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    GMag – Issue 2

    Less that two weeks after its launch the second issue of GMag has been released. The magazine features a review of NAL’s Remaddening which is the follow up to his popular mMm arcade game, an example script showing how you can create circular health and mana  bars in a role playing game and a collection […] More

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    YoYo Games Competition 06

    Earlier, YoYo Games released information on Competition 06, which builds on the idea and restrictions provided by the previous one by tweaking the rules and adding a theme, “Discovery”, inspired by the company’s recent (and still in progress) move from Surrey, England to Dundee, Scotland. The contest encourages thinking outside the box (you don’t have […] More

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    Mid-week Community Links

    Mike Dailly has posted a list of games entered into YoYo Games’ fifth competition that he personally enjoyed on his blog.  He gives a few comments on most saying what he liked and disliked about  them. Game Maker Station are holding a second competition. Please don’t enter it. Their first contest offered $350 of prizes […] More

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    Game Review – They Need To Be Fed (Jesse Venbrux)

    A perfection of ideas – this is how Jesse Venbrux describes his first-prize-winning entry into the fifth YoYo Games competition “Design a Handheld Game”. And it’s a fitting description. They Need To Be Fed features elements found in his previous works, most notably the 360° gravity well-known from Frozzd (his winning entry into the first YoYo Games […] More

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    2DCube Wins YoYo Games’ Fifth Competition

    Jesse Venbrux (2DCube) has won first place, and the $1000 cash prize, with his platform game They Need to be Fed in YoYo Games’ fifth handheld games themed competition. The contest which was open from the end of 2009 to March 30th this year attracted 489 entries. After all the games had been played by the YoYo […] More

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    GMIndie Magazine Issue 9

    What is apparently the “last long issue” of GMIndie (pdf) starts with some excuses for an apparently delayed release and some rather dismissive comments about critics of the magazine. So I probably shouldn’t point out that some bewilderment may emerge from the Mother’s Day message given that it is celebrated on different dates around the […] More

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    Game Maker Modern Warfare 2D is a Hit

    A game based on the popular Call of Duty series has been quickly climbing up the ‘most played’ list on YoYo Games. The game, titled Modern Warfare 2D, is a two-dimensional take on the sixth instalment in the Call of Duty series. Although it was uploaded just 2 months ago the game has already reached […] More

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    Domain Expiration leaves UpUrLoad files unavailable

    Rather fittingly given my recent comments about the lack of reliability that exists if choosing a Game Maker specific file host, the UpUrLoad.com domain name has expired.  This renders the 1,900 uploaded files unavailable. I think we will see it back online again shortly though as the service has rapidly been gaining popularity and I […] More

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    YYG Instant Play now Google Chrome compatible

    Prior to a previous glog entry suggesting otherwise, YoYo Games has just released, via a glog entry earlier today, that Instant Play is now compatible with Google Chrome. Certainly good news for many people, me included, that use the Google browser. To install it, simply click “Play Now” on any compatible game, then click the […] More

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    Resource Review: (Game Maker) Filehosting site UpUrLoad

    One of the fastest growing Game Maker services so far this year has been Josh Conley’s file-hosting website UpUrLoad. Although it is a general file hosting site it is clearly targeted towards Game Maker users and unlike many Game Maker websites there has been a good rate of improvement since launch with new features regularly being added […] More

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