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    GMTech 13 – A sample

    Following a long absence following the release of their 12th issue GameMaker Tech have released a “sample (pdf)” issue 13. This sample contains just a few articles of the many that will be included in the full release.  Writing on the GameMaker Community, gamez93 said “The content has not been fully checked, so don’t be […] More

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    5 Million GMA Impressions

    The GameMaker Affiliation Service has now served over 5,000,000 button impressions! Here are some stats collected through the service on the way to 5 million button impressions. Includes browser/OS usage of people viewing the banners, country reach and total impressions per month. This data is collected from a large number of GameMaker websites so the […] More

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    A funny GM comic

    After my comments earlier this week about the pointlessness of puzzles in GameMaker publications I was pleased to see that comics do have a place in GameMaker magazines. A funny and topical GameMaker themed comic – hurrah! Taken from GM Weekly #3 More

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    Persistence presence of puzzles perplexes me

    GameMaker Tech have dropped them, MarkUp have never had them, but the smaller and less established magazines love them – I’m talking about word puzzles and games. The kind of things you would expect to find on the back of newspapers or in a young child’s comic. The crosswords, wordsearches, mazes and spot the differences […] More

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    How does the GMking staff stay in touch?

    The recently announced GMking blog has published a new post today, shedding some light on the ways their staff collaborates via instant messengers and other forms of communication. The GMking staff is extremely geographically diverse, which makes communication and decision making processes much harder.  Many of our staff have an 8 hour or more time […] More

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    GMWeekly issue 2

    One week after the launch of his first issue, Darren Poole has released the second of his GameMaker Weekly pdf magazine – on time and on schedule. As well as community news the short newsletter style publication also features a review of puzzle game Elimod + Dagros. Download GMWeekly issue 2 (left click). More

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    100 Games in 1

    Or – yet another attempt to flog CDs of GameMaker created games. The team/person behind the project have rather aptly decided to name themselves “Pure Evil Productions” – bound, I’m sure, to inspire confidence in both game makers and game players. The plan is for 100 GameMaker created games to be sold on a CD, […] More

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    It’s raining updates…

    It seems that after months of complaining about the lack of updates, the team at YoYo Games have decided to act to put a stop to it. With three updates in the space of three days, is this a taste of things to come? 20th August :: Competition Deadline Approaching The deadline for the third […] More

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    Robbie was too Swift

    I was the first person to vote in the latest Cage Match. However I decided not to bother leaving a reply. Just thought I would let you know. The final score was Frozzd by 2DCube………………….73 votes, Robbie Swifthand And The Orb Of Mysteries by scream681…..83 votes. The match was a close battle between Frozzd by 2DCube […] More

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    The 4 GameMaker magazines

    Recently we have seen new releases from the three of the magazines devoted to the GameMaker platform. GameMakerTech and MarkUp are the publications that have released the most issues to date with 13 and 14 magazines respectively. New this year are two magazines – out with the lack of originality and in with a brand […] More

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    Yet another magazine surfaces

    This time it’s “GMWeekly”. Featuring 3 pages of content, this venture by GMC user DPoole doesn’t seem to exactly be taking a good start. Hello and welcome to a brand new publication, brought to you for free every Friday by me, Darren Poole. This succinct weekly periodical will encompass numerous things in the future, including: […] More

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