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YoYo Games are currently offering owners of GameMaker 7 and GameMaker 8.0 the chance to upgrade to GameMaker Studio Standard for $9.99 as opposed to the usual set price of $49.99. Notably, GameMaker 8.0 is specifically mentioned so GameMaker 8.1 users may not be eligible for the discounted upgrade. Mike Dailly, head of development at […] More
YoYo Games have announced that the price of GameMaker Studio Master Collection will be increasing in mid-August 2013. In an email sent to mailing list subscribers, customers are advised to “take advantage of the current and very low $499.99 price of GameMaker Studio Master Collection.” As of version 1.2, the price of GameMaker Studio Master […] More
It’s quite easy to underestimate the power of GameMaker at first glance, yet many developers use the popular game creation tool professionally as a means to supplement or even generate their entire income. Below are five such individuals who have experienced commercial success in some form by using GameMaker: 1 – Sean Chan lands a […] More
Kairuga by Kairos is a top-down action shooter modeled after the cult hit Ikaruga of console fame. As such, it’s billed as an homage, and accomplishes this quite admirably! Now, I definitely want to clarify the difference between homage and rip-off. An homage is built around the concept of something, either as a study, or […] More
Developing apps for iOS using GameMaker Studio is simply brilliant. It wasn’t long ago that the idea of making iOS apps using GameMaker was a dream. I now have two apps on the iTunes Store, and I am excited about new projects on the way. There is only one downside to the otherwise painless experience […] More
Following a recent interview with CEO Sandy Duncan, YoYo Games CTO Russell Kay has also been interviewed on Microsoft Development Radio, using the time to explain his view on the differences between using ‘Drag & Drop’ and code in GameMaker. You can watch the video below. More
Adrenaline is an ambitious top-down team shooter that attempts to take popular mechanics from games like Quake, Unreal, and Counterstrike and apply them to a 2DÂ distillation of a bullet hell shoot ’em up. The basic setup and premise are familiar enough: two teams, red and blue, are thrown into an arena for any number of […] More
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