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    in GameMaker Development

    GameMaker’s 3D Speed To Increase

    For the past couple of days Mike Dailly has been working on improving the speed of 3D rendering in GameMaker. Speed improvements have been tested on a benchmarking GameMaker file provided by Martin Crownover (.zip). Modifying that file so that 1000 trees instead of 100 were added to a game room resulted in a room […] More

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    in GameMaker for Mac, Games

    Jesse Venbrux’s Game Maker Games Earn $1500 on Mac

    Two of Jesse Venbrux’s creations which were published in the Mac App Store in January have reached sales of $1,500 to date. The games are the YoYo Games competition-winning Frozzd and You Probably Won’t Make It, both of which are freely available on PC.     You Probably Won’t Make It is the most successful […] More

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    in GameMaker Development, GameMaker for Android, GameMaker for iOS, GameMaker for Mac, YoYo Games

    GameMaker “Studio” to allow iOS, Android, PSP and HTML5 exporting

    YoYo Games’ Stuart Poole has announced that a future version of GameMaker will allow creations to be exported to PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PSP Mini and HTML5 formats. The upcoming version, currently dubbed “GameMaker Studio”, will contain options enabling a single game to simultaneously be exported to files which are runnable across a range of […] More

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    in Game Maker 8

    First Automatic Update: GameMaker 8.1.69

    This afternoon GameMaker 8.1.69 (PC only) was pushed out for distribution. The automatic updater built in to the recent GameMaker 8.1 release automatically prompts users to install the updated version of the software. A large number of bugs have been fixed in what is the first update made using the new distribution system. An option […] More

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    in GameMaker Development

    How to file a GameMaker 8.1 Bug Report

    Since the release of GameMaker 8.1 around 70 bug reports have been filed. Whilst feedback is obviously important to ensuring defects are identified and can be fixed, the poor quality of some of the bug reports just wastes everybody’s time. Sticking multiple unrelated bugs in one report is not helpful. Neither is continuing to create […] More

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    in Game Maker 8

    GameMaker 8.1 Released

    GameMaker 8.1 has today been released.  The update brings bug fixes, IDE improvements and new functions and variables to Windows users. In addition there is a new registration system, an built-in updater, the restrictions on the free version have changed and a new higher price comes into effect from June 1st. Download now (13.8MB installer) More

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    in Game Maker 8

    Upgrading Game Maker 8 to GameMaker 8.1

    If you currently have legitimate access to Game Maker 8 Pro you can use your Softwrap Purchase Reference number to generate a GameMaker 8.1 License key. To do so click here to visit the YoYo Game Store and press the “Upgrade” button. You will be prompted to enter your purchase reference number for Game Maker […] More

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    in Game Maker 8

    GameMaker 8.1 Lite Restrictions – Final Decisions

    YoYo Games’ original intention was that the free, or Lite, version of GameMaker 8.1 would be unable to create executable files. Indeed early beta versions of the program had the “Create Executable” option from the file menu disabled. This would have meant that in order to play a game that had been created using GameMaker […] More

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    Community Links – GameMaker 8.1 will be released very soon

    GameMaker 8.1 will be released very soon. That’s the latest word from primary developer Mike Dailly writing on his blog in his latest post about Game Maker development.  Yesterday the “final release candidate” was distributed to testers. So far there have only been two entries into Dangerous Dave’s Pointed Games competition. Three prizes are available, […] More

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