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    Android Game Review – Skydiver HD (Chad Chisholm)

    Skydiver HD is the second title to be ported by YoYo Games to the Android platform, a follow up to the free Simply Solitaire HD released last month. The game sells for £1.19 (Sandy has provided an explanation for the higher Android price compared to iOS) and was my first purchase from the Android Marketplace. […] More

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    YoYo Games Studios Launched by Mark Overmars

    Game Maker creator Mark Overmars has launched YoYo Games Studios at the Dutch Game Garden in Utrecht, Netherlands. YoYo Games Studios is part of the main YoYo Games Ltd company which focuses on supporting game developers who want to create Game Maker games. Services are provided for free so long as you agree to publish […] More

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    What happened to the Dustforce creators? [Interview]

    Four months on from claiming their $100,000 prize in last October’s 2BeeGames contest with their game Dustforce, I caught up with Woodley Nye and Lexie Dostal from the Hitbox team to find out more about them, the game, and how things have progressed since their win. Woodley and Lexie who went to highschool together had always […] More

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    Construct 2 Exports to HTML5 and more

    Exciting developments are underway at Scirra where the Construct game creation software is undergoing a rewrite. Out will go Construct 0.99.96, which exports games to the .exe format, and in will come Construct 2 which will have HTML5 as its main export format. Exporting to HTML5 means that games made using Construct 2 will be […] More

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    Weekend Community Links

    Jacob Habgood, who has authored two books about Game Maker game development, says in response to a request for a more advanced level book that “it doesn’t seem that ‘advanced’ game maker users … pay for anything”. Chevy Ray Johnston of Flashpunk has created the Gamestorm blog which features “a collection of doodles, sketches, and […] More

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    Mid Week Community Links

    Following on from a introductory session to Game Maker at New York University which was held a couple of weeks ago Noah Sasso is holding a series of four 3-hour Game Maker workshop sessions aimed at beginners starting next Sunday in Brooklyn. They are priced at $295 with the registration deadline today. Mike Dailly is continuing to […] More

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    YoYo Game Store to Open for Public Submissions Soon

    A recent newsletter for participants in the Dutch Creative Game Challenge, organised by the University of Utrecht where Mark Overmars is a professor in game design, reported that “from the beginning of February” Game Maker users will be able to submit their games to YoYo Games’ Store. YoYo Games had previously said that they planned to get […] More

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    A Game Maker Book to Avoid: Game Maker Language by Alphascript

    When you discover that someone has put their name to thousands of titles on topics as diverse as Laser Engraving, Jet Fuel, the Birds of Switzerland, Audi RS6 oh and Game Maker Language you are right to worry. Alexander Aris brought to my attention the fact that print on demand publisher Alphascript are selling a […] More

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    Upcoming Game Maker Game: Koya Rift

    Zach Kehs (SunnyKatt) has released a fast-paced trailer his "procedurally generated" Game Maker game Koya Rift. Koya Rift is an action-packed platform shooter that is built around circular gameplay; which emphasizes heavy replayability by feeding the player a stream of short term goals that don't end. In Koya Rift, the player must enter a hostile [...]

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    GreenTechPLUS+ in PlayStation Store on PS3/PSP

    As you can read on the Glog, the first Game Maker game is now available on the PlayStation Store in Europe for £2.49/€2.99. The game, a PSP Mini, can be downloaded and played on your PSP or PS3. Here is a screenshot with part of today’s PSS update (sorry for the price in “zÅ‚”, not in €!), […] More

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