YoYo Games are sponsoring this years Global Game Jam, a worldwide 48-hour game creation contest based around a yet to be revealed theme. Special coupon codes which give two months access to GameMaker: HTML5 are being distributed to Jam organisers so that participants can use the software for their game. Those who enter will also […] More
GameMaker Latest Version API – Ahead of starting work at YoYo Games Pitor Gnys has produced an API which can be used to easily extract information about the latest released versions of Game Maker. The API and documentation can be found here. indie(Radio) Returns – “Season II” of the indie(Radio) “game development talk show” began […] More
Dustforce, a platform game featuring an “acrobatic janitor” who must sweep up leaves, has recently become available on Steam for PC. Indie Game Mag have reported that Mac and Linux versions of the title are on the way and will be published in the near future. Dustforce began life as a GameMaker creation by Woodley […] More
YoYo Games’ first social game Grave Maker demonstrates popular Game Maker product’s versatilityGame Maker Studio is to be released “shortly after” GraveMaker. A beta of GraveMaker is currently available online ahead of a planned simultaneous launch in February on iOS, Android and Facebook. Money and the App store: a few figures that might help an […] More
Tom Grochowiak blogs about the love-hate relationship he has with GameMaker as a professional game developer. Under the MoaCube banner Tom has been the main developer on the Magi and ArcMagi magic strategy games and the upcoming Cinders visual novel Dividing his thoughts into sections focusing on the good and bad aspects of GameMaker as he sees them […] More