Agalag Wins Honorable Mention

The yoyogames cooperation competition results came out today. Agalag got an honorable mention, which although was marginally disappointing, was more than I’ve ever gotten in any game before. =D
So the game has been staff picked, and listed under “runners up” on the competition glog entry.
Congrats to the winners! (jumper 3 especially)
In case you forgot [...]

The GMC Q&A FAQ Project

~~Last update: 9/29/08~~
List moved to its own page.
I haven’t used that many single letters in a title since…well, ever.
Anyways, as a follow up to my last article, here’s a project I’m starting which I hope will reduce the amount of the duplicate topics in the GMC Q&A forums (thanks to Snail Productions for the idea). [...]

Pre-GMC Quick Answers

Got a question?  Going to go to the GMC about it?  Well hold off for just a second.
I’ll outline what I mean here.  The reason I decided to write this article, is because I have recently been seeing many questions in the GMC novice and intermediate Q&A forums that all have a similar or exactly [...]

SoulHow to make a more successful fangame

What do you think is the most frequently made fangame?  Mario?  Sonic?  Megaman?  Nope, you’re wrong.  The most frequently made fangames, are bad ones.  And sadly, these poorly-made fangames’ reputations tend to rub off onto other fangames and shoot their chances as well.
I really don’t care about original vs. fangame; all I care about is [...]

Agalag

Yes, Agalag. As in, my yoyogames competition03 entry. As an alien overlord, you must naturally go head to head with the most horrible foe of all time – the Player. If you’re going to keep him at bay, you’ll have to command your ships to work together smoothly. Collect trophies, earn new models, and unlock [...]

Vacation

I apologize for my lack of activity.  I certainly haven’t quit writing; rather, I’ve been on a vacation up the west side of the country.  It really was quite adventurous, considering there were three days with 10 hours of driving each (and the same each day coming back).  I’m not quite home yet (I will [...]

Intentionally Imperfect A.I.

I’ve decided to write about something a little more advanced than I usually do.  It is now posted in the GMC Experts forum, if you would rather reply there.
Anyways, many of us who create video games can write Artificial Intelligence to instruct the computer to play a game perfectly and unbeatably. This isn’t really [...]

SoulHow to get your questions answered (GMC)

What’s up guys. I’m here with another SoulHow article. This time, I’ve decided to stray from articles strictly related to Game Maker, and post something about the GMC (Game Maker Community).
More and more I’m seeing questions on the GMC’s Q&A forums which are impossible to answer, or impossible to convince someone to answer. [...]

Graphics Vs. Gameplay – SoulRed12’s closer look

Hello all. Today I’ve decided to take a look at the super old debate of graphics versus gameplay. I aim to be very objective when I type the following. If you have any responses to this, please, post a comment. I would like to know what you have to say. [...]

Yoyogames Comp02 Nearing Results

Much earlier this year, the site YoyoGames.com announced the second official game maker competition, with an ancient civilization theme (link). Not very conventional, but regardless, it has gotten tons of attention. It’s been a while since the comp was first announced, and many have been waiting very patiently for the much-awaited results. [...]