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    in Reviews, Websites

    GMVision’s Second Minisode Published

    GMVision’s 2nd Minisode has been released. This episode looks at various file hosts that may or may not be aimed specifically at Game Maker. With the abrupt shutdown of the popular “Will Host For Food”, this episode may be a great resource for people looking for a replacement host. The hosts featured in this Minisode […] More

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    in Community Links

    Distinctly not mid-week Community Links

    The second round of voting at 2BeeGames ends at midnight tonight (EST).  Currently 3 of the 4 Game Maker games in the final would drop out with only Kablooey making it through to the next round. 2BeeGames recently published an interview with the game creator, Mr Chubigans, on their blog. Earlier this week second and […] More

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    in Game Maker 8

    Game Maker 8 will cost $25 and will be DRM free

    YoYo Games’ Sandy Duncan has confirmed that Game Maker 8 will sell for the same price as its predecessor Game Maker 7 – $25.  Of course this excludes those of you who have purchased (or will purchase) a Game Maker 7 upgrade at any time during 2009 as these purchasers are entitled to a free […] More

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    in Distribution

    WillHostForFood starved

    One of the most popular file hosting services used by Game Maker Community members has today gone offline.  WillHostForFood had been online for 2 and a half years and hosted over 200GB of content belonging to over 5,000 members. To get an idea of the popularity of the site Google returns “about 79,000” results to […] More

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    in YoYo Games

    Mark Overmars talks about Game Maker’s past and future

    Mark Overmars was one of the speakers at a Microsoft Academic Day on Game Development in 2008. We have just recently reached ten years since the launch of the first Game Maker version, so now seems quite an appropriate time to look at the past, present and future of the software.  This also provides a […] More

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    in GameMaker Media

    GMLive – Fourth Show Topics

    The fourth GMLive online Game Maker radio show will take place this Saturday at 11am US Eastern Time (4pm UK). Hosts Robin Monks, Joshua Pedroza, Jonathan Martin and Tamper will review the four Game Maker finalists in the 2BeeGames competition and discuss topical Game Maker news such as Game Maker’s 10 year anniversary and the […] More

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    in Competition

    Game Maker strong in 2BeeGames contest

    All four Game Maker games in the final of the 2BeeGames contest (total prize fund $15,000) have made it past the first elimination stage.  The three finalists that received the smallest number of votes in a public poll were removed from the running and the same will happen in the next round. Currently Vertigo Games’s Kablooey! is […] More

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    in Game Maker 8

    Game Maker 8: Second Release Candidate

    Update: The full version of Game Maker 8 has been released. A second Game Maker 8 release candidate has been made available for testing by YoYo Games. As of yet there has not been an official announcement that this is available but it can be downloaded here (5.5MB .exe). It is now less certain that […] More

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    in Development, GameMaker Development

    Ten Years of Game Maker 1999-2009

    It is 10 years to the day since Mark Overmars released the first public version of Game Maker, 1.1.  Since then Game Maker has undergone huge changes with the addition of Game Maker Language scripting, the introduction of many more drag and drop icons and functions, 3D, particles and extensions. The userbase has grown from […] More

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    in Competition

    Time Travel Competition

    FredFredrickson’s Reflect Games is holding a time-travel themed game making contest. Games can involve time travel, take place at an alternate time in the past or future, include a time machine or anything else related to time-travel. First prize is $30 of games on Steam, second place gets $10 of games and the third placed […] More

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    in Game Maker 8

    Which of these Game Maker 8 logos do you prefer?

    I stumbled across four entries submitted to the Game Maker 8 logo contest uploaded to the Flickr account of Sandy Duncan.  Presumably these have made the final.  The competition rules stated that there would be five runners-up so perhaps the winning entry is absent. Click on the thumbnails below to view the logos. [nggallery id=4] [poll […] More

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