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Here is the post form the official YoYo Games Blog:
“The free upgrade period for Game Maker 8 officially expires at the end of March. So anyone who PAID for Game Maker 7 at any time in 2009…you need to upgrade by the end of March if you want to get Game Maker 8 for free.”
So if you bought it in 2009 and have not upgraded yet head over to YoYo Games and get your free upgrade before it is too late. Link to the YoYo Games Blog is below.
Recently over at the GMC WIP forums I have noticed a large increase in the number of 3d GM games. I was wondering if this area of GM seems to be gathering more popularity as to my eyes it seems to be. Please leave your thoughts on this subject. Tell me how you feel! I think GM has some good capability to create nice 3d games. Maybe not the best graphics but great gameplay and decent graphics if used right. Check out the GMC WIP forum by following the link below.
The team here at BobHoil.com is now looking for some writers to help us keep up with GM based news. This will help us keep a nice stream of news being posted on the blog and become a great news source. We hope to eventually be able to pay our authors and writers of post. So you will eventually get some compensation for making post as an active writer on the BobHoil.com team. If you are interested please send an email to “greg.froning@bobhoil.com” or leave a comment on this blog.
GM developers always ask the question if GM is good for commercial games. The simple answer is yes. It requires a lot of work and a very high quality game to be able to sell and the same is required by GM games. It does not depend on the tools used to create the game but whether the game is good enough quality in the following ways: gameplay, graphics, sound, music, and the idea is original and new. All of these help decide if your game will be successful. So GM is perfectly capable of developing commercial games and it has been done. It will just require you to do a lot of hard work to get to the point you need to be to start selling the game. These days digital distribution is so simple and easy to use it makes it easier for developers to be able to sell their games. Please leave comments with your views on this subject.
Thought I would announce that BobHoil.com development team is creating an entry for the YoYo Games Competition 05. We are working hard to create a top quality game entry to help us win the competition. I will be posting more information over the next days with more information on the game with screenshots and WIP demos. So keep checking back for development news.
This is another competition entry. This one really stands out in how complete it is for a WIP. So here are some screenshots and links to check the game out at! This entry was created by the following developers: Pinpickle, Ethan718, and music by Caleb Cuzner (Nijg)
This game was created by a collaborative effort by the following two developers: Banov and Andrew Brophy. Once again I have not played this game but figured I would create a post to give them some visitors to try the game out and help them make it better. Below are screenshots and also links to play the game.
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Seems like GMLive the Game Maker based radio show is going through some bumps! It has been put on hiatus after listeners dropped and also Jono resigned from the show. To check out the news visit the link at the bottom of the post. I wish the best of luck to GMLive and hope they get everything sorted out soon! GMLive is currently on hiatus due to the recent happenings.
Here is another quick post on a YoYo Games Competition 05 entry. I haven’t played this one but it has been getting some great reviews over at GMC. Here are some screenshots and link to check the game out. Tell me what you think!
