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in Community, Development, Early Access, First Impression Feedback, GameMaker Development, GameMaker Studio, GameMaker Studio 2, Games, ReviewsFirst Impression Feedback – #01 DRADIS
by: Highlandcoo twitter website GMForum Do you like Space? Do you like Spaceships? Have you always wanted to control one of your own? And… can you type fast enough to survive?! In this game, a single typo can kill you! More
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Game Review – Spelunky
Spelunky by Derek Yu is a 2D side-scrolling roguelike with an emphasis on exploration. You may already be familiar with the more recent Steam, XBLA, and PSN releases of Spelunky, but it originally started as a small, pixel art freeware endeavor made with GameMaker. For the uninitiated, Spelunky is a game about an eponymous spelunker […] More
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Game Review – Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Cook, Serve, Delicious! by Vertigo Gaming is an entry in the woefully underrepresented hardcore time management genre. Tasked with developing a five star, world-class restaurant from scratch, you’ll start by preparing simple orders like pretzels, hotdogs and soda, and eventually work your way up to steaks, complex soups and even a Bananas Foster flambe! Still, […] More
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Game Review – Gray and Green
Gray and Green by Granite Gear is a very simple and straightforward puzzle platformer. The backstory is as meat and potatoes as you can get: the world is occupied by cute humanoids who enjoy bright colorful things, an evil wizard comes along and takes all of the color away, and of course it is your […] More
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GMVision releases their first “minisode”
After a short break, GMVision returns with a new “minisode”, featuring a review of Tower of Heaven. Askiisoft’s Tower of Heaven is one of four Game Maker games that have made the final of the 2BeeGames competition where they could win $10,000. More
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Review: Doodle Balls – artistic fun?
Doodle balls, a game created by Stubbjax02 yesterday, is in the beta stages–though it is rather difficult to tell! The graphics are superb, and the sounds are indeed brilliantly done, plus the gameplay is rather addicting – even though the only mode available is easy. More
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GMTV episode 4: detailed analysis
It’s out. Featuring ~22 minutes of content, I was highly impressed by episode 4 of GMTV. Featuring news, reviews and more, this is the most professional episode to date. The show features a completely new look (to go with their new website), which is a huge improvement from the previous one. They have ditched their […] More
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GMTV 3 detailed review
…by everybody’s favorite [sic] writer. I have to say, to begin this with, the third episode greatly increased the quality of GMTV compared to the past two episodes. I won’t be jumping into the technical aspects until the end — I’ll focus on the content. The main content in this episode is reviewing the 10 […] More
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I’m Scared!
Earlier this week an invitation appeared in my PM inbox at the GMC asking if I could review “I’m scared!” by JW Productions. I haven’t reviewed many games recently, but figured I would give it a go. The screenshots looked good. The startup screen, menu and game room looked good. And amazingly for a Game […] More
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Share your Desktop Wallpaper with WallShare
WallShare by zedman1000 is a small (2.84 MB download) program that enables you to swap and share your desktop wallpapers with other users from around the world. Downloading and Installing To get started first download the software from the WallShare website, http://wallshare.uni.cc/. Once you have downloaded the file you will need to extract the contents […] More
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Review: Arena (Dennis Toney)
As featured in MarkUp July 2007: What they say: Arena is the two-player game where opponents battle within the confines of a random maze. With lots of options and multiple paths to victory, Arena is never the same game twice. This is a great rivalry game where two good friends can sit down and blast […] More
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Review: 2p Shooter (Jack Sanders)
As featured in MarkUp July 2007: What they say: Select from 6 heads, 8 bodies, and two guns to duel it out between two players. Now with 4 weapons, the old MK9’s and M16, plus the new custom ‘Riotgun’ and a nice little sword! Download (1.3MB) Quick Review: In this split-screen two player game you […] More
