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YoYo Games Ltd almost break even in year to October 2009

In the year to October 31st 2009 YoYo Games recorded a loss of £12,430 ($19,850/â‚¬14,950). Company accounts, filed Friday, show that YoYo Games Ltd almost broke even after a loss of £180,000 in the previous year to October 31st 2008. In January 2009 YoYo Games raised the price of the full version of Game Maker by […] More

August 8, 2010, 12:00 am

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YoYo Games Grant Details Revealed

YoYo Games’ grant from the Scottish Government is worth £220,000 (â‚¬265,000, $350,000) for the “development and distribution of internet based games”. The Regional Selective Assistance investment grant funded by Scottish Taxpayers, part of £16m of funding announced for the last quarter, was given on the condition that it would create at least 24 new jobs. RSA […] More

August 5, 2010, 10:53 am

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Mid-week Community Links

Paul Eres’ tower defence game Immortal Defense is now permanently available to buy for any amount over $1.75. Effectively it’s a pay what you want sale but a minimum price has been enforced to ensure some of the money actually gets to Paul. GamePolitics writes that the pay what you like concept “has proven to […] More

August 3, 2010, 3:21 pm

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Round-up of other Game Development Tools news

Time for a quick look at developments taking place to various free Game Maker alternatives which may be of interest to Game Maker users. Scirra’s open-source ï»¿game creation software Construct still receives regular updates and version 1 should be out very soon. A brief comparison of Game Maker and Construct which I wrote last year […] More

August 2, 2010, 8:35 pm

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Game Maker Time Magazine

Game Maker Community member beeproductions has released a “first issue demo” of a magazine titled Game Maker Time (view PDF). Explaining the reason for deciding to launch another Game Maker magazine beeproductions writes: “After reading other issues released by other GMC members I started to realize that we actually need a good issue. Not 20 […] More

July 31, 2010, 12:41 pm

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This Is Indie – Issue Two

Two months after the launch of This Is Indie Evan McClane has released the second issue of his Indie Gaming Magazine. Download 5.8MB PDF (left click only) The PDF opens in an annoyingly secured format and tries to take over my screen but by the time I have scrolled through a couple of pages the […] More

July 26, 2010, 8:43 pm

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Game Maker’s Companion set for August Release, Game Maker Cookbook Cancelled

A couple of brief updates regarding Game Maker books that are currently being written. Jacob Habgood’s Game Maker’s Companion [Amazon: $26.39 US|£23.62 UK], follow up to his successful Game Maker’s Apprentice book co-authored with Mark Overmars, is now scheduled to be released next month. Release was originally planed for April 2010 but that deadline has obviously been […] More

July 23, 2010, 11:19 am

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