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    in Game Maker 8

    Game Maker 8 with DRM will be Released before Christmas

    Game Maker 8 is on schedule to be released, with Softwrap DRM protection, before Christmas. Earlier today the second release candidate was taken offline and the bugtracker closed. The YoYo Games website has also recently been updated to fully incorporate the new program logo.  The poll asking GMC members whether they would prefer a pre-2010 […] More

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    in Community Links

    Softwrap opinion split, NAL Games archive, eoCommunity

    Opinion is divided at the Game Maker Community poll asking users whether they would prefer a pre-Christmas Game Maker 8 with Softwrap or at least a three month wait for a non-Softwrap release.  Sandy had previously stated that Game Maker 8 would not use Softwrap but it appears this is his favoured option (and that […] More

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    in Blog News

    2009 Community Awards Vote

    Voting has opened in GameMakerBlog.com’s 2009 Game Maker community awards.  Thank you to everyone who nominated candidates they thought deserving of recognition for the services they provide to Game Maker users. You may vote once in each category upto the 31st of December.  The votes will then be checked and the winners announced on January […] More

  • 14 Comments

    in Game Maker 8

    Softwrap now, or no Softwrap later?

    The question remains: Would you like GM8 now with Softwrap, or wait 3-4 months for GM8 with no Softwrap? The official poll has been posted on the GMC which allow users to have their say in the matter. As Sandy mentioned on the official glog, it will take the approximately 3 to 4 months for […] More

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    in GameMaker Media

    GMLive – Sixth Show Topics

    The sixth GMLive show will air on Saturday December 19, 2009. The upcoming show will be focusing mainly on a single member who has recently gained popularity thanks to his recent games such as madnessMADNESSmadness. NAL will also be online participating in an interview after the show takes a look at some of his popular […] More

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    in Uncategorized

    Game Review – Little (Zack Banack)

    Just a beginning note – I’ve known about Zack Banack (known on most sites as Zack064 or just Zack) for a while now and have recently felt him to be fairly underrated. He shares his general style with indie creators like Jonatan Söderström and Andrew Brophy, yet his creations aren’t even comparably covered. Little represents […] More

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    in YoYo Games

    Game Maker Christmas Wish List

    Dear Santa Sandy, For Christmas this year I would like… The release of Game Maker 8. An online registration procedure that works painlessly both for new purchasers and those who have purchased Game Maker in 2009 A resolution to the logo dispute. Sorted 🙂 Chrome support for Instant Play (or even better a Java launcher […] More

  • 35 Comments

    in Game Maker 8

    This Is It (Final Game Maker 8 Logo)

    YoYo Games CEO Sandy Duncan has confirmed that a modification of the winning design in the runoff vote to evolve Albert Zak’s smiley will be the new Game Maker logo. “Here is the new revised logo, based on the original design but with no smiley and a few other changes (note….this is an ironic statement on […] More

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    in Game Maker 8

    Sandy to Respond to Logo Suggestions before end of week

    A week ago Sandy said he was open to evolutions of Albert Zak’s winning Game Maker 8 logo design.  Logo competition finalist Martin Crownover then hosted an instant runoff vote at the Game Maker Community between 19 designs (some of them very similar).  The three top-rated designs were emailed to Sandy and are shown below […] More

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    in Comment

    On Downtime

    Yesterday the official Game Maker Community was offline for at least 12 hours with a 503 error. Now that the forum is back online the reason for the downtime has been revealed – the servers php version was being upgraded from 4 to 5 ahead of an upgrade of the Invision Power Board (IPB) software […] More

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    in GameMaker Media

    GMLive December 5th 2009 – Show Review

    Earlier today GMLive broadcast their fifth Game Maker radio discussion. The show started with a group session of Worms clone PinkTards by Mordi which, although fun, didn’t really make for great radio even if I enjoyed killing the presenters.  I also question the wisdom of having such an event at the start of the show without […] More

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