February 2011
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HTML5 Game Maker: YoYo Games Release Video
YoYo Games have sprung a surprise with the release of the above video this evening which demonstrates a browser based version of Poker Squares. More
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New Indie Title Desktop Dungeons Sets Sights on IGFs Grand Prize
If you’re anything like myself, you’ve looked around Yoyogames quite a bit and have found that the majority of games are very shallow, unpolished, or completely undeveloped. Sure the spotlight occasionally features an interesting arcade title, but after an hour you want nothing to do with it. I have always been under the impression that […] More
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Sync Simple – Android Game Review (Xeronix Works)
Sync Simple is a 3D-view arcade shooter in which you fly through a colourful tunnel destroying invading aliens. It is the latest Game Maker creation to be released on Android. Loading the app presents you with a snazzy animated menu which, for the first time in a YoYo Games title, offers an option to select your desired method […] More
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Simply Poker Squares – Android Game Review (YoYo Games)
Simply Poker Squares is the first YoYo Games title to appear on the Android Marketplace ahead of an iTunes release. The credits reference “Allan H” who created a Poker Squares game available at YoYoGames.com but there is no visual similarity between the two versions and the appearance of Simply Poker Squares is, as you would […] More
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Simply Poker Squares – Android Game
YoYo Games have released their second free card game for Android. Simply Poker Squares is a follow up to Simply Solitaire which is their most popular, and only free title, on iPhone, iPad and Android. The aim of the game is to build the best poker hands you can both horizontally and vertically in a […] More
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NakedPaulToasts’s Game Maker 8.1 Wager
Prominent Game Maker Community member NakedPaulToast is running a wager at the official Game Maker forum betting that: “YYGs will release a GM Windows upgrade [public beta or complete] within approximately two months, let’s say on or before April 20, 2011 (GMT).” The “friendly challenge” was crafted in response to NPT’s frustration at the number […] More
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Prison Ball – iPhone and Android Game Review (Desert Dog)
Prison Ball is a loosely jail themed breakout game with 3D style bricks. Colourful blocks are arranged in a variety of shapes and patterns which can be destroyed by directing a ball towards them from a bat at the bottom of the screen. The iPhone and Android versions of the game are very similar to that available freely […] More
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Community Links: YoYo Games Android Rollout
Four YoYo Games titles first released on iOS, Karoshi, Teka Teki, They Need to Be Fed and Maddening have today been put on sale in the Android Marketplace. Karoshi is priced at £1.19 on Android, compared to £0.59 on iOS, whilst the others are priced at £0.59 each (the same price as for iOS). Following […] More
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GMare – Open Source Game Maker Room Editor
Michael Mercado has released an early version of an open source alternative to the built in Game Maker room editor, GMare. Written in C# the editor features a zoom, tile fill and many other tile features. Admittedly this would have been much more useful if it was released months or even years back, given that […] More
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Mr Karoshi Links and Competitions
There have been some delays with the Android release of Mr Karoshi but plenty of press around YoYo Games’ latest iPhone title. iPhoneGamerUK have posted a walkthrough of the first 20 Mr Karoshi levels. Though it is the later levels which are the hardest! In their review of the game touchArcade are critical of the […] More
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iOS Game Review – Mr. Karoshi (Jesse Venbrux)
Karoshi, erm, Mr. Karoshi returns in this fun, addicting platform puzzler for the iOS. Its creator, Jesse Venbrux, is not new to developing for this platform. He recently released They Need to Be Fed a few months ago through YYG. More
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Android Game Review – Skydiver HD (Chad Chisholm)
Skydiver HD is the second title to be ported by YoYo Games to the Android platform, a follow up to the free Simply Solitaire HD released last month. The game sells for £1.19 (Sandy has provided an explanation for the higher Android price compared to iOS) and was my first purchase from the Android Marketplace. […] More