Game Maker 8.1: New Lite Restrictions
Once we revealed YoYo Games’ intention to remove the option enabling Game Maker 8.1 Lite to export games in .exe format some strong opinions were voiced against the change. More
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Weekend Community Links
Uriel Griffin has created a world map to which Game Maker users can add their locations. The areas with the highest concentration of members mapped so far are unsurprisingly the United Kingdom and USA. A similar project started by James Rhodes two years ago is now offline. Spark Lemon is a recently launched “game developers […] More
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April Fool’s Watch
IGN owned fileplanet.com are offering a “Portal 2 Single Player Demo” download which they have promoted across their network of sites. When downloaded and extracted the 5.66MB file (a far cry from the 975.7GB claimed size!) contains a poorly made platformer created in Game Maker. The file has already been downloaded over 5,000 times. On […] More
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GameSalad Raises $6.1M (Partly from Disney)
The Austin Business Journal reports that GameSalad Inc, creators of the easy iPhone game creation tool of the same name, have raised $6.1 million in their second round of Venture Capital funding. The largest investor was Steamboat Ventures who are owned by Disney. GameSalad currently have 20 employees are recruiting for another 9 positions. More
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Game Maker 8.1: Video of Changes [Part One]
Since this video was made I quizzed Mike Dailly on the absence of the "Publish your game" option and he has stated that this functionality will be added back in. A list of bug fixes can be found in the Game Maker 8.x changelog. Transcript follows "Opening up Game Maker 8.1 one of the first [...] -
Game Maker 8.1 Lite Cannot Create Executables (Updated: Change of Plan?)
The Lite version of the Game Maker 8.1 beta cannot export executable Game Maker files. This is one update that is missing from the official list of changes. Whilst testing the software I had entirely overlooked the removal of this feature until this morning when registered upgrade keys were cancelled for a test. This had […] More
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Game Maker 8.1 – Limited Beta Begins
A “very limited” beta of Game Maker 8.1 has begun. The beta features a new non-Softwrap registration system alongside a variety of IDE upgrades and bug fixes. Bugs reported so far have been fixed by Mike at a good pace. Hopefully the “report a bug” toolbar option will remain present after the initial public release […] More
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Mid-week Community Links: “Appstore” and GameSalad Differences
Another development in the “App Store” trademark case. Apple is to sue Amazon over their use of the “Appstore” name for their Android app marketplace (BBC) In an interview with CasualGaming.biz GameSalad (easy iPhone game creation) founders contrast their product to Game Maker. How would you say your pro version compares to another design tool […] More
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Game Maker 8.1 Pricing
The price of upgrading to Game Maker Pro is to increase by 60% on June 1st. The current Game Maker Pro 8 will be renamed to Game Maker Standard as of version 8.1 and from June will sell for $39.99. Anyone who has a purchase reference number for Game Maker 8 (including those who received […] More
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Game Maker 8.1 Official Feature List
YoYo Games has announced that Game Maker 8.1 is now “almost ready” for release. Alongside previously known improvements such as an overhauled room editor, enhanced script editor, built in updater and executable file encryption, details have been posted of a number of other changes that will be made to the software. The Softwrap DRM system […] More
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greenTechPLUS+ on PS3 [Video]
A short video showing greenTechPLUS+ on PlayStation3. This is the first and only game YoYo Games have published on PS3/PSP in the Minis series. Due to Sony’s licensing system the game is only currently available in Europe. More
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Game Maker 8.1: What’s Coming
A collection of comments about Game Maker 8.1 development crudely stolen from YoYo Games employees tweets. More
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