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
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I must admit that from the already compiled games in their community, as well as the quality of the distribution and documentation it looks very impressive; however, I was unable to compile even the simplest game on my Vista machine. I’m not sure if this is an problem specifically with Vista support, or in the program in general.
