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Community Links: Static 3D Models, YoYo Games Rotator, AGS Source Code
Mike Dailly has blogged about the GameMaker 8.1 3D speed improvements he has been working on (see earlier post). In the next update he plans to introduce static 3D models alongside the dynamic models currently used in GameMaker. I came across a rotator which brings up random games from YoYo Games. If you are looking […] More
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Sixty Five Million and One BC Now Free
From early this month the full version of Sixty Five Million And One BC has been available to download free. The game previously sold for $20. In the dinosaur themed platformer your are tasked with preventing an asteroid hurtling towards Earth and wiping out the dinosaurs. The game was entered into YoYo Games Ancient Civilization […] More
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GameMaker’s 3D Speed To Increase
For the past couple of days Mike Dailly has been working on improving the speed of 3D rendering in GameMaker. Speed improvements have been tested on a benchmarking GameMaker file provided by Martin Crownover (.zip). Modifying that file so that 1000 trees instead of 100 were added to a game room resulted in a room […] More
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Jesse Venbrux’s Game Maker Games Earn $1500 on Mac
Two of Jesse Venbrux’s creations which were published in the Mac App Store in January have reached sales of $1,500 to date. The games are the YoYo Games competition-winning Frozzd and You Probably Won’t Make It, both of which are freely available on PC. You Probably Won’t Make It is the most successful […] More
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GameMaker “Studio” to allow iOS, Android, PSP and HTML5 exporting
YoYo Games’ Stuart Poole has announced that a future version of GameMaker will allow creations to be exported to PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PSP Mini and HTML5 formats. The upcoming version, currently dubbed “GameMaker Studio”, will contain options enabling a single game to simultaneously be exported to files which are runnable across a range of […] More
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First Automatic Update: GameMaker 8.1.69
This afternoon GameMaker 8.1.69 (PC only) was pushed out for distribution. The automatic updater built in to the recent GameMaker 8.1 release automatically prompts users to install the updated version of the software. A large number of bugs have been fixed in what is the first update made using the new distribution system. An option […] More
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Community Links – Stats, Vertigo Bundle, TheGameCreators App Game Kit
Grabeorama has had a brief look at some YoYoGames.com stats which show that the most popular game on the website, Crimelife 2, receives around 10,000 new plays a month and that 17% of all plays on the site have been of just the top 20 games. Vertigo Gaming have added some discount game bundles to […] More
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How to file a GameMaker 8.1 Bug Report
Since the release of GameMaker 8.1 around 70 bug reports have been filed. Whilst feedback is obviously important to ensuring defects are identified and can be fixed, the poor quality of some of the bug reports just wastes everybody’s time. Sticking multiple unrelated bugs in one report is not helpful. Neither is continuing to create […] More
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4 Years Online – Celebrated by Downtime
Downtime was out of my control. Domain had been set to autorenew as it had done previously and my hosting account had sufficient funds. Sorry for any inconvenience. More
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GameMaker 8.1 Released
GameMaker 8.1 has today been released. The update brings bug fixes, IDE improvements and new functions and variables to Windows users. In addition there is a new registration system, an built-in updater, the restrictions on the free version have changed and a new higher price comes into effect from June 1st. Download now (13.8MB installer) More
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Upgrading Game Maker 8 to GameMaker 8.1
If you currently have legitimate access to Game Maker 8 Pro you can use your Softwrap Purchase Reference number to generate a GameMaker 8.1 License key. To do so click here to visit the YoYo Game Store and press the “Upgrade” button. You will be prompted to enter your purchase reference number for Game Maker […] More
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GameMaker 8.1 Lite Restrictions – Final Decisions
YoYo Games’ original intention was that the free, or Lite, version of GameMaker 8.1 would be unable to create executable files. Indeed early beta versions of the program had the “Create Executable” option from the file menu disabled. This would have meant that in order to play a game that had been created using GameMaker […] More