January 6, 2009

GMcast #5 Released

I refuse to call this an ‘Audcast’ but thankfully this once-in-a-blue-moon GameMaker discussion has re-branded itself GMCast after taking the name from a rival to GameMaker TV which never materialised.

Listen as Robin Monks, Dan Eggers and myself make fools of ourselves while talking about topics such as the best GameMaker games of 2008, the security issues effecting GameMaker and YoYo Games’ instant play and a summary of the events last year.

Cringe at the cheesy opening and at my reluctance to speak as I find that recording a podcast with people I’ve never met is much harder than writing a blog or magazine article.  Disagree with our thought-up-in-10-minutes round-up of the best games of the year and complain that the entirety of my pre-record is taken from previous GameMaker Blog posts.

But above all tell us what we can do to improve.  What kind of features would you like to see on the show?

via GameMaker Blog – Game Maker News, Comment and Opinion.

August 28, 2008

Drupalcon Szeged Videos!

SzegedImage via Wikipedia

For those like me that couldn’t attend in person, there are some Szeged videos floating around right now on archive.org (note: I didn’t make these, remember, I’m not there ;) ).  Enjoy!

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http://revver.com/video/1137068/drupalcon-2008-szeged-security-bof/

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June 22, 2007

MarkUp Magazine – Now official | GMking Network

MarkUp Magazine – Now official | GMking Network

Hello

Dear GMking members and MarkUp readers,

I have really good news to share with the rest of the community: MarkUp is now officially endorsed by YoYo Games You can find a direct link to the markup site on http://www.yoyogames.com, enjoy I know I did enjoy looking at it all day :P

Thank you,
Eyas and the GMking.org Guys

Great news for MarkUp-lover’s everywhere!

June 5, 2007

Announcing MarkUp, Issue 4

MarkUp Issue 4, for June 2007, has just been released! This is a content-packed issue that you will enjoy reading every page of, believe me.

About Issue 4

We have technical articles, where Bart Teunis teaches us how to use var and global var, and where Eyas Sharaiha tells us about CSV – comma seperated values – and provides us with scripts to do just that. Leif showcases his Math skills by telling us about advanced sine and cosine functions, as well as how to use those in Game Maker.

Phil Gamble tells us how to take Effective Screenshots, Eyas talks about GM games and User Account Control, then further continues to tell us about running GM6 games on Vista. Stephan tells us how to make a good game and gives us some distribution tips for Game Maker 7.

Some awesome reviews are also in store, Michael Sharaiha makes the first commercial game review on MarkUp, reviewing Heroes of Might and Magic V. Phil reviews Forted, a simple yet interesting game. Eyas reviews the third beta of Falcon Squad. ‘Someone’ reviews Mad House and Hard Hat III, both awesome old school games.

You will also see an exclusive preview of a GTA clone like no other – Streets of Pavilion City!

Andris Belinskis also made an exclusive interview with Damaged, back in the day – and we’re now showing it to you for the first time!

Tuntis’s rants continues, talking about FPS games and giving us a history lesson about GMking, the networks that brings you MarkUp!

Also, our script of the month, brought to you by GMLscripts.com, is explode_string, a very interesting function, which we will also make use of in this issue’s technical article CSV: Extreme Data Storage.

Content this Issue

Editorials

  • Teamwork – Part 1 of 2
  • Game Maker 7 Resources
  • History of GMKing

Tutorials

  • var and globalvar
  • My game and User Account Control
  • How to make a good FPS
  • Script of the Month
  • CSV: Extreme Data Storage
  • Effective Screenshots
  • Advanced Sine and Cosine
  • Game Maker 7 Tips: Distribution
  • Your GM6 Games with Vista

Reviews

  • Streets of Pavilion City
  • Falcon Squad: Beta 3
  • Hard Hat III
  • Mad House
  • Forted
  • Heroes of Might and Magic V

Interviews

  • Damaged about HH3

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