June 2010
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RekameMag releases second issue
The second issue of Andrew McCluskey’s RekameMag has been released. Contributions from other Game Maker users (and Rebecca Clare Smith) are alongside those written by Andrew. Thankfully after a pain-inducing front cover in the launch issue the abstract design included in this issue has been toned down. Dan Fornace discusses approaches to multiplayer gaming, Andrew looks at the […] More
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Future YoYo Games face-to-face meetings
A glog entry earlier today by YoYo Games has highlighted a desire of the staff to hold a number of face-to-face meetings with regular Game Maker users to discuss improvements, desires etc. A poll included asks people to mention where they live (the basing of YYG in Scotland means most of the options are for […] More
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€10,000 Creative Game Challenge Winners
The winners of the €10,000 Creative Game Challenge have been announced. The competition was organised by Mark Overmars’ University of Utrecht and was open to individuals or teams of students in Dutch secondary level education. In total 67 games were entered with 11 being awarded prizes in both general and specialised categories such as ‘best design’, ‘most […] More
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Game Maker Games $40 “The List” Competition
Game Maker Games are hosting a Game Maker game creation contest with a twist. Unlike other competitions, which traditionally have a theme or are open to any entries, entered games must incorporate elements from multiple unique themes listed by the competition organisers. 31 themes are listed and those entering can pick between any combination of […] More
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Mid-week Community Links
Many of the bugs reported so far by testers of the Game Maker for Mac release candidate have already been resolved. It’s nice to see these are actively being worked on as previously reported bugs in Game Maker and on the YoYo Games site have often not been fixed for long periods of time if […] More
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Game Maker for Mac – “Final Release Candidate”
YoYo Games yesterday released what they claim will be the final release candidate of their initial Game Maker for Mac product prior to a general release by the end of the month. The program is available to anyone using the following link: http://appstore.yoyogames.com/downloads/gm4mac/Game_Maker.dmg (note the ‘appstore‘ prefix!). Discovered issues should be posted on the bug tracker […] More
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Recently Featured: Remaddening, Dubloon, Rainy Day – Treasurehunt
Our third look at games recently featured on YoYo Games. All three had been online for at least a couple of months before being featured with Dubloon dating back about a year (though it has had a recent update). Dubloon by Banov (large download) [nggallery id=8] An excellent pixel art point-and-click pirate exploration RPG. Explore ships […] More
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End-of-Week Community Links
If you preferred the old Game Maker Community theme and want it back Mike Deroche has created a GreaseMonkey script which mixes elements from the old and new designs. Pointed Games is an under-development online highscores system with a twist from Dangerous Dave. Good scores are rewarded with points that can be used to unlock other games […] More
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Game Maker Community Game release first demo
The Game Maker Community Game project has released the first playable demo of their RPG titled ‘Eve’. Download 5.5 MB zipped .exe (left click only) Controls: Arrow keys for movement, X or [Space] to talk, mouse to pickup objects and select chat options. More
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PSP Update and Future Game Maker Features
YoYo Games have done another interview with GMIndie. If you want your voice to be heard on the future of Game Maker it seems to be the place to be. To be fair Landon Podbielski did a good job asking questions of Mike Dailly and Russell Kay. The podcast provide the following progress update on […] More
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Upgraded and Re-skinned GMC Opens
The Official Game Maker Community has reopened after spending three days offline during which a major upgrade took place. The new theme is not yet complete and as such there are some broken images and other things that do not look quite right. Try editing your signature for one. I think it will take some getting used […] More
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Cheesy Game Maker Picture Quiz
Because the GMC is down and people are no doubt at a loose end Andrew and myself have designed a fun Game Maker themed picture quiz! The pictures below represent various Game Maker related things past or present. They may be games, users, websites etc. Try and work out what they are. I don’t […] More
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