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In the first 24 hours since Game Maker 8 became available it was downloaded over 20,000 times.  This is about 5 times the normal number of Game Maker downloads seen in a day. Various benchmarks have been created by Game Maker users to compare the performance of versions 7 and 8.  RinkuHero wrote “I don’t think […] More

Opinion is divided at the Game Maker Community poll asking users whether they would prefer a pre-Christmas Game Maker 8 with Softwrap or at least a three month wait for a non-Softwrap release.  Sandy had previously stated that Game Maker 8 would not use Softwrap but it appears this is his favoured option (and that […] More

GMLive are broadcasting their next Game Maker radio discussion show tomorrow at 11am Eastern Time (4pm UK, time in your location).  Topics will include Climb to the Top of the Castle’s recent $10,000 victory and people moaning at the lack of a hammer in the new Game Maker logo.  The guest is Wyatt Best (bendodge) […] More

Yesterday GMVision released a video review of the 3D FPS Infinite War.  An archive of last weekends GMLive radio show has also been uploaded. Sam Whited has created a Twitter list of influential Game Maker users. Wow there has been a lot of reaction to the new Game Maker logo.  Hopefully we can now move […] More

GreyPea has launched a game development diary documenting the progress of a “2D side scrolling something-em-up”. The daily posts are short so it doesn’t require too much commitment to follow. Kablooey! is currently in second place in the final public poll in the 2BeeGames contest.  Public voting takes place up to the end of the […] More

The second round of voting at 2BeeGames ends at midnight tonight (EST).  Currently 3 of the 4 Game Maker games in the final would drop out with only Kablooey making it through to the next round. 2BeeGames recently published an interview with the game creator, Mr Chubigans, on their blog. Earlier this week second and […] More

Challenge other Game Maker Blog readers at Jack Brockley’s last mini-game, Circum Skull. The online highscores table (powered by VEX) can be found here. 2DBoy.com have released some interesting statistics from their recent “Pay what you like” offer on World of Goo. When will Game Maker 8 be released?  Lots of people want to know […] More

GameBuilder.info are holding a “Happy Halloween” themed game making competition with a $150 cash first prize. Entries can be made using any game development tool and can be submitted upto November 3rd. More reaction to YoYo Games’ losses at Game Maker Games (seems a decent place) and at GMClan (Polish, lots of comments). Updates at […] More

Shock horror the end of Civilization is nigh! More

The Russian Game Maker Community GM-Rus have created an isometric map of websites devoted to creating games.   You can see the world so far at GameLand. If you create an isometric building to represent your site you can add it to the city and get a link back to your Game Maker website.   Instructions of how to […] More

GMTV, who recently split from GMKing, have released their first mini-episode: a video review of Iji. Only one day to go before GMArcade’s Time Contest stops accepting entries More