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    in Distribution, YoYo Games

    Maddening HD on iPad Soon (Updated: Out now)

    YoYo Games have released a small/badly laid out flow chart showing the process through which submitted games must go before appearing in the YoYo Game Store or on other platforms.  An enlarged version is on the right. None of the game requirements, due to be listed in a “Base Line Spec”, have yet been released […] More

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    in GameMaker for iOS

    YoYo Games set to go head to head with GameSalad

    With the recent long anticipated announcement that YoYo Games will enter into revenue sharing deals with Game Maker users to publish some of their best creations they have positioned themselves against GameSalad. GameSalad, an iOS only development tool, has been around since 2008 and over 700 created games are currently available in the App Store.  They very […] More

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    in YoYo Games

    First official details of YoYo Games Publishing Process

    Following the release of SkyDiver II on iOS YoYo Games will shortly make available a ‘Base Line Spec’ detailing the requirements of Game Maker games for them to publish in the iTunes store and elsewhere. In a wiki article Sandy provided an outline of the publishing process and revealed the revenue share model.  We will […] More

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    in Community Links

    Community Links: Indie Kombat, YoYo t-shirt, SkyDiver II pre iOS4

    Two Game Maker games are up against each other in Indie Kombat. Banov and Andrew Brophy will compete in this months version of the competition which describes itself as the ‘ultimate bare knuckle game development arena’. Both Game Makers are working on games which are mash-ups of their opponents’ prior creations. The winner is decided […] More

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    in YoYo Games

    100,000 games at YoYoGames.com

    One hundred thousand games have now been uploaded to YoYoGames.com The figure was reached just a few minutes ago. Games on the site have been played more than 14 million times and this figure excludes games replayed after they have been downloaded. Interestingly ‘only’ 55,340 games appear when browsing the site – that’s a lot […] More

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    in Books

    Book Review: The Game Maker’s Companion by Jacob Habgood et al.

    The Game Maker’s Companion (links) is the long awaited sequel to the best selling book introducing Game Maker game development, The Game Maker’s Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners. Game Maker creator Mark Overmars is not a co-author of this book but Habgood, a former professional game developer and now senior lecturer of Game Development at […] More

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    in GameMaker for iOS

    SkyDiver Mach II available in the Apple App Store

    Game Maker creation SkyDiver Mach II is available to purchase in the Apple App Store. The game, with YoYo Games branding on the loading screen only, is on sale at $0.99.  I haven’t personally tested the game but am told it runs fine on iOS 4 and on iOS 3.2 on iPad (problems with the […] More

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    Rekame Mag – Issue 3, Autumn 2010

    Andrew McCluskey has released the third issue of Rekame Mag. The issue is the first since June and the first to be published whilst Andrew has been working at YoYo Games. Much of the content was discussed in GMTalk 4 as was the reason for the long gap between issues. View Rekame Mag 3 (8.3MB […] More

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