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  • 22 Comments

    in Comment, YoYo Games

    YoYoGames.com Forums Unmoderateable

    The YoYoGames.com forums (not to be confused with the official Game Maker Community) has never had a particularly good reputation amongst the more-mature sections of Game Maker users. So when I came across this topic on an issue regarding race I wasn’t all that surprised. What I was disappointed to see though was that the […] More

  • in Competition

    SigmaNine 24-hour-ish Game Making Contest

    Game Maker community SigmaNine.net are holding their first contest.   Development time is limited to 24-hours however you have until 11:59 GMT on January 25th to submit your final game which means that work can be split over the week. You are required to keep a log of the time spent on your game for […] More

  • 8 Comments

    in Uncategorized

    GMIndie Magazine Issue 5

    Three game reviews and two interviews make up the content of GMIndie Magazine’s fifth issue [view pdf, view Google Doc].  Joining the team to design the magazine is Matthew Haigh, formerly of Game Maker (Scope) Magazine, the result being the introduction of a two column layout. It’s better than the last issue but why would […] More

  • 10 Comments

    in Uncategorized

    Game Review – Mega Block Man 2 (slayer 64)

    “Overrated”. A word that frequents around the Game Maker universe. Many games seem to get fantastic ratings despite generally not being that good. On YoYo Games, overrating runs rampant, as some (most?) of the members seem to be on the mindset that “obvious design flaws, bland gameplay and a badly made interface don’t matter because […] More

  • 6 Comments

    in Distribution, YoYo Games

    Instant Play for Chrome and Game Maker 8

    When Game Maker 8 was released last month the Instant Play facility offered on YoYoGames.com was not updated so games created with the latest version of the software are currently only available as standard downloads. Next week YoYo Games are due to release a new version of the Instant Play plugin for Firefox and Internet […] More

  • 16 Comments

    in Game Maker 8

    Cracking up about Game Maker Cracks

    Three Game Maker crack related stories in one here. 1. A recent article by the former Game Maker Station PR agency claimed that in the period from 2007 up until a few days ago cracked versions of Game Maker cost YoYo Games $47,390 (US) in lost revenues.  They produced a graph showing that since 2007 […] More

  • in Competition

    GameJolt Rogue Contest

    GameJolt are giving away another Steam game in their latest, Rogue-themed, game making contest. The competition runs until January 24th. Full details are at the GameJolt forum. More

  • 13 Comments

    in Uncategorized

    GMIndie Magazine Issue 4

    There are less than two pages of content in issue 4 of GMIndie Magazine which was released last night. View issue (pdf) It isn’t as good as last weeks.  There are two short game reviews and an interview with Benjamin (whoever he is) in which absolutely nothing of any interest is revealed.  The magazine then […] More

  • 8 Comments

    in GameMaker Media

    GMLive Show 7 – Listen Again

    Joshua Pedroza and SnowCream hosted today’s slightly chaotic episode of Game Maker Live.  For the first time the show started late due to technical problems that occurred as usual producer Jonathan Martin was not involved in the broadcast. The show revealed that: A Chrome port of Revel’s Game Maker Community browser extension is “coming along very well” […] More

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