Games

Messhof’s Nidhogg, described as “a 2 player fencing game with football & platforming elements” has won the Nuovo Award at IGF. The $5,000 award which is given to a game honouring “abstract, short-form, and unconventional game development” has been awarded to a game made using Game Maker for the second year in a row. Last […] More

Game Maker creation Desktop Dungeons has been awarded the Excellence in Design prize at the Independent Games Festival awards at Game Developers Conference. The game beat Faraway, Minecraft, Nidhogg and Super Crate Box to pick up a cheque for $2,500. On collecting the award the South African creators QCF Design said they had not written […] More

If you’re anything like myself, you’ve looked around Yoyogames quite a bit and have found that the majority of games are very shallow, unpolished, or completely undeveloped.  Sure the spotlight occasionally features an interesting arcade title, but after an hour you want nothing to do with it. I have always been under the impression that […] More

There have been some delays with the Android release of Mr Karoshi but plenty of press around YoYo Games’ latest iPhone title. iPhoneGamerUK have posted a walkthrough of the first 20 Mr Karoshi levels. Though it is the later levels which are the hardest! In their review of the game touchArcade are critical of the […] More

Zach Kehs (SunnyKatt) has released a fast-paced trailer his "procedurally generated" Game Maker game Koya Rift. Koya Rift is an action-packed platform shooter that is built around circular gameplay; which emphasizes heavy replayability by feeding the player a stream of short term goals that don't end. In Koya Rift, the player must enter a hostile [...]

Sequels are relatively rare in the Game Maker world, but among those that exist are some real gems that take the original game’s good bits and make them better. Let’s take a look back at five of the best sequels made with Game Maker. Jumper Three (Matt Thorson) Not everyone took a liking to Jumper […] More

Happy New Year everyone! To celebrate, we’ve put together a video of 100 Game Maker Games that were made/completed/released in the last year. More

Half of the games in IndieGames.com’s Top 10 Indie Games of 2010 have been made using Game Maker. The list, which is cross-platform and contains the well known Minecraft and Super Meat Boy, includes the following Game Maker games: Hydorah by Locomalito Shoot First by teknopants Super Crate Box by Vlambeer Desktop Dungeons by Rodain […] More

Xenon by *iRhymeWithRawr* Xenon is an arcade-style scrolling shooter in which you control a little ship faced with massive, uniquely-designed, enemies. The aim is simple – to destroy said enemies before they destroy you. Xenon is easy on the eyes with simple yet slick graphics. The effects also look great when faced with a big […] More