YoYo Games - Serious Discussion

Posted on Jul 14, 2008 - 12:07 AM by GMNews

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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Mark - Seeking help on Animation Project

Posted on Jun 04, 2008 - 10:06 PM by GMNews

Mark Overmars is currently seeking help for an animation experiment conducted by his research group at the Utrecht University.
According to a post by Mark on the GMC:
“One of the topics we study is how to create walking animations out of short recorded motions of real people. The main problem here is to blend the motion [...]

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GMac/Linux Nearing Beta

Posted on Apr 11, 2008 - 10:04 PM by GMNews

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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Tips To Win

Posted on Feb 27, 2008 - 05:02 PM by GMNews

A few days ago, Mark Overmars posted an article on his personal blog giving tips to win the current YoYo Games competition.
In short, the tips can be summarized to:
- Make it fun
- Provide clear and to the point instructions/help
- Reduce file size and loading times to a minimum
- Avoid posting beta releases of the game
- [...]

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Fishy GM Blog Post

Posted on Feb 05, 2008 - 05:02 AM by GMNews

Update: Philip Gamble has issued a statement about the post. According to him, Jinxtengu is actually an authorized writer for the Game Maker blog. However, Jinxtengu (who has only posted once before) decided to make this news article into a strong political statement. Philip, who was unaware of the article said “I would have preferred [...]

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