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    Game File Hosts Compared (part 1)

    There are loads of sites out there who want to let you have the privilege of storing your game on their servers for download. Indeed there are so many of these sites which I see advertised daily in people’s signatures at the GMC and in the download links provided that I am amazed by the […] More

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    Annoying newbie trait (8)

    Annoying trait 8: Insulting someone else’s game purely because the owner criticised theirs: GMC post (courtesy of Grego). More

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    Exams

    If you’re wondering why there haven’t been as many updates or long posts recently it’s because I am currently (no, not as I type) sitting some exams. When I have some free time I will work some more on the GMAS and on writing some longer articles and reviews for gamemakerblog and MarkUp. More

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    GMA new design

    Following on from your comments today the Game Maker Affiliation Service has a new design. Nothing amazing but I hope you will agree it is an improvement on the total lack of design which was there previously. More

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    YouTube trailer – Mario-Untitled-Game

    By far the most imaginatively titled game with the most original and unique concept to be featured on GameMakerBlog. Put simply – what to avoid. The trailer is terrible, there is no explanation of what is going on at the beginning when it appears a game is being loaded from an over-sized loading screen. The […] More

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    Quick Review

    In this post I take a very quick flashback to earlier issues mentioned in gamemaker blog and take a look to see how they are developing. My article on the Forted game is going to be featured in a future issue of MarkUp – the gamemaker magazine I like the most. Micco the creator of […] More

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    GMA Update

    Just a quick update on progress with the Game Maker Affiliation Service provided by gamemakerblog.com There are currently 6 banners in rotation, however only 4 users have placed their code on their site. Thanks to Jason from GameMakerResource who reported a problem with sites opening in the GMA iframe instead of in a new window, […] More

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    GMC funny moment

    Funny moment of the ((‘week’) OR (<insert time period here if I am too lazy to find one every week>!)) Courtesy of Grego from the GMC, GMC member: That isn’t exactly helpful, What did it try to download? Grego: I decided not to find out surprisingly. I just find the idea of unexpected things trying […] More

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    Incompatible

    The ignorance of some members at the GMC never ceases to amaze me. In the past two days I have come across as many posts promoting websites which look terrible in Firefox based browsers. This alone is forgivable, just. But since the creators of these sites are fully aware that their site does not display […] More

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    Forted

    It’s not often that I come across ‘decent’ games at the GMC. There are a lot of good efforts, but most releases leaving me wanting more – in a bad way. The number of games where the focus has all been on one aspect of the game is high. For example games with amazing unique […] More

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    YouTube Trailer – Naruto: Ninja Way

    Continuing my investigation my investigation into gamemaker made games that have YouTube trailers I came across Naruto: Ninja Way, a fighting game, released onto the GMC by Geou. The video doesn’t claim to be a trailer, but a demonstration of early A.I in the game. But hey, there is sound. Trouble is I don’t know […] More

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