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Best of wishes for 2007
We'd like to wish everyone the best of wishes for 2007 and we are looking forward to another highly productive Game Maker year. Even though we are less then a year online lets look back and see how far we have become already.
We've had 19788 hits on our website where our Dutch edition is by far the most popular. This might very well be because we haven't yet announced our site to any other forum except the Dutch GMC, our top referer. In our top 5 of referers we also see Google, 64digits, German GMC and Simon Donkers.com.
Most visitors clicked through to read Game Maker news with GMG recent reviews and 64 digits new games on place 2 and 3 respectively.
The most popular newsitem was Image contest winner very closely followed by GM7 update and a shared 3th place between Retro Adventure Contest Winners and Progress on GMS7.
The most popular non news link was The English Game Maker manual, closely followed by The Game Maker website and The Game Maker's Apprentice.
Our most popular tool was the Drag and drop icons closely followed by the GML parser and this blog.
For those following the browser war, IE is still in the lead with 51,94% with Firefox very close by on 45,51% and Opera still way below with 1,73%.
We are looking forward to yet another highly productive year, both in GM and with this website so do keep coming back for more. We have some new features in beta testing which will hopefully make this site even better. We are ofcourse always interested in partnering with other websites as well as translators to make this site even more useful. Do continue to send us your feedback in 2007 and lets make this year even better then before.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 1 January 2007
We've had 19788 hits on our website where our Dutch edition is by far the most popular. This might very well be because we haven't yet announced our site to any other forum except the Dutch GMC, our top referer. In our top 5 of referers we also see Google, 64digits, German GMC and Simon Donkers.com.
Most visitors clicked through to read Game Maker news with GMG recent reviews and 64 digits new games on place 2 and 3 respectively.
The most popular newsitem was Image contest winner very closely followed by GM7 update and a shared 3th place between Retro Adventure Contest Winners and Progress on GMS7.
The most popular non news link was The English Game Maker manual, closely followed by The Game Maker website and The Game Maker's Apprentice.
Our most popular tool was the Drag and drop icons closely followed by the GML parser and this blog.
For those following the browser war, IE is still in the lead with 51,94% with Firefox very close by on 45,51% and Opera still way below with 1,73%.
We are looking forward to yet another highly productive year, both in GM and with this website so do keep coming back for more. We have some new features in beta testing which will hopefully make this site even better. We are ofcourse always interested in partnering with other websites as well as translators to make this site even more useful. Do continue to send us your feedback in 2007 and lets make this year even better then before.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 1 January 2007
Game Maker 7 beta 1
Game Maker 7 beta 1 out now!
Mark Overmars has just officially released Game Maker 7.0 beta 1.
Here's a list of some of the changes in 7.0.
- Game Maker 7.0 will have an extension mechanism allowing you to make Game Maker even more versatile then it already is.
- An extension pack is available filled with room transitions, another extension pack with Windows dialog windows and a third with printer support.
- Game Maker 7 is Vista compatible. This comes at the price of significantly higher executable size though.
Remember, this is only a beta. This version might still contain bugs so use it with care. Make backups of your projects regulary and report all the bugs you find to Mark Overmars.
Finally, you can download the beta from:
GameMaker.nl/Beta.html. Note that this beta is only available to people who have a registered version of Game Maker 6.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 9 December 2006
Here's a list of some of the changes in 7.0.
- Game Maker 7.0 will have an extension mechanism allowing you to make Game Maker even more versatile then it already is.
- An extension pack is available filled with room transitions, another extension pack with Windows dialog windows and a third with printer support.
- Game Maker 7 is Vista compatible. This comes at the price of significantly higher executable size though.
Remember, this is only a beta. This version might still contain bugs so use it with care. Make backups of your projects regulary and report all the bugs you find to Mark Overmars.
Finally, you can download the beta from:
GameMaker.nl/Beta.html. Note that this beta is only available to people who have a registered version of Game Maker 6.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 9 December 2006
Sprechen sie Deutsch?
With the wonderful help off Windapple from www.gm-d.de our website is now fully usable in German as well.
Are you an international Game Maker user and want to help translate this site or if you want to have your content featured then contact us. We are constantly looking for partners to expand Game Maker.info to even more users and expand it with even more services.
Enjoy the service and do let us know what you think of it.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 25 November 2006
Are you an international Game Maker user and want to help translate this site or if you want to have your content featured then contact us. We are constantly looking for partners to expand Game Maker.info to even more users and expand it with even more services.
Enjoy the service and do let us know what you think of it.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 25 November 2006
Game Maker Isometric city added
In collaboration with DreamIsle we have made Game Maker Isometric City available from this site.
Enjoy this new service and do move your house to this.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 20 November 2006
Enjoy this new service and do move your house to this.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 20 November 2006
Vous parlez Francais?
Thanks to the generous help from Theo Keeler aka Flashback from 
Music Lib our website is now fully usable in French.
Also, as you may have noticed, the URL's changed slightly. Now, when you visit our website you will automatically be redirected to the language most suited for you. I hope you enjoy this French version and we welcome your help if you like to make our website available in your language as well. Also if you are a French webmaster from a Game Maker website contact us to get some localised French news on the frontpage. And we still welcome all feedback you might want to give us.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 14 October 2006
Music Lib our website is now fully usable in French. Also, as you may have noticed, the URL's changed slightly. Now, when you visit our website you will automatically be redirected to the language most suited for you. I hope you enjoy this French version and we welcome your help if you like to make our website available in your language as well. Also if you are a French webmaster from a Game Maker website contact us to get some localised French news on the frontpage. And we still welcome all feedback you might want to give us.
Posted by Simon Donkers @ 14 October 2006
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About Simon Donkers
Simon Donkers is a 21 year old student Technical Physics with an extensive portfolio of Games and GameMaker resources. He is a member of Eo GDC and an admin on the NGMC.
See my portfolio for more info.
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About Johannes Stoop
Johannes Stoop is the founder of the NGMC. In his spare time he likes to design websites, about many different subjects.
