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    Two Game Maker games in with a chance of $10,000

    Two games created in Game Maker are in the final of the $10,000 2BeeGames competition. Although the top prize is chosen by the contest organisers rather than the public there is a prize of $5,000 for the game that receives the most votes and $2,500 for the runner up. The third round of voting, which […] More

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    RTS + Christian SpeedGame Game Making Competitions

    A couple of game making competitions to tell you about this week. The first is GameMakerStation.com’s Real Time Strategy contest which runs for 3 and a half months and has $350 of prizes. The goal is to create a Real time strategy game with the following: Your Soldiers (Modern or Medieval) Enemy Soldiers (Modern or […] More

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    GameCog – Create, Design, Develop, Discuss

    Move over 64Digits, there is a new site in town! GameCOG is a new community website that has been created to provide game developers, designers and enthusiasts, an active environment to create and design, develop and discuss their game ideas and projects. Although it has just had its first public release, it is going strong […] More

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    I’m not dead, BANG!

    Contrary to popular belief, well a couple of messages I have received in the past few days, neither Game Maker Blog or myself are dead.  Last week I was away on holiday and as yet this week there have been no developments I consider newsworthy to blog about. If you do have any news tips […] More

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    $10,000 Game Making Contest

    Zoo Games have launched an Indie games competition with a first prize consisting of $10,000 cash and a publishing deal for your game to be made for a ‘major console’.  There is also $5,000 for the community favourite and $2,500 for the runner-up.  Game Maker games are acceptable, but you must be over 18 to […] More

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    In brief: Time Contest and vulnerabilities

    After a successful first competition, albeit with few entries, gmarcade have launched their second game making contest with the theme of ‘time’. The vulnerabilities discovered by James Rhodes in YoYo Games’ Instant Play remain unfixed more than three months after they were bought to the attention of the website. More

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    Save the Planet Competition Winners

    Earlier today Mark Overmars announced the winners of YoYo Games’ fourth competition. The winning games can be found below. For more information including details of the chosen games and the runners-up see Mark’s post. 1st Place, [$1000] : Greentech by Mr Chubigans 2nd Place, [$500] : EcoRush by andywiltshirenz 3rd Place, [$250] : Incoming: Battle […] More

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    New Moderator at the GMC

    KC_LC introduced a new moderator today over at the Game Maker Community who goes by the name Frostblade. According to his profile, the new moderator appears to be 16 years of age meaning he could be the youngest staff member on the GMC. Frostblade will be moderating the Game Ideas forum which was a good […] More

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    $225 up for grabs in Retro Game Competition.

    Zerosoft have launched a retro-style game contest with $225 in cash prizes. We are looking for old school graphics and game play. The prizes have been raised but with that our expectations have been raised as well. We will judge this competition strictly so follow our guide. We want to see pixellated graphics, action, and […] More

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    2008 Review: Competitions

    2008 has probably been the best year for Game Maker competitions yet. This is mainly down to the three high-profile contests launched by YoYo Games this year, and the results of last year’s winter-themed competition being announced which has seen over $5,000 given out to game creators. The themes of the competitions launched this year […] More

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    10 free GameMaker Pro licenses

    GameMaker Tech’s upcoming 14th issue not only features an interview with YoYo CEO Sandy Duncan but also includes a giveaway of 10 free GameMaker Pro licenses. Apparently you have to ‘convince’ the GMT staff that you deserve a copy.  Full details will be on page 4 of the magazine which will be out soon. You […] More

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