February 2010

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    in GameMaker Media

    GMLive 9 and GMIndie Radio 21

    Two Game Maker radio programmes were broadcast today.   The first was GMLive at 11am EST (4pm GMT)  which was followed five hours later by GMIndie Radio.  Although the two radio shows started off very different from each other when they first launched I believe that particularly since the start of the year they have been converging in […] More

  • 17 Comments

    in Blog News, Competition

    GMB Design Contest Winner

    Three weeks ago we launched our competition to design a favicon and new Twitter avatar to represent the site. There were approximately 10 entries submitted.  Some were based on our existing grey theme and avatar whereas others used totally new concepts. Although the winning designs are similar to what we previously had they are definitely […] More

  • 4 Comments

    in GMC

    GMC Reviewer’s Choice Forums Now Open

    The official Game Maker Community has now launched a new forum called the “Review’s Choice” forum.  The forum is for “reviews of GM games the reviewers liked and think deserve special recognition”.  Any good quality game maker game is eligible for a review.  According to the posting guidelines only selected members in the GMC review […] More

  • 6 Comments

    in Uncategorized

    GMIndie Magazine to Close

    Brian Fetcher’s GMIndie magazine is to cease publishing issues after the next release, number 7, comes out. It will be replaced by Game Developers Digest “aimed at c++, game maker, etc. Anything that makes games that is for the PC.” In a post on the organisation’s forums Brian wrote: The magazine content layout will be as […] More

  • 6 Comments

    in Uncategorized

    Game Review – TimeStill (Zack Banack)

    It is. It was. It will be. Time is always moving, always flowing. But what if we had the power to stop it? TimeStill, a puzzle platform game by Zack Banack, can. Well, at least it can within the game. The game starts off at a slightly odd menu. The words quickly move back and […] More

  • 1 Comment

    in GMC

    GMC Reviews Forum to Launch

    A new game maker game reviews forum will soon be opening at the official Game Maker Community.  Created in response to a recent request for more high quality reviews the currently empty section will showcase “selected reviews of GM games that the reviewer thinks are noteworthy and deserve attention.” Writing on the GMC administrator KC LC […] More

  • 2 Comments

    in Uncategorized

    Independent Developer Magazine Launches

    Rarely are Game Maker magazines given names of the quality that Evan McClane chose to christen his twice a year publication with. The launch issue of what appears to be the Game Maker magazine with the least regular release schedule contains brief game reviews and short articles on Game Maker news topics.  Also present are […] More

  • 6 Comments

    in YoYo Games

    YoYo Games use 12TB of Bandwidth a Month

    After getting frustrated at a recent conversation (read from bottom to top) on Twitter with Brian Fetcher on the cost of running YoYo Games CEO Sandy Duncan has released details of YoYoGames.com’s bandwidth usage for the past 6 months. This is the first time that Sandy has commented on YoYo Games’ finances at the YoYoGames.com […] More

  • 8 Comments

    in Uncategorized

    GMIndie Magazine Issue 6

    GMIndie have released the sixth issue (1.72MB pdf) of their Game Maker magazine and have announced that they are switching from a weekly to a fortnightly release schedule “if we don’t decide to discontinue the magazine”. The introduction section of the magazine also reveals that the publication is apparently editorless yet this is the best issue so […] More

  • 13 Comments

    in Community Links, Interviews

    Cactus Interview, Guardian Games Blog, Ubisoft Piracy

    The Escapist Magazine recently published an interview with Game Maker user cactus. Jonatan talks about Mondo Agency, IGF finalist Tuning and the psychedelic theme of his games. Keith Stuart made a post today in today’s Guardian Games Blog title “How to become an indie developer in eight steps. Developer Rob Fearon recommends Game Maker: “Personally, […] More

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    in Competition, Games

    Game Jolt Rogue Contest results are in

    The results are in for the fourth Game Jolt contest, themed Rogue. Two of the three placing entries were created in Game Maker (the third in Construct). See previous blog entry listing all the Game Maker-made entrants. Third place: Flood the Chamber by scoz Created in: Game Maker Current Total Plays/Downloads: 13,152 Current Public Rating: […] More

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