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The first issue of IndieGo Magazine was released at the end of last week.  This paid-for “magazine for independent gaming” costs $1 for a digital .pdf version or $4 for a physical copy.  For a brief period yesterday it was available to download free however I wasn’t aware of that until today! It’s infamously difficult to get […] More

The first publicly available version of GameMaker:HTML5 has been released, a beta, which can be purchased for $79 using a coupon. From Tuesday next week the price will rise to $99 and when the first “full” version is released that will jump to $199. You can buy GameMaker:HTML5 here. Writing on Twitter about today’s release […] More

The 15th issue of indie(Magazine) has been released (download). The cover feature, a look at the recent Ludum Dare 21 gamejam and competition, sadly featured only recycled content originally posted on the Ludum Dare blog. Several “guest writers” contributed an appraisal of the development of their games, dubbed “postmortems”, which were delivered in various forms. […] More

A beta version of GameMaker HTML5, now stylised GameMaker:HTML5, will be made available to those who have registered to take part on September 22nd. During the beta period it will be possible to purchase the full version of GameMaker:HTML5 at the reduced price of $99. Once the beta ends the product will sell for $199. […] More

Pollushot gameplay – this player has obviously had a bit of practise! Available for brief period a fortnight ago Greg Lobanov’s Pollushot was officially published by YoYo Games at the end of last week. Pirates vessels spewing pollution into the world must be taken out, by means of a player-controlled slingshot. More

Yesterday Scirra launched the licensing programme for their Construct 2 HTML5 game maker. There are three versions of the software. The free edition places limits on the number of resources that can be used within a game and restricts access to certain features. The Standard ($65) and Business ($255) packages remove most of these restrictions. […] More

YoYo Games employee Andrew McCluskey has posted online the first publicly playable game created using the HTML5 version of GameMaker. R5Maddening is a version of Remaddening created using an early build of GameMaker HTML5, which is currently in closed alpha. Update: A HTML5 version of Jesse Venbrux’s They Need to be Fed is also available […] More

Andrew McCluskey recently released the fourth issue of his GameMaker magazine RekameMag. Download 7.8MB pdf: Dropbox Host-A The Flaws of Ratings explores the lunacy behind numerical based rating systems commonly used to review and compare games.  In the end everything is subjective and the article concludes that numbers should be taken with a big pinch […] More

The tenth issue of indie(Magazine) has today been released.  This means the magazine has now released the same number of issues as Game Maker’s Digest. The magazine starts with a three page round up of indie gaming news before 3 GameMaker games are reviewed. The games are Helicopter Hero in which you fly around a […] More

The Overbyte GameMaker magazine has returned after 14 months absence because editor RC “miss[ed] writing things that people will actually read and hopefully enjoy”. > Download Overbyte 4 (left click only) The magazine starts with an “obligatory news” section which briefly covers the relaunch of both the YoYo Games website and Game Maker’s Digest magazine. […] More

Episode 5 of indie(Radio) was hosted by Bret Hudson yesterday evening. In the first half of the show Noel Berry is interviewed and discusses his work with flaspunk including the engines he has released. Kya Suleyman then joins Bret to discuss the new YoYo Games website, a FlashDevelop beta, Game Maker’s Digest and HTML5 Game […] More

The HTML5 GameMaker page on the new YoYo Games website has recently been expanded to provide additional information about what will be the next new version of the software to be released. The page lists the following two features as being unique to the HTML5 version which I believe were not yet public knowledge: GameMaker […] More