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    in Games, GMC

    Game Maker Community Game release first demo

    The Game Maker Community Game project has released the first playable demo of their RPG titled ‘Eve’. Download 5.5 MB zipped .exe (left click only) Controls:  Arrow keys for movement, X or [Space] to talk, mouse to pickup objects and select chat options. More

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    in GMC

    Upgraded and Re-skinned GMC Opens

    The Official Game Maker Community has reopened after spending three days offline during which a major upgrade took place. The new theme is not yet complete and as such there are some broken images and other things that do not look quite right.  Try editing your signature for one.  I think it will take some getting used […] More

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    Cheesy Game Maker Picture Quiz

    Because the GMC is down and people are no doubt at a loose end Andrew and myself have designed a fun Game Maker themed picture quiz! The pictures below represent various Game Maker related things past or present.  They may be games, users, websites etc.   Try and work out what they are.  I don’t […] More

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    in GMC

    GMC Down for Upgrade

    The Official Game Maker Community is currently offline whilst the forum software is upgraded. The upgrade had been scheduled to begin on Tuesday 15th June but started about an hour ago. Russell Kay has stated that the GMC will be down for “2-3 days” during the upgrade but no reason has been given as to […] More

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    in GMC

    Preview the upgraded GMC

    The Official Game Maker Community is expected to be upgraded to a recent version of the Invision Power Board software next week. You can preview the new software and template at http://testgmc.yoyogames.com/.   As well as the new design there are also features adding the ability to connect a Facebook or Twitter account to your […] More

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    in Books

    Another dire commercial Game Maker eBook? Most probably.

    If you have ever found yourself asking the question “What are 9 useful ways to use alarms in Game Maker?” then for the sum of $6.99, or $4.99 in return for filling out a brief survey about Game Maker, you can have an answer within 24-48 hours in the form of a PDF. A member’s […] More

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    NAL launches Rekame Mag

    Andrew McCluskey starts his Rekame Mag (Game Maker spelt-backwards) with a good summary of publications past and present and outlines his plans for a “fun” magazine rather than one that will stick to a stringent release schedule. Once you make it past the red on blue cover the content consists of four game reviews, an […] More

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    in Development

    Game Maker for Mac out “by July”

    In a post on the YoYo Games blog Sandy has written that a final release candidate of Game Maker 7 for Mac should be out in the next fortnight. After a week of testing it is then hoped that a final general release version will be made available by July. Game Maker for Mac has […] More

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    in Education

    AMD fund $77,000 Game Maker-based education programme

    Processor developer AMD is funding Activate!, an interactive website targeted at enabling children aged 13-15 to easily design and program video games, through a $77,000 grant from its foundation. The primary tool used in the scheme is YoYo Games’ Game Maker software however it does not appear that YoYo Games are involved in the scheme. “The […] More

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    Mid-week Community Links

    Following the recent addition of 2TB of extra disk space to the YoYo Games servers some community members reported experienceing problems with Instant Play on certain games.  Russell Kay rolled the server back to its previous configuration which is “dangerously low on disk space“.  If you can’t get games to work using Instant Play the […] More

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    in Games

    Recently Featured: Hero Core and Tower Bombarde

    In the second of our posts looking at games recently featured on YoYo Games we take a brief look at Daniel Remar’s Hero Core and CRYSTALL_m’s Tower Bombarde. Hero Core by Daniel Remar You might find the retro graphics take a little time to get used to, I still hadn’t managed to fully acclimatise to […] More

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