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Which Handheld Devices will Game Maker games appear on?

With the announcement of Competition 5, many people are probably curious about Game Maker coming to a portable device. But which one? With the diverse specifications for each device, its hard to tell which portable system will have the best chance of supporting Game Maker. Lets take a deeper look into each of the popular […] More

by Mark Smith December 31, 2009, 2:46 am
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YoYo Games speak out about Pirates

People who pirate Game Maker are not welcome at YoYoGames.com. That is the message given by Sandy and Mark Overmars in a post on the YoYo Games blog earlier today. Previously Sandy had said “The money we make helps to pay the bills, so buying Game Maker 8 whether you bought GM5 and have upgraded […] More

by Mark Smith December 19, 2009, 2:52 pm
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Game Maker 7 for Mac “Delayed Indefinitely”

Game Maker 7 for Mac, which has been in beta for over a year, has had its development “delayed indefinitely”. Progress over the last year has been slow but this is the first official word on its status for a long time. “Sorry to bring bad news, but our Mac Developer has resigned this morning […] More

by Mark Smith December 4, 2009, 12:01 pm
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New Game Maker Logo Revealed

This is the new logo that will be used to represent Game Maker and has earned its creator, 15 year old Albert Zak, the $250 cash prize. The logo was selected by Game Maker creator Mark Overmars and YoYo Games CEO Sandy Duncan from more than 500 which were submitted by Game Maker users. In […] More

by Mark Smith November 27, 2009, 7:24 pm
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Ten Years of Game Maker 1999-2009

It is 10 years to the day since Mark Overmars released the first public version of Game Maker, 1.1. Since then Game Maker has undergone huge changes with the addition of Game Maker Language scripting, the introduction of many more drag and drop icons and functions, 3D, particles and extensions. The userbase has grown from […] More

by Mark Smith November 15, 2009, 12:38 am
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Game Maker 8 Beta Server “completely hacked”

On Thursday the server distributing the release candidate of Game Maker 8 (gm8.yoyogames.com) and the bug tracker was “completely hacked”. The RC itself was hosted elsewhere so remained available for download to those who knew its exact location. gm4mac.yoyogames.com which was hosting the fourth beta of Game Maker 7 for Mac is also affected. After […] More

by Mark Smith September 27, 2009, 10:58 am
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Fourth Game Maker Mac Beta

A fourth Game Maker 7 for Mac beta has been released (download). The interface of the IDE has been given the Mac look and feel which was missing from previous versions. “The Maker is down to less than 20MB (unzipped) from 56MB and the Runner is now more manageable at less than 8MB (down from […] More

by Mark Smith September 15, 2009, 4:17 pm
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Third Game Maker 8 beta later this month

Mark Overmars has stated that a “third beta/release candidate” of Game Maker 8 will be released to testers in the second half of September. The time limited second beta has now expired with over 700 bug reports having been filed on Mantis. Thanks to Piotr Gnys for the tip. More

by Mark Smith September 2, 2009, 10:50 pm
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Game Maker 7 for Mac – Third Beta (public)

The third beta version of Game Maker 7 for Mac has been released. Unlike the first and second versions which were distributed to a closed group of testers the third is available to everyone. Access to the Game Maker 7 for Mac third beta (27.2MB) can be gained via the mantis bug tracker where bug reports […] More

by Mark Smith August 20, 2009, 12:06 am
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Game Maker’s C++ Runner is in Testing

Very little is known about the progress of the C++ Game Maker runner re-write which YoYo Games intend to use with Game Maker 8. There is however a version of the runner, created in November last year, that works with (some) Game Maker 7 games which is currently in testing. I know this is probably […] More

by Mark Smith June 23, 2009, 8:07 pm
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Exclusive Videos: Game Maker Mac Development Progressing

A second version of the Game Maker 7 Mac version is due to be sent to those in the closed beta testing scheme soon. Some screenshots of the second beta version and a couple of videos of it in action can be seen below. Sorry in advance for the poor quality of the videos. Higher […] More

by Mark Smith June 19, 2009, 3:54 pm
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Free upgrade to Game Maker 8 for GM5, 6 & 7 users?

The GMC’s grasp of economics is, like their common sense and logical thinking, so often lacking. The question of whether registered users of Game Maker will get a free upgrade to Game Maker 8 once again reared its head at the GMC and unlike previous postings the topic has remained open. Mark Overmars previously enabled […] More

by Mark Smith May 15, 2009, 5:19 pm

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