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    in GameMaker Development, Technical

    Game Maker 8 Decompiler in a Month

    It’s been almost 10 months since the release of Game Maker 8.0 and games have been relatively safe due to the fact that no public decompiler was available for games made with Game Maker 8. That is until now, or at least very soon. Developers have been working to create a decompiler that will take […] More

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    in Community Links

    GMC Moderator Retires, Packt to Resume Cooking, Apple App Store to Open Up

    Frostblade has retired from holding a moderator’s position at the official Game Maker Community. He joins a growing list of forum volunteers who have stepped down from their positions. Packt Publishing appear to be looking to re-start their ill-fated Game Maker Cookbook project. The previous attempt was only half-baked before the author left the kitchen. […] More

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    in Competition, YoYo Games

    Competition 6 Judging Delayed? Not so transparent.

    YoYo Games promised that the judging process for their sixth Game Maker competition would be “more transparent” however since the announcement of a contest status dashboard 12 days ago nothing has been heard. In a post on September 1st Russell Kay wrote “We will be judging round 1 this week, where we will be looking at […] More

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    in Community Links

    Weekend Community Links

    Vertigo Gaming have released two ‘combo-packs’ of their commercial games. The Oil Blue, Sandbox of God: Remastered and greenTech+ can be purchased for $19.95 whilst adding ShellBlast and Spirits of Metropolis to the pack takes the price up to $25. Grabeorama’s GMag is now up to its fifth issue. The short fortnightly magazine contains a […] More

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    in Competition, YoYo Games

    Competition Six Entries Confirmed

    YoYo Games have released a list of the 275 games which have been entered in their sixth competition and have created a portal where you can see how judging is progressing. The figure for entered games is higher than we reported earlier today as it appears games which were labelled using the old style tags have […] More

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    in Community Links, Competition

    Mid-week Competition Links

    The deadline for entries into YoYo Games’ sixth competition has now passed. 239 games were uploaded and tagged with YoYoComp06.  As part of the more transparent judging process taking place for this contest we should soon see the list of games that have been accepted for judging.   The previous YoYo Games contest attracted almost 500 entries. […] More

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    in Community

    GMIndie and GMVision Game Maker Survey: Poorly Implemented

    GMIndie and GMVision have launched ‘Game Maker Survey 2010’ a collection of 60 questions designed to ask about your usage of Game Maker and collect opinions on various aspects of Game Maker. I waited a couple of days after I first saw (and started but did not finish) the survey to see if others shared […] More

  • in Community Links

    Mid-week Community Links

    Jonatan Söderström aka cactus had his website featured in Time.com’s 50 greatest websites of 2010. Whilst the list may be a bit premature being published being published with four more months to go it is an impressive achievement as it is listed alongside the well known Kongregate and Newgrounds and well known sites from other […] More

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    in GMC

    KC LC retires from the GMC

    After being inactive for almost 2 weeks on the GMC, KC LC quietly backed down from her Administrative position on the board. No official announcement has been made which is leaving many people confused, but her own Profile reads “Retired Staff” under Group where it previously labeled her as Administrator. Currently, there hasn’t been any […] More

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    How to get the most out of Game Maker Affiliation

    If you run a website relating to Game Maker one of the ways you can promote it on other similar websites is through the Game Maker Affiliation programme.  Here are five tips to help you get the most out of the system which has now delivered over 26 million impressions. Check the performance of your […] More

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