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A Bite From The GameMaker Buffet

There was a time when playing a GameMaker game meant downloading an executable file and running it on Windows. That was it. Now users are playing games in their browsers, on their mobile phones, on Mac OS X, and even sharing content with each other via Steam. GameMaker really has become a buffet of platforms. […] More

by Mark Smith March 7, 2013, 6:53 am
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in Development, GameMaker Development, GameMaker Studio, Technical

Exclusive: GameMaker Multiplayer Features And Function Names Revealed

Multiplayer functionality in GameMaker: Studio will soon be reality if a recent tweet from Micheal Dailly, head of development at YoYo Games, is anything to go by. The tweet includes a photo that appears to depict six game clients running side-by-side, demonstrating a multiplayer game that does not require the developer to set up a […] More

by Mark Smith February 22, 2013, 12:23 pm
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in Development, GameMaker for iOS, GameMaker Studio

Exporting to iOS – Three Things Newbies Panic Over

If you own a copy of GameMaker: Studio Professional, chances are you’re into mobile development. Statistically, new developers are more likely to move towards Apple’s mobile platform, iOS, as it is “easier” to sell copies of your software through their online app store, despite the higher entry barriers. If you are new to iOS development, […] More

by Mark Smith February 13, 2013, 10:01 am
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in Development, GameMaker Studio, YoYo Games

GameMaker Now Supports Increase/Decrease Operators

The latest version of GameMaker: Studio (version 1.1.734) has introduced over 300 fixes and changes, and notably added support for increase and decrease operators. These operators have been a frequent request within the GameMaker community. While this common functionality will be familiar to users of major programming languages and other engines, GameMaker has lacked this […] More

by Mark Smith December 15, 2012, 9:13 am
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in Development, GameMaker Development, GameMaker for Steam, YoYo Games

GameMaker: Studio Now On Steam

Yesterday, YoYo Games announced a new partnership with Valve Software, creators of the extraordinarily popular Steam game distribution network. The first part of this partnership regards the opening of the new Steam App Store. Steam is moving beyond games and will begin selling application software as well. GameMaker: Studio will be one of those apps […] More

by Mark Smith October 4, 2012, 2:13 pm
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in Development

5 Ways to Avoid Vaporware

Vaporware; software or hardware that is announced and never released, nor officially cancelled. Or as I see it, the fate of most GM projects. It is a sad truth. Many Game Maker users will announce tonnes of new games, applications, and concepts in their time at the GMC, but so many of those projects will never see […] More

by Mark Smith December 11, 2011, 12:41 pm
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in Comment, Development, YoYo Games

Comment: Why the Linux Port Will Flop

During early December we saw a surprising image of what appeared to be a port of Game Maker to Linux. Yet the excitement YoYo may have wanted to build, using the screenshot of the program running on a Fedora distribution, may not be manifesting itself as strongly as they had hoped. I for one saw […] More

by Mark Smith December 4, 2011, 4:23 pm
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in Development

2011 Game Maker Predictions: 6 Months On

At the start of the year we conducted our annual prediction poll in which 7 proposals about the future of Game Maker were put forward to vote on. 170 readers took part and indicated which they thought would occur during the year. Now, halfway through what has already been an eventful year in the development […] More

by Mark Smith July 2, 2011, 9:58 pm
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in Development, Games

An exploration of Game Maker Zombie Top Down Shooter Games

Zombies. Just that one word is enough to make most members of the Game Maker community roll their eyes and think of hoards of bland, boring and dull games. Is this just generalisation, are they better than that? Are there unique, fascinating games out there which people are missing, because they can’t get over their […] More

by Mark Smith March 8, 2011, 11:36 pm
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in Development

GMare – Open Source Game Maker Room Editor

Michael Mercado has released an early version of an open source alternative to the built in Game Maker room editor, GMare. Written in C# the editor features a zoom, tile fill and many other tile features. Admittedly this would have been much more useful if it was released months or even years back, given that […] More

by Mark Smith February 12, 2011, 2:21 pm
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in Comment, Development

Designing for Hardcore Gamers and Casual Gamers

There are so many different potential players of your game and it can be hard to make your game suit different tastes. Here I examine two broad gamer definitions that can be expand into many more. Hardcore Gamers You can always pick one out of a group of people; they eat, sleep, dream, and talk […] More

by Mark Smith January 11, 2011, 12:29 am
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in Development, GMC

GMCG Project Scrapped – Leaders Step Down and Smaller Game Planned

GMC moderator Takagi posted yesterday explaining that the Game Maker Community Game, until-now focused on a game named Eve, will begin to take a different route. Instead of a planned large RPG the team will downsize the project to something a little less ambitious. The details are still being worked out but the the team […] More

by Mark Smith September 16, 2010, 12:50 am

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