October 2011
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YoYo Games’ GraveMaker – Spooky Stickler
That’s not a Halloween typo in the title. GraveMaker name YoYo Games have given to two seemingly separate (or perhaps a very evolved concept!) HTML5 games they have demoed in video form. When we saw it in July a pumpkin character could walk around, jump on to some platforms and not do much else. In […] More
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Vlambeer’s Serious Sam: The Random Encounter Published to Steam
Croteam and Devolver Digital yesterday published Vlambeer’s Serious Sam: The Random Encounter on Steam. Vlambeer were approached to create the licensed game which is one of only a handful of Game Maker created games to appear on the distribution platform. Several Game Maker games have been rewritten in a different language before subsequently appearing on […] More
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Game Review: Reflexions by Juho Pohjonen (iPhone, iPad and Android)
Based on a game with the same name created by Juho Pohjonen back in 2007, Reflexions is a colourful puzzle game and the latest GameMaker game to be published by YoYo Games. Puzzle games are one of my favourite genres and I think well suited for gaming on the move as they do not require the lightening […] More
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YoYo Games & GameMaker:HTML5 – Reflexions, iOS5, Fast Platform Collisions and FAQ
The latest game to be published by YoYo Games is Reflexions. Described as a “Brilliant and beautiful neon puzzler” the game is currently available on iOS and Android for $1.99 or £1.49. This is about twice the price of previous GameMaker games released for mobile devices. The game looks to be based on a couple […] More
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Community Links: Mac App Composer, GameMaker 8.1 & HTML5 Differences
Uriel Griffin has released an application which allows Game Maker 7 for Mac users to package their game ready for distribution on the Mac App Store. Dubbed ‘App Composer’ Uriel says the utility was designed to “help you automate and facilitate Mac App Store publishing of your GM4Mac apps”. xot has updated his list of […] More
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YoYo Games Lose £73,000 in 2010
In the year to October 31st 2010 YoYo Games Ltd’s profit and loss account showed they made a £73,000 loss for the year. The balance sheet value of YoYo Games however increased by £137,362 over the same period as more than £200,000 was raised by selling additional shares in the business. The year to October 31st 2010 […] More
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YoYo Updates: TNTBF Free on Android, First Sybmian Release, Sandy Interview
A day after Jacob Habgood’s The Game Maker’s Companion eBook was available to buy at the reduced price of $10, the full Android version of They Need to be Fed is available free on AppJar. The game normally sells for $1 and has now sold over 10,000 copies on Android. The beta version of GameMaker:HTML […] More
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Community Links: First YoYo Games Facebook Game, Game Maker’s Developer Network, indie(Function) 16
YoYo Games are to launch “They Need to Be Fed” as their first HTML5 Facebook game later this week. This will not be the first game created using the HTML5 version of Game Maker to appear on Facebook however, as Andrew McCluskey’s Ne Touchez Pas went live last week. [Sandy Duncan’s Twitter] Game Maker Community […] More
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Game Maker Obfuscator – Now Supports Sprite Obfuscation
Schreib has updated the Game Maker Obfuscator so that it supports version 8.1 of GameMaker. One of the new included features is sprite obfuscation whereby sprites are only constructed when the game starts running. The Game Maker Obfuscator can be downloaded from the GMC. More