Happy Memorial Day!

Our country is only as strong as the military. Our veterans has made our country stronger and a safe place. \

I will like to give honor to the men and women who gave their lives to protect the American life.

Many brave men and women have given their lives to freedom and democracy continue to ring.

Besides Bar-be-quing all day take the time out to call someone from the US Army, US Marines, US Navy, US Coast Guard and more. To be even able to type this blog post today is a gift of love by our armed forces.

Twas the Night – Game Review

Its May 26. Its about 5 months after Christmas. Why is this game being reviewed at a time like this? Well because this is information we should not hog.

The blog did not exist back then. Twas the Night was an entry in the 1st yoyogames competition. The game has certainly came from a long way.

The Game did come out late you know.Would the wait have been worth it?Look at all the screenshots and you tell me!

“Game Menu”

The game has awesome graphics and music! The Title screen has lovely artwork and it does not stop there.All through the game it feels as the spriters, composers, and modelers were working overtime to deliver this game to the highest

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YoYoGames Competition 2: Ancient Civilization

YoYoGames is in the process of naming the winner to the 2nd YoyoGames Competition.

The competition is already over however the judging and the actual competition is still under way. Many great games has been entered into the competition for a chance to win $1000!

Alien Jeter comes from the sky!

As you all may know I have been working on Jetdude since Spring 2007.

Proof of the game history:

http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=324506&hl=

The game has made many changes.

The game was originally a sideview and scrolling platformer, but it ended up being neglected by Winter 2007 because the ProdigyGM was getting off the ground and too many things was going on. The game then rechanged itself to Jetdude 3d because it went to full 3d mode. Somehow the Jetdude became a JetTurd and that Jetturd became a Jiant-Turd 3d.

The game has a nice history. However,

External loading made easy

Did you all know that external loading can save you time on loading

before the game starts?External loading rules.

The Pros to External loading is:

*Faster loading times

*Smaller .exe file size

*Less ram usage

The Cons for External loading is

Ark 22 is an GM action rpg that needs more attention

Many action rpgs have not been seen on the gmc or yoyogames. The reason if that it requires long hours of programming, story writing, and a community development. However there is stilll some games that have been released on the gmc that were in fact an action rpg. Ark is more than a rare action rpg that gm users can play, but one of the best ones. The rpg has an engaging storyline.

The game lasts quite some time. Ark22introduces many engines that have not been seen in many independent game developers. The inventory and save system is lovely and it works perfectly.

The weapons gained and earned has given the game more points for gameplay.

Enemy Color Health Example!!!

Many people have been asking for enemy health examples. Enemy health is basically variable manipulation. Many times people have not asked for something that expands enemy health, which is enemy coloring. Enemy coloring can be a sign of how close the enemy is near to death. Enemy coloring depends on enemy health. Today we are going to present an easy example on how to make some good enemy health!

First we must create our enemy. all we need in our creation code is:

Games that brought you to gm?

In the Game Maker Community is a thread about games that bring users to learn game maker. The link to the thread is http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=375473&st=0&start=0 . According to some it was gm examples for some reason which is quite odd. Games like:

and

However a ray of hope was shown when:

An Untitled Story [freeware!]

YoMamasMama has released a new free game to the public called untitled story. Now you all may believe the game seems like it was made overnight by the name but once you play it you will end up playing the game overnight.

The game graphics resemble that which was made on MS paint. However the gameplay capitalizes in physics, storylines, and level design. The game also sticks to its graphics by not using sprites that were found on the internet that do not match the graphic in the game.

New magazine out for anim8or

The 3d modeling software called anim8or ( http://www.anim8or.com ) has finally gotten its first magazine. The 3d modeling software has been used by many to create games, animated shorts, and more. The person who has created dotan8 was inspired to make it by Rouder.