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    In the press~ish

    As part of an feature I have been writing for the 7th issue of the MarkUp game development magazine (out next month) I have been following the progress of a few game maker made games. One of these games, Immortal Defense was included on the cover DVD of a magazine I read. StudioEres, creator of […] More

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    MarkUp 6 5 4 3 2 oh arhhh….

    The MarkUp 6 drafts were made available to those who contribute to the magazine at GMKing around 20 days ago, for the release which normally takes place in the first couple of days of the month. Not so for August it seems. Half way through the month and no sign of the issue’s release yet. […] More

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    Stencyling around

    I have just returned from a short break away to find that several new people have begun commenting on GameMakerBlog, welcome all of you. I have some news to share with you regarding my registration of the Stencyl.org domain name. The inevitable came – I was contacted by Stephen Stencyl’s webmaster and was asked to […] More

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    in Distribution

    Going Commercial

    A shortened version of a lengthy feature about the different ways of earning money from games you have created. This was written for the 7th issue of MarkUp (released August 2007). A history Game Maker, its community, and the games people are creating with it have certainly come a long way. When I first found […] More

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    in Comment, Websites

    Gamemaker T.V.

    I returned from a short break today to find that the top post in the community section of the GMC is entitled Gamemaker T.v., so I think to myself, has someone uncovered my mighty unsecret of GameMaker.tv? Umm, no. Instead revelgames have decided to setup Game Maker Television, “a internet show that will review Games, […] More

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    Stencyl

    Today I registered the Stencyl.org domain name. For those of you who don’t know Stencyl (official site) is an up-and-coming open-source game development and distribution platform – think of it as an open source, and probably better run version of GameMaker. Quite why the creators of open source software neglected to register the .ORG of […] More

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    Widespread piracy of GameMaker

    The DRM integrated into the latest version of GameMaker has caused problems for a few legitimate users who have tried to install the software on more than one computer, but undoubtedly the people most effected by the new registration system are the “I’ll stick with GM6ers”. Those that post on the GMC looking for downloads […] More

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    Summer gamemaking

    I haven’t been making many posts recently and with the summer coming up (not in weather terms) you may expect me to say that I will be updating gamemakerblog more frequently.  In fact the opposite is probably the case. Over the summer break I will be spending more time working on GMKing projects such as […] More

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    Team Request

    This post in the recently relaunched team request forum just made me laugh. Firstly the project was a MMORPG, secondly the topic creator was looking to recruit ‘atleast 20‘ people to fill every position, thirdly the idea was to create a Harry Potter (yuk!) themed game and fourthly the topic was posted on the very […] More

  • in Distribution

    Promoting a game

    Promoting a freeware game will be different from promoting a commercial game – the most important thing, I think, is to be aware of who your target audience is and to make sure they see your message. Forum signatures are a great place to advertise since it is essentially free space, and if you are […] More

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    Don’t have the time

    Some people, honestly. When asked by a member of the GMC to provide a more detailed description of his game this member decides that they don’t have time to add more information. “Very detail discription: Like I have time for that?” Like people who ‘can not be bothered’ to post a screenshot this really infuriates […] More

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    Review: Arena (Dennis Toney)

    As featured in MarkUp July 2007: What they say: Arena is the two-player game where opponents battle within the confines of a random maze. With lots of options and multiple paths to victory, Arena is never the same game twice. This is a great rivalry game where two good friends can sit down and blast […] More

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