GameMaker Blog

It’s Co-Operation.
The competition hasn’t officially been launched, but you know the theme… a strange decision I think.
Plus Jim from YoYo Games has announced that the deadline for the second, ancient civilization, competition will be extended until midnight of Sunday 4th of May (GMT) because of YoYo Games’ downtime. Too bad they didn’t [...]

…But this time you decide the theme. Smart move from YYG, or not? You decide. 
(Are they lazy or not?)

GMTutorials have announced the winners of their $100 January tutorial competition.
The first place and the biggest prize, $75 cash or invested into hosting, goes to Schyler. The second place and the second best prize, $25 / hosting, goes to FWGames.
Details of how you can win one of the three domain names up for grabs in [...]

4 days into the month and a third Game Maker contest has been announced. Don’t say I never link you to competitions…
Alex Polfliet’s GameMakerHelper.com has $35 up for grabs in a “script, example, or lib/extension” competition. There are two prizes, of $25 and $10 and the deadline is 3rd March. [...]

Following on from last months $75 tutorial writing competition, Calle Ekdahl’s GMTutorials.com is again running a contest. This time 3 domain names are up for grabs which will be awarded to 2 random tutorial submissions and one to the tutorial deemed the best.
Last month’s competition attracted 12 entries, despite little publicity. The contest [...]

A week ago YoYoGames announced the results of their $1750 winter games competition, the winner of which was “Frozzd” by 2DCube.
Courtesy of GMKing’s open forum policy information submitted by applicants for positions at the MarkUp magazine can be viewed by any member of the public - you don’t even have to be registered. A [...]

YoYo’s five judges have announced the results of their $1750 winter competition. The panel was made up of Sandy Duncan, Mark Overmars, Jim, Michel and Clayts. A total of 236 games were uploaded covering a wide range of gameplay and of course quality.
There had been some complaints by users entering the competition regarding [...]

The GameMakerRace competition has reached its final stage - a public vote.
The final five games are Mount Contradiction, The Meltdown, Orbiter, Triton and Freeze, Melt, Vaporize. All these games have already won their creators a copy of AKUCHIZOKU and a 1GB USB flash drive, but the winner can look forward to a domain name [...]