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    Game Maker for Mac Updates

    Since yesterday there have been 3 updates to Game Maker for Mac taking the current latest release to version 7.5.81. Game Maker for Mac, which is based on the PC version of Game Maker 7, has a built in update tool which means that it is easier for YoYo Games to push out updates and […] More

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    Community Links – App Distribution

    Is Apple throttling the performance of HTML5 Apps to protect their 30% cut?  (The Register). Mike Dailly has said that YoYo Games don’t consider any future Game Maker HTML5 exporter addon to be a viable alternative to App publishing on mobile devices, but surely some devices will be able to run these games at a […] More

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    Mark Overmars nearly sold Game Maker to Atari

    Prior to taking a shareholding in YoYo Games Mark Overmars was about to sell Game Maker to Atari. The first we knew of any offer for Game Maker, besides that Mark accepted from YoYo Games, was when I spoke with YoYo Games CEO Sandy Duncan last week and asked him how the company started. Sandy […] More

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    An exploration of Game Maker Zombie Top Down Shooter Games

    Zombies. Just that one word is enough to make most members of the Game Maker community roll their eyes and think of hoards of bland, boring and dull games. Is this just generalisation, are they better than that? Are there unique, fascinating games out there which people are missing, because they can’t get over their […] More

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    Weekend Community Links

    Mornez has created a website highlighting some of the best games from YoYoGames.com.  The chosen games are divided between various categories including horror, action, retro, racing and sports. The Rocket Pack HTML5 game engine which is designed for professional game developers and not yet publicly available has been bought by Disney for a figure in […] More

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    Sandy Duncan Interview: Game Maker 8.1 and beyond

    In this section: Game Maker 8.1, C++ Runner, Game Maker Mac, Game Maker Linux?, Game Maker 9?, Bug reports, Future of YoYo Games The Software Russell is working on including in Game Maker 8.1 something that supports distributing games. I wouldn’t call it DRM in the strictest sense but you can’t just put the games […] More

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    Sandy Duncan Interview: Game Maker HTML5 Addon

    In this section: Game Maker to HTML5 export, Game Maker to ActionScript discussion Sandy Duncan: For 4 years we’ve had an on-off discussion about whether or not we could make a Game Maker for ActionScript, we decided that you could but you would have to take a big leap from bitmap to vector graphics and […] More

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    Nidhogg Wins IGF Nuovo Award

    Messhof’s Nidhogg, described as “a 2 player fencing game with football & platforming elements” has won the Nuovo Award at IGF. The $5,000 award which is given to a game honouring “abstract, short-form, and unconventional game development” has been awarded to a game made using Game Maker for the second year in a row. Last […] More

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    Desktop Dungeons wins IGF Excellence in Design

    Game Maker creation Desktop Dungeons has been awarded the Excellence in Design prize at the Independent Games Festival awards at Game Developers Conference. The game beat Faraway, Minecraft, Nidhogg and Super Crate Box to pick up a cheque for $2,500. On collecting the award the South African creators QCF Design said they had not written […] More

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    Sandy Duncan Interview: App Publishing Process

    In this section: Publishing Apps, YoYo Game Store: Approval, Process, Publishing Agreement, app performance, support for serious developers, giving access to runners to third parties. Sandy Duncan: When publishing we try to choose games which we know aren’t pushing the limits of Game Maker to the extreme because we don’t know how far we can […] More

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