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    Prodigy GM does it all

    It seems every time we turn around the Prodigy GM is creating something new and loved by millions. Who could forget the famous and widely popular GMHV? Don’t forget about there stunning Gnazine. Now it seems the PGM is here to amaze once again, as their new show officially sets sail. Apparently they decided that […] More

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    in YoYo Games

    iGameMaker

    Sandy Duncan has mentioned on his blog the possibility of making Game Maker games compatible with the iHavemoremoneythansense iPhone. Apple’s recent release of an SDK for the iPhone has apparently provided YoYo Games with “lots of motivation to get on with having the runner ported to C++” which would be the first step required to […] More

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    in Blog News

    New GameMaker Blog lineup

    After nearly a year online I am pleased to announce that GameMaker Blog now has secured the services of 3 new bloggers. Also, as you have probably noticed if you are regular reader there is a new design. Please give me your feedback good or bad. Grego Tyler who joined GMB in September last year […] More

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    in Websites

    GM-Resources

    GameMaking Resources is one of the many sites offering free resources for Game Maker projects. Handily the service is more dynamic than most sites which tend to just provide page after page of alphabetical resources listings. You can comment on and rate resources and a handy indicator specifies whether or not you need to give […] More

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    in GMC

    GMC PM inbox size doubled

    The size of users personal mail inbox at the GMC has been doubled. Members can now store 100 posts in their account online. Thankfully this update was placed in the Announcements forum rather than the Community section of the forum to limit the pointless dicussion which normally follows. More

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    GameMakerTech Forum on the move

    GameMakerTech‘s notoriously unreliable forum has finally moved hosts. Connection Problems Sorry, SMF was unable to connect to the database. This may be caused by the server being busy. Please try again later. http://www.gmtech.vlexo.net/forum/ The new forum can be found at http://www.gmtech.kwix.info/forum, all posts and user accounts have been moved over. For a magazine which is […] More

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    GMArcade.com under attack

    The most popular “instant play” style website besides YoYoGames, GMArcade, has been under attack and is once again looking to upgrade their servers. “First of all, I would like to apologize to you for todays downloading and online play downtime. We had someone continuously download a file over 125,000 times. This is also why the […] More

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    in GMC, YoYo Games

    What next at the GMC?

    Recent days have seen YoYo Games truly communicating with its community for the first time since it came into existence. We’ve had an upgraded forum with a new skin, frank admissions of YoYo’s shortcomings and the re-introduction of post counts. On top of that I am now frequently seeing Mark Overmars and Sandy Duncan online […] More

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    Austin Lindgren is ShadePlay23

    I have been threatened and insulted by Austin Lindgren, aka ShadePlay23 from ShadePlay23’s GameMakerSchool. ShadePlay is not 26, 27, 23 or even 19 as claimed at various locations. Austin, aged 12 is from Lewis County, Washington state. This is supported by evidence provided from a highschool athletics profile and “The Chronicle”, a local newspaper which […] More

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    in GMC

    Post count is back!

    At a risk of sounding like gmnews, Chronic has announced that member post counts will once again be implemented at the GMC (from effect immediately). Since the current IPB powered GMC came into existence in 2003 there have never been public post counts. The previous eZboard forum did have post counts but a decision was […] More

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    I bought GameMaker School

    Broadcasting to the world a domain name you plan to register isn’t the brightest idea is it? Not so when I am king of domains starting “GameMaker…” (GameMakerBlog.com, GameMaker.tv, GameMakerStream.com, GameMakerTV.com, GameMaker.es, GameMakerNews.com, GameMaker8.com). GameMakerSchool.com has been added to my list. Some of you will probably think this was a harsh move on my half […] More

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