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Insights at the intersection of game development, programming and modern tech.

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    Overbyte Magazine Issue 3

    Overbyte, the independent games magazine your mother would be ashamed of, has released its third, less silly, issue. In the main articles Jack Brockley takes a look at eight of the entries in YoYo Games’ fifth competition while Andrew McCluskey delivers some design tips you can use to give your game a more professional appearance. […] More

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    YYG Instant Play now Fx3.6 & GM8 Compatible

    After several months of community impatience (Game Maker 8 is four months old tomorrow, Firefox 3.6 several months itself), YoYo Games has finally updated their Instant Play engine to work for both. Internet Explorer should have its IP engine for Game Maker 8 up and running tomorrow, as reported by Sandy on the glog. However, […] More

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    GMIndie Plan 250-page Game Maker eBook

    GMIndie are working on an ambitious project to create a series of Game Maker eBooks – the first which will provide an introduction to the software scheduled for release in July 2010. The idea for a comprehensive tutorial series reminds me of Carl Gustafsson’s Beginners Guide to Game Maker Programming, a long unofficial introduction to […] More

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    YoYo Games Virus Scanner Defective

    As a quick warning, uploading games on YoYo Games currently appears to present you with the Virus Scanner account telling you (via the usual private message as well as an email notification) that your game has been deleted and an administrator informed due to a “virus having been found”. This has been affecting uploads for […] More

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    Two Interesting Approaches to Game Monetization

    An approach often used to monetize flash games is ‘game sponsorship’. This is where individual companies or flash game distribution websites fund (or buy) a game from its creator and then insert their own branding within the game. You have probably played many games where the logo of a free games website appears within the […] More

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