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GameMaker 8.1 will be released very soon. That’s the latest word from primary developer Mike Dailly writing on his blog in his latest post about Game Maker development.  Yesterday the “final release candidate” was distributed to testers. So far there have only been two entries into Dangerous Dave’s Pointed Games competition. Three prizes are available, […] More

Uriel Griffin has created a world map to which Game Maker users can add their locations. The areas with the highest concentration of members mapped so far are unsurprisingly the United Kingdom and USA.  A similar project started by James Rhodes two years ago is now offline. Spark Lemon is a recently launched “game developers […] More

Another development in the “App Store” trademark case. Apple is to sue Amazon over their use of the “Appstore” name for their Android app marketplace (BBC) In an interview with CasualGaming.biz GameSalad (easy iPhone game creation) founders contrast their product to Game Maker. How would you say your pro version compares to another design tool […] More

Is Apple throttling the performance of HTML5 Apps to protect their 30% cut?  (The Register). Mike Dailly has said that YoYo Games don’t consider any future Game Maker HTML5 exporter addon to be a viable alternative to App publishing on mobile devices, but surely some devices will be able to run these games at a […] More

Mornez has created a website highlighting some of the best games from YoYoGames.com.  The chosen games are divided between various categories including horror, action, retro, racing and sports. The Rocket Pack HTML5 game engine which is designed for professional game developers and not yet publicly available has been bought by Disney for a figure in […] More

Jacob Habgood, who has authored two books about Game Maker game development, says in response to a request for a more advanced level book that “it doesn’t seem that ‘advanced’ game maker users … pay for anything”. Chevy Ray Johnston of Flashpunk has created the Gamestorm blog which features “a collection of doodles, sketches, and […] More

Following on from a introductory session to Game Maker at New York University which was held a couple of weeks ago Noah Sasso is holding a series of four 3-hour Game Maker workshop sessions aimed at beginners starting next Sunday in Brooklyn. They are priced at $295 with the registration deadline today. Mike Dailly is continuing to […] More

Prizes in the NALGames contest at GameJolt have been improved. The winning game maker now gets a t-shirt and two games (or monetary alternative). In preparation for the Global Game Jam New York University are holding a Game Maker basics workshop next Wednesday evening. The event is aimed at total novices. Full details Game Maker […] More

David Galindo (Mr Chubigans) has posted an update on the commercial success of his Oil Blue title created using Game Maker. He writes about promoting the game, rejection from Steam and bundling his game with others. Why are creative players treated like criminals? An interesting piece from Indie Game Magazine about fixing glitches players have […] More

Jesse Venbrux’s Frozzd and You Probably Won’t Make It have been released on the Mac App Store at $1 a piece. On the first day the store was available both titles were in the top 20 paid apps. GMVision and a media organisation calling themselves Game Polisher (who used to run a ‘radio’ show) are […] More

A GMC Game Jam has been proposed. What started off as a discussion regarding the creation of a “GMC Competition” with large cash prizes has now morphed into planning a GMC Jam similar to Ludum Dare and GameJolt’s Jams. Apple’s Mac App Store launches later today.  I have received a tip that some of Jesse Venbrux’s games (Frozzd […] More