March 2011
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GameSalad Raises $6.1M (Partly from Disney)
The Austin Business Journal reports that GameSalad Inc, creators of the easy iPhone game creation tool of the same name, have raised $6.1 million in their second round of Venture Capital funding. The largest investor was Steamboat Ventures who are owned by Disney. GameSalad currently have 20 employees are recruiting for another 9 positions. More
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Game Maker 8.1: Video of Changes [Part One]
Since this video was made I quizzed Mike Dailly on the absence of the "Publish your game" option and he has stated that this functionality will be added back in. A list of bug fixes can be found in the Game Maker 8.x changelog. Transcript follows "Opening up Game Maker 8.1 one of the first [...] -
Game Maker 8.1 Lite Cannot Create Executables (Updated: Change of Plan?)
The Lite version of the Game Maker 8.1 beta cannot export executable Game Maker files. This is one update that is missing from the official list of changes. Whilst testing the software I had entirely overlooked the removal of this feature until this morning when registered upgrade keys were cancelled for a test. This had […] More
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Game Maker 8.1 – Limited Beta Begins
A “very limited” beta of Game Maker 8.1 has begun. The beta features a new non-Softwrap registration system alongside a variety of IDE upgrades and bug fixes. Bugs reported so far have been fixed by Mike at a good pace. Hopefully the “report a bug” toolbar option will remain present after the initial public release […] More
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Mid-week Community Links: “Appstore” and GameSalad Differences
Another development in the “App Store” trademark case. Apple is to sue Amazon over their use of the “Appstore” name for their Android app marketplace (BBC) In an interview with CasualGaming.biz GameSalad (easy iPhone game creation) founders contrast their product to Game Maker. How would you say your pro version compares to another design tool […] More
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Game Maker 8.1 Pricing
The price of upgrading to Game Maker Pro is to increase by 60% on June 1st. The current Game Maker Pro 8 will be renamed to Game Maker Standard as of version 8.1 and from June will sell for $39.99. Anyone who has a purchase reference number for Game Maker 8 (including those who received […] More
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Game Maker 8.1 Official Feature List
YoYo Games has announced that Game Maker 8.1 is now “almost ready” for release. Alongside previously known improvements such as an overhauled room editor, enhanced script editor, built in updater and executable file encryption, details have been posted of a number of other changes that will be made to the software. The Softwrap DRM system […] More
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greenTechPLUS+ on PS3 [Video]
A short video showing greenTechPLUS+ on PlayStation3. This is the first and only game YoYo Games have published on PS3/PSP in the Minis series. Due to Sony’s licensing system the game is only currently available in Europe. More
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Game Maker 8.1: What’s Coming
A collection of comments about Game Maker 8.1 development crudely stolen from YoYo Games employees tweets. More
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Game Maker for Mac Updates
Since yesterday there have been 3 updates to Game Maker for Mac taking the current latest release to version 7.5.81. Game Maker for Mac, which is based on the PC version of Game Maker 7, has a built in update tool which means that it is easier for YoYo Games to push out updates and […] More
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Community Links – App Distribution
Is Apple throttling the performance of HTML5 Apps to protect their 30% cut? (The Register). Mike Dailly has said that YoYo Games don’t consider any future Game Maker HTML5 exporter addon to be a viable alternative to App publishing on mobile devices, but surely some devices will be able to run these games at a […] More
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Mark Overmars nearly sold Game Maker to Atari
Prior to taking a shareholding in YoYo Games Mark Overmars was about to sell Game Maker to Atari. The first we knew of any offer for Game Maker, besides that Mark accepted from YoYo Games, was when I spoke with YoYo Games CEO Sandy Duncan last week and asked him how the company started. Sandy […] More