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    End-of-Week Community Links

    Why Game Maker for Mac matters – Uriel Griffin on why creating Game Maker for Mac was a worthwhile step for YoYo Games. Rather than focusing on the IDE Uriel writes about the emergence of Mac as a gaming platform ahead of the launch of the Mac App Store. Mrme picks up on the fact […] More

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    Lite version of Game Maker 7 for Mac Released

    Game Maker 7 for Mac is now available for download as a free “lite” version. Previously Game Maker for Mac had not followed the Pro and Lite distribution model of the PC version and instead the only free option was a 10 hour time-limited trial of the full version. The full version of Game Maker […] More

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    GMTalk Game Maker Podcast – Episode 5: Jesse Venbrux

    Since the last episode of GMTalk we have seen some major developments at YoYo Games with the release of their first three iPhone and iPad games. They Need to Be Fed author Jesse Venbrux guests alongside usual presenters Andrew McCluskey, Jack Brockley and myself in this 35 minute show (recorded Saturday). Jesse talks about his […] More

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    Next Two YoYo Games Releases Revealed – One is Free

    All in YoYo Games’ words YoYo Games brings you Free Solitaire! Get immersed in this FREE version of the classic game! This uniquely styled version, with its natural card layout, engages the player like no other Solitaire. Game Features: Klondike Mode 1 Card Draw 3 Card Draw Drag, Drop & Double Tap Cards Unique Visual […] More

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    Game Review – Kinetics (Kurt Waldowski & Mike Padilla)

    Kinetics is another addition to the escalating pile of so-called physics puzzlers where you must position trampolines and the like to guide a particularly bouncy blue ball from its starting position, through optionally collectible-for-points coins, to a portal. For what reason, I’m not quite sure; it’s probably just for a bit of fun. More

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    Mid-week Community Links

    CharliesGames.com have published an interview with Paul Eres creator of Immortal Defence about his current project, Saturated Dreamers. At the GMC there looks to be an interesting discussion about the general lack of support for Game Maker 7 for Mac about to get underway. Gamification is a new game-development Wiki. Apparently this term refers to […] More

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    The Business case for App Publishing

    YoYo Games’ move into publishing has obviously been planned for a long time given the company has needed to raise investment to fund their expansion. With the Apple App Store having opened in June 2008, after YoYo Games was founded, their initial monetization model must have been adapted. Whether not YoYo realistically thought they would sell many PC […] More

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    Game Review – Project Aurora: Moonrise (Woflix Entertainment)

    Stop.  Before you continue reading, start downloading from the contest site.  At 110MB, it takes a while to download, but it’s well worth it. There are quite a few Game Maker games which use the built-in 3D functions, but not many, in fact almost none, that manage to pull it off with the elegance and style that […] More

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    Mid-week Community Links

    Grabeorama has conducted a quick analysis on the number of plays-per-game at YoYoGames.com Quote Unquote is a new blog covering Indie Game Developers one quote at a time. About a month back I made a post about this site on my personal blog. Changes stemming from this will be introduced soon. More

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    This is Indie – Issue 4

    The fourth issue of the high-gloss This is Indie magazine has been released. It’s not exactly up-to-date given that the first article mentions that former GMC administrator KC LC stood down from her position. In August. The second news piece is on Dustforce‘s $100,000 success in the IndiePub Games contest. There is very little focus […] More

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    YoYo Games Resource Sharing: Dismal

    There have been a number of comments in reply to YoYo’s post about GameSpark, in which they endorse the video tutorials and game resource store on offer, critical of YoYo’s decision to support the third-party commercial store. When Mark Overmars announced that he was partnering with YoYo Games for the future development of Game Maker one of […] More

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