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    in YoYo Games

    Stencyl compares itself to GameMaker

    One of the founders of the currently under development game creation kit Stencyl has commented on the responses given by YoYo Games CEO Sandy Duncan in his recent interview with the GameMaker Tech magazine. On his blog Jon from Stencyl highlights the vast differences between the commercial YoYo Games and their self-funded ‘hobby’. “…while competition […] More

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    Review: Awesome Ball – Breakout with a twist

    Awesome Ball [gmc | yyg] takes the basic breakout concept and adds in the power of changeable gravity fields which act upon the ball.  The gravitational fields which act upon the ball are controlled by the player and are changeable at any time – through careful adjustment of these the ball can be swung towards […] More

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    YoYo Games to share revenue in 2009

    Sandy Duncan has announced YoYo Games’ intention to sell user-created games from their popular website. In an interview with the GameMaker Technology magazine Duncan said “my focus is on taking the best games and turning them into ‘products’ that we can sell. We’ve already quietly started work on putting the infrastructure together for this. We […] More

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    in Competition

    10 free GameMaker Pro licenses

    GameMaker Tech’s upcoming 14th issue not only features an interview with YoYo CEO Sandy Duncan but also includes a giveaway of 10 free GameMaker Pro licenses. Apparently you have to ‘convince’ the GMT staff that you deserve a copy.  Full details will be on page 4 of the magazine which will be out soon. You […] More

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    Community Awards

    You may or may not be aware of the “Official Game Maker Awards” in which Game Maker Community members vote for their favourite games and forum users of the year. This competition bizarrely started in April and appears to have been endorsed by the GMC administrators even though they having nothing to do with the […] More

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    in Community Links

    Mid-week community links

    Play this: Four fun mini-puzzle games (unfortunately the same cannot be said for the 18MB download size) in Trippy Tiles Deluxe by vertex67. Check it out: GMArcade have added a rewards system to their website (can currently only be redeemed for banner advertising on the site) Get involved: Zerosoft are holding a $100 Christmas-themed game […] More

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    Game Maker Money System

    Lately, there’s been some talk about an Xbox Live Marketplace/Steam/etc. like “game marketplace” for Game Maker games – there have been a few attempts, including the now dead PCGamesNow. One of the currently active projects is Game Maker Money System run by GMC troll Caniac. More

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