'"? I think you might want to reconsider that one.

By: Recreate

Recreate — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:21:18 +0000

“12 year old girls “tend to create nicer games” than boys of the same age.”
How is that? Nicer in what way? You’d expect it to be the other way around since males are (generally) more interested in programming and/or computers which leads to better graphics being produced in(say gimp? photoshop? paint.net?) and/or music in other programs and overall more knowledge in how to “do stuff”.

By: NextPlay: An easy Instant Play alternative » GameMaker Blog

NextPlay: An easy Instant Play alternative » GameMaker Blog — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:43:42 +0000

[...] allowing for other Instant Play alternatives to jump ahead with their user bases. With YoYo Games planning to enable instant play for websites other then their own website, it is quite possible that all of the Instant Play alternatives will [...]

By: Nick Janssen

Nick Janssen — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:04:43 +0000

It’s nice to hear that Game Maker was initially a hobby project and turned out into a living for Mark Overmars. I did not expect YoYogames to be a social gamesharing tool without the real intention of making money. Nice to hear!

By: xot

xot — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:50:25 +0000

“Most of the games are absolute crap.” – Mark Overmars

Hey, a new GMC signature just fell into my lap!

By: RC

RC — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:20:39 +0000

It’s true. Only a handful of games I know that are on YoYo Games are above crap.

By: Nessxx

Nessxx — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:15:01 +0000

“Most of the games are absolute crap.” – Mark Overmars

Best Quote Ever!