Announced today on the YoYo Games glog was the upcoming private beta program for the highly anticipated Mac version of Game Maker.
The testing will start out as a closed private beta that users can signup for by e-mailing applebeta@yoyogames.com with their contact details, GMC and YYG usernames. The beta program is due to begin by [...]
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In Sandy’s latest post on the official YoYo Games glog, there has been some discussion about the on-going Mac version of Game Maker that was first expected to be released as a beta way back in March.
According to Sandy, he has an alpha version of the software running on his mac right now and it’s [...]
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This morning I got an automated e-mail from Google Alerts, to inform me of an Open Letter to the YoYo Games staff.
Connor Wilkins (also known as Phoenix, Phoen, sh1fty, and Dr. Watz0n) has taken the time to openly express his opinion and criticism of the new Game Maker management with an Open Letter to the [...]
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This May Microsoft released their own free game creator, Popfly Game Creator, as part of their Popfly social networking effort. The current version is limited to two-dimensional, online games only and requires Microsoft Silverlight and a Microsoft Passport account.
At first try, it appears that the kit is very, very easy to use, with the result [...]
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Sandy Duncan has informed us that he saw a demo of the Mac version of Game Maker yesterday. Mark Overmars is currently in the process of deciding whether it is beta-worthy, and if so when the beta release date will be.
One thing Sandy does note is that Leopard (OS X 10.5) may be required to run the [...]
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