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    Popularity of gamemaker

    I came across an article by Aussie Bill Kerr who was looking at the popularity of gamemaker compared to other ‘similar’ products out there, in particular the software available at squeakland.org It makes quite interesting reading as it compares various aspects of the programs and their communities, and suggests reasons why gamemaker comes out on […] More

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    Can I steal,…

    Can I steal images? No. Okay, Can I steal sounds? No. What a surprise and how unexpected. What did these newbies expect – “yes, sure you can rip and use graphics from any game, no problem – just put ‘sprites ripped from <game name>’ in the credits and you will be fine”. Just as I […] More

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    Annoying newbie trait (4)

    After asking if the community needs another magazine… and being told NO Creating your own magazine which you freely admit “is [half filled with] just stupid random crap.” Related article: Fact: Most gamemaker magazines fail More

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    Annoying newbie trait (3)

    Annoying trait 3 Insulting the GMC rules because they don’t allow you to fill the forum up with team requests “That’s a retarded rule! Are they intentionally trying to discourage beginners or what? I wish you elitist developers didn’t lock your knowledge away from the rest of us! And quit acting like your better than […] More

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    FreeWebs Abuse

    People posting their website in the Web Site Announcements forum at the GMC are often met with a barrage of complaints about their choice of web-host, particularly if they have opted to use FreeWebs. Let’s take a look to see this in action at the GMC: Sheepdawg Games – the first response simply reads ‘>.< […] More

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    Issue 3 of MarkUp released

    Issue 3 of the MarkUp magazine has been released today. Details about the magazine and the contents of the May eddition are avalible on the MarkUp website, so my advice to you is go there and download the mag. My article on the importance of game manuals is on page 19. Enjoy 😉 Download: High […] More

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    This week’s review

    A quick look back at what has become of issues mentioned during the previous week on gamemaker blog. My first article has been included in the next issue of MarkUp gamemaker magazine, I’ve seen it in the final draft copy.  The magazine will be released at the begining of May.  And more of my content […] More

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    sPaM (PM spam)

    On Saturday morning I received my first unsolicited Personal Message at the GMC. It was from FullForceGames and was an attempt to get me to join their gamemaker team (I think), unless it was some crafty way to try and increase traffic to their website. Here is the PM in full: Hi, we are starting […] More

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    YouTube gamemaker game trailer

    I was pleasantly surprised and impressed to see that GMC member Dinsdale has made use of YouTube to deliver a trailer for his Lander Remix game. The 1 minuite trailer has been viewed around 20 times, and shows a useful and modern promotional technique that can be used to promote games. I expect that most, […] More

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