Direct pdf links: 3.23MB, 2MB

There are more game reviews than normal with Senseless War, Angels, Mubbly Tower, Seven Minutes, Silent Dawn and D.A.N.C.E all coming under the spotlight. Technical articles include “Repainting the Screen” and “Calculating a Hamming Distance”, and a new feature the MarkUp puzzle poses a coding problem for readers to consider, before revealing and explaining the answer.

There are two game development journals and a “the making of article” looking into the platform game Visit, the fourth-highest rated game from YoYo Games’ Ancient Civilization Competition, as well as all the usual features such as script and extension of the month and interviews with the developers of reviewed games.

I am glad to finally see a new issue from the team at GMKing. Hopefully the wait for the next installment will be much shorter!

See also: MarkUp 14, GMTech 13.

MarkUp 15 Released is taken from: GameMaker Blog

Other changes include layout tweaks, removal of adverts from the YYG wiki, and relicensing all content under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license.

“As some observant users might already have noticed, we have merged the GMPedia Wiki into the YoYo Games Wiki. I am very excited about this. The SysOps of GMPedia have agreed to become SysOps of the YoYo Games Wiki. YoYo Games is very happy that they are willing to put their previous work and future energy into turning this Wiki into a place where developers can find all they need to know about the use of Game Maker. I hope you will all support us in the quest.”

Previous coverage: YYG Wiki still changing, YYG wiki and GMPedia to merge?

YYG/GMPedia wiki merge now official is taken from: GameMaker Blog

Issue 5 is the November issue (?) and features a new layout and 36 pages of content.

Download it here.

Gamemaker Magazine becomes Gamemaker Scope Magazine is taken from: GameMaker Blog

The GMking staff is extremely geographically diverse, which makes communication and decision making processes much harder.  Many of our staff have an 8 hour or more time gap (which probably explains why some of us are such night-owls .).

The blog also has a few other posts to date detailing development of their projects.

How does the GMking staff stay in touch? is taken from: GameMaker Blog

GMKing on openness:

In a post on the recently launched GMKing network blog Robin Monks, a co-editor of MarkUp, gives a brief insight into the decision making process behind the magazine.

Matthew from GameMaker Magazine:

The owner of GameMaker Magazine Matthew Haigh has launched his own blog on which he writes about his GameMaker projects and those of others. Like the magazine it could do with an extra proof read.

Blog watch is taken from: GameMaker Blog

As part of the agreement, GMking will provide resources and services to GMTV necessary to continue and improve upon their core goal: providing high quality, information-rich, audio-visual media to the Game Maker community. Additionally, some of the writers from the popular MarkUp Magazine, also produced by GMking, will be assisting in the writing and production of future GMTV episodes.

GMTV will complement and expand GMking’s services to the Game Maker community as well, making this a relationship that is truly beneficial to both sides.

Robin Monks, who represented GMking for the negotiations for this merger stated, “I think this will benefit the entire Game Maker community. By uniting forces, the newly expanded GMking Network will be able to produce even more content tailored to the Game Maker community.”

GMking is a thriving community of volunteers who produce content for indie game developers and users. GMking has served the game development community since 2004; and continues to produce relevant, quality material to educate and inform.

GMTV is a fast moving and informative Game Maker video podcast with a focus on producing quality content for users of the popular Game Maker game creation platform.

GMTV now part of GMking is taken from: GameMaker Blog

GMKing under DDoS attack is taken from: GameMaker Blog

Download MarkUp 14:

• High Quality pdf
• Low Quality pdf

Inside:

• Exclusive 6-page preview of the full version of 65M +1 BC
• “Viscerality” (how to suck people into games)
• Making lists with local arrays
• Expanding GameMaker with .NET
• A bumper “The Making of….”, this issues game is 9 pages of Falling Troy
• Plus of course regular features such as script and extension of the month, MarDar, game reviews and interviews

MarkUp 14 is out is taken from: GameMaker Blog

We haven’t seen MarkUp release an issue since their 13th (or should I say XIII) back in late April. However work is well underway on the 14th issue as this scrambled picture released by Eyas shows.

If you are interested in contributing to the MarkUp game development magazine visit their website or forum.

MarkUp is back (not immediately) is taken from: GameMaker Blog

You can download issue 13 here (pdf, 1.9MB)

MarkUp 13 is out is taken from: GameMaker Blog