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Work on Official GameMaker Obfuscator

Mike Dailly has been “having fun playing with obfuscators” in response to the recent release of a GameMaker 8.1 Decompiler. Games created in GameMaker that are run through an obfuscator will have their source code jumbled up so that if an executable version of the game is decompiled it will not be in a human […] More

by Mark Smith June 18, 2011, 10:42 pm
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GameMaker 8.1 Decompiler Released

The file format of executable games created using GameMaker 8.1 has been cracked and a GameMaker 8.1 decompiler has been released. Until now games created using GameMaker 8.1, which promised “new, more secure .EXE encryption”, were “safe” from having their source code revealed. This latest release is actually an updated version of the original Game […] More

by Mark Smith June 14, 2011, 10:30 pm
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in GameMaker Development, YoYo Games

Super Snake HD by Mark Overmars out Thursday

YoYo Games’ next published game will be Super Snake HD which has been written by GameMaker creator Mark Overmars. In an extension of the classic snake game snakes must be navigated around obstacles in 80 levels across 4 worlds to feed on chickens. The game has a cartoony look to it, multiple options for […] More

by Mark Smith June 14, 2011, 12:04 pm
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Game Maker Studio Edition: Not in 2011

YoYo Games CEO Sandy Duncan has written a long post on the YoYo Games Glog in which he recounts recent achievements and provides an outline for the future development of the company. The full post is well worth a read for the official word on all things GameMaker and YoYo Games Publishing related and amongst […] More

by Mark Smith May 10, 2011, 10:10 pm
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GameMaker’s 3D Speed To Increase

For the past couple of days Mike Dailly has been working on improving the speed of 3D rendering in GameMaker. Speed improvements have been tested on a benchmarking GameMaker file provided by Martin Crownover (.zip). Modifying that file so that 1000 trees instead of 100 were added to a game room resulted in a room […] More

by Mark Smith April 26, 2011, 9:25 pm
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in GameMaker Development, GameMaker for Android, GameMaker for iOS, GameMaker for Mac, YoYo Games

GameMaker “Studio” to allow iOS, Android, PSP and HTML5 exporting

YoYo Games’ Stuart Poole has announced that a future version of GameMaker will allow creations to be exported to PC, Mac, iOS, Android, PSP Mini and HTML5 formats. The upcoming version, currently dubbed “GameMaker Studio”, will contain options enabling a single game to simultaneously be exported to files which are runnable across a range of […] More

by Mark Smith April 22, 2011, 1:58 pm
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How to file a GameMaker 8.1 Bug Report

Since the release of GameMaker 8.1 around 70 bug reports have been filed. Whilst feedback is obviously important to ensuring defects are identified and can be fixed, the poor quality of some of the bug reports just wastes everybody’s time. Sticking multiple unrelated bugs in one report is not helpful. Neither is continuing to create […] More

by Mark Smith April 17, 2011, 10:55 am
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in Game Maker 8, GameMaker Development

Game Maker 8.1: New Lite Restrictions

Once we revealed YoYo Games’ intention to remove the option enabling Game Maker 8.1 Lite to export games in .exe format some strong opinions were voiced against the change. More

by Mark Smith April 3, 2011, 7:42 pm
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Game Maker 8.1: Video of Changes [Part One]

Since this video was made I quizzed Mike Dailly on the absence of the "Publish your game" option and he has stated that this functionality will be added back in. A list of bug fixes can be found in the Game Maker 8.x changelog. Transcript follows "Opening up Game Maker 8.1 one of the first [...]

by Mark Smith March 30, 2011, 1:34 pm
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Game Maker 8.1 Lite Cannot Create Executables (Updated: Change of Plan?)

The Lite version of the Game Maker 8.1 beta cannot export executable Game Maker files. This is one update that is missing from the official list of changes. Whilst testing the software I had entirely overlooked the removal of this feature until this morning when registered upgrade keys were cancelled for a test. This had […] More

by Mark Smith March 30, 2011, 1:10 pm
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Game Maker 8.1 – Limited Beta Begins

A “very limited” beta of Game Maker 8.1 has begun. The beta features a new non-Softwrap registration system alongside a variety of IDE upgrades and bug fixes. Bugs reported so far have been fixed by Mike at a good pace. Hopefully the “report a bug” toolbar option will remain present after the initial public release […] More

by Mark Smith March 25, 2011, 3:52 pm
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Game Maker 8.1 Official Feature List

YoYo Games has announced that Game Maker 8.1 is now “almost ready” for release. Alongside previously known improvements such as an overhauled room editor, enhanced script editor, built in updater and executable file encryption, details have been posted of a number of other changes that will be made to the software. The Softwrap DRM system […] More

by Mark Smith March 21, 2011, 3:49 pm

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