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

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    SigmaNine 24-hour-ish Game Making Contest

    Game Maker community SigmaNine.net are holding their first contest.   Development time is limited to 24-hours however you have until 11:59 GMT on January 25th to submit your final game which means that work can be split over the week. You are required to keep a log of the time spent on your game for […] More

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    GMIndie Magazine Issue 5

    Three game reviews and two interviews make up the content of GMIndie Magazine’s fifth issue [view pdf, view Google Doc].  Joining the team to design the magazine is Matthew Haigh, formerly of Game Maker (Scope) Magazine, the result being the introduction of a two column layout. It’s better than the last issue but why would […] More

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    Game Review – Mega Block Man 2 (slayer 64)

    “Overrated”. A word that frequents around the Game Maker universe. Many games seem to get fantastic ratings despite generally not being that good. On YoYo Games, overrating runs rampant, as some (most?) of the members seem to be on the mindset that “obvious design flaws, bland gameplay and a badly made interface don’t matter because […] More

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    Instant Play for Chrome and Game Maker 8

    When Game Maker 8 was released last month the Instant Play facility offered on YoYoGames.com was not updated so games created with the latest version of the software are currently only available as standard downloads. Next week YoYo Games are due to release a new version of the Instant Play plugin for Firefox and Internet […] More

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    Game Maker on PSP Under Development (Handheld Devices Update)

    Updated Jan 15th. A couple of weeks ago we ran an article speculating on the devices which Game Maker games might be able to run on in the future. Here is a compilation of comments that have since emerged from YoYo Games on some of the possible platforms: “In 2010 we will begin an aggressive strategy to […] More

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    Cracking up about Game Maker Cracks

    Three Game Maker crack related stories in one here. 1. A recent article by the former Game Maker Station PR agency claimed that in the period from 2007 up until a few days ago cracked versions of Game Maker cost YoYo Games $47,390 (US) in lost revenues.  They produced a graph showing that since 2007 […] More

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    GameJolt Rogue Contest

    GameJolt are giving away another Steam game in their latest, Rogue-themed, game making contest. The competition runs until January 24th. Full details are at the GameJolt forum. More

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