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    Game Review – Circum Skull

    Sometimes, it’s the simplest of games that are the most addictive. David Scatliffe’s “Mouse No. Probably A Rat” was an example of this (see my last review). So is this arcade offering – Jack Brockley’s “Circum Skull”, which I noticed in the mid-week community links posted just before this review (stuck for games to review […] More

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    Mid-week Community Links

    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

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    GameJolt Minimal Contest

    GameJolt have launched their third contest. The week long game making competition has the theme ‘Minimal’ and is open to users of any development software. The winner gets to pick a game of their choice from Steam. Full details at the GameJolt forum. More

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    Micropayments on YoYo Games?

    At today’s Casual Games Forum in London YoYo Games Ltd CEO Sandy Duncan spoke of the merits of micropayments. Micropayments (wiki article) are transactions with a unusually small monetary value often used to unlock extra features in games. In 2007 90% of Habbo Hotel’s $60M+ revenue came from the sale of virtual goods. I didn’t buy a […] More

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    Game Maker TV Episode 7

    The seventh full episode of Game Maker TV has today been released. Cobwebs and a pumpkin have invaded Dan’s garage as the Halloween special episode takes a look at the Top Five horror games made in Game Maker and reviews a Zombie game as well as providing a run down of community news. Regarding a […] More

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    Game Review – Mouse No. Probably A Rat

    “Mouse No. Probably A Rat” is the latest game by David Scatliffe, a Game Maker user beginning to enter the spotlight for his addictive, retro-styled arcade games. Created in under three hours for a competition on popular site The Poppenkast, it is a game inspired by “Squid Yes! Not So Octopus!” – and it shows. […] More

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