April 2010

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    in Distribution

    Two Interesting Approaches to Game Monetization

    An approach often used to monetize flash games is ‘game sponsorship’. This is where individual companies or flash game distribution websites fund (or buy) a game from its creator and then insert their own branding within the game. You have probably played many games where the logo of a free games website appears within the […] More

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    in Other Game Development Tools

    Stencyl Games Emerge

    The Stencyl game creation tool which has been in development for a couple of years has finally released 3 games which are fully playable within a browser that have been created using its engine.  The project, which no longer plans to be open-source, had been labelled vapourware by many as little had emerged publicly from the […] More

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    in Community Links

    Mid-week Community Links

    IVGMU have posted an interview with Alexitrón. This is only their third interview with users of Game Maker in three months. More general confusion at GMIndie.  After apparently spending $150 to purchase a blogspot blog and having recently launched a scheme whereby they would pay their contributors, leader Brian Fetcher today posted on his forums […] More

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    GMIndie Magazine – Issue 8

    The seventh issue of this magazine was supposed to be the last before the release of a new publication, Game Developers Digest, which planned to focus on computer gaming in general and not just Game Maker. However an eighth issue (2.8MB pdf) has now been published which, at 18 pages, is double the length of […] More

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    in Websites

    I Pity the Fools

    A quick round up of various April Fools’ themed stupidity that can currently be found on Game Maker websites. The GMC admins appear to have been busy authoring fake posts using various user accounts in a new “GMC Off-Topic” section of the forum. “The GMC has a new forum called GMC Off-Topic. Membership is by invitation […] More

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