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So whats next?

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:09:38 +0000

I see that GMTV is now no longer a part of GMKing.
I was wondering, what is in store for GMKing next? Do you plan to make your own video shows, perhaps merge with another video show like "GMVision" or just forget about video shows for a while (Or indefinantly)?

-Caniac

ps:
we are gonna release an episode of GMVision really soon, but we won't get the interview for another month, so that is what is taking us so long.

Moving new a new server

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:09:34 +0000

GMking.org is currently in the process of moving hosts (again!). So, please be patient if you notice anything out of wack anywhere in the network over the next day or two.

Also, please feel free to give us a nudge here if anything is missing or working incorrectly!

Thanks for your patience and understanding!

Forums Re-re-reorganized!

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:26:04 +0000

So we reorganized the forums once more!

Give us your feedback now?

Shall we settle?

Vote For MarkUp Magazine

Sat, 20 Dec 2008 22:01:47 +0000

Dear Readers!

We invite you to participate in the voting round of the Game Maker Blog Community Awards, in which MarkUp is listed in two different award categories!

You can vote for MarkUp Magazine as the best source of Game Maker tutorials and/or examples and the best periodical publication awards.

We have worked hard to produce a publication that is worthy of your vote. We believe that -- with our latest developments and improvements -- we are worthy of your decision. MarkUp Magazine is the Game Maker Magazine with the highest amount of released issues, and the publication with the most frequent issue releases (out of the 'heavy' content magazines).

Not to mention, MarkUp Magazine is the only Game Maker magazine that caters for the elite expert developers and strives to present content that is beneficial for advanced developers, including advanced tutorials, editorials, guides, and other articles.

We hope you give us your votes!

Thanks,
The GMking.org Staff

MarkUp in print?

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:58:37 +0000

I'll be brief.

I was thinking it would be very cool if MarkUp could exist not only in the cyberworld, but also in real, living, PRINT!

I know. I know. Hold the applause. (That was a joke)

Ah. If life were that simple. Elaborating from my point of view, I understand YoYo is a not-for-profit organization (or something of that sort), and money may become an issue. I don't know. I'll let those guys at MarkUp decide. Maybe there could be a subscription fee, or something.

I believe there are several advantages to having a physical copy of MarkUp. First of all, you could refer to it any day of the week.

If your computer breaks, and you can access those downloaded PDFs
all you have is your laptop and version seven of GM
you were building that hyper-uber-mega awesome game
you need it done in three weeks (which is the approximate return time of your precious computer)
all the information was in issue 12 of MarkUp.

What do you do? You whip out your MarkUp issue 12 in physical form!
Although this would seem like a 1 in infinity chance, it is entirely possible.

Also, MarkUp makes great reading material.

So, I've put a poll way up there (^Up There^). Please poll your opinion, and if you can, reply.

I would love to hear from the MarkUp staff, if at all possible.

Dedication forever,
Blunger1

MarkUp Issue 15 Released

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:01:16 +0000

Announcing MarkUp Issue 15

Hello all! We are very excited to announce the release of MarkUp Magazine's Fifteenth Issue! Though the issue has been long overdue and did experience some delays, we are quite excited about the end result we have! Enjoy a content-packed, high-quality issue!

Content

The Making of...
- The Making of Visit
- Journal: Cities at War
- Journal: World in War
Editorials
- Drag and Drop to GML
- Character Development
Tutorials
- Advanced RTS: How it Works
- Repainting the Screen
- Calculating a Hamming Distance
Monthly Specials
- Script of the Month
- Extension of the Month
- MarkUp Puzzle
Reviews
- Senseless War
- Angels
- Mubbly Tower
- Seven Minutes
- Silent Dawn
- D-A-N-C-E
Interviews
- ... with Coffee
- ... with Virtanen
- ... with OCGaming
- ... with Nightmare

Download
You can download Issue 15 of MarkUp Magazine in the following formats:

Expand the MarkUp page on the YYG Wiki

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:33:38 +0000

http://wiki.yoyogames.com/index.php/Markup_Magazine

If anyone's interested

600 Wiki Articles!

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:23:09 +0000

http://gmpedia.org/wiki/GM:_temp_directory

Here is our 600th article!

Congradulations GMpedia Enjoy the service and thanks for your continued contribution!

http://gmpedia.org/

Official GMKing IRC Server!

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:14:38 +0000

Server: irc.gmirc.info

Channel: #GMKing

Enjoy!

GMTV officially part of GMking!

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:58:32 +0000

We're pleased to announce that after discussion with Danny of GMTV, GMking and GMTV have now pooled their resources and merged!

The official press release is attached to this topic!

MarkUp Issue 14 Released

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:23:35 +0000

Announcing MarkUp Magazine Issue 14

Dear MarkUp Readers,

Hello! We're glad to tell you that Issue 14 of GMking.org's MarkUp Game Development Magazine has been released!

To compensate for the period of inactivity, we have put together a huge, high quality issue, with (all the content you love)^2, a much improved layout and theme, and more quality and professionalism than ever!

Content for Issue 14 includes:

An Exclusive Preview of the full version of Sixty Five Million and One BC
An interview with Gareth Tilt, the creator of Sixty Five Million and One BC regarding Going Commercial
An editorial about Viscerality
Learn how to make lists with local arrays,
expand Game Maker with the .NET Framework, and
exploding a string into a 2-dimensional array!
Read about the Making of Falling Troy!
And see game reviews of Lab 14, Karoshi 2.0, A Dragon's Tale, and the Ancient Civilization competition winner, Ancient Ants Adventure.
And see interviews with 2DCube and SuperCasey4 regarding their games!
.. and view our set of quick reviews and monthly content, including MarDar, our Script of the Month, and Extension of the month!

Download this issue now!

398 Articles at GMpedia.org

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:11:51 +0000

http://gmpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Our GMking.org Game Development Wiki - GMpedia - has reached 398 articles so far! Who will create the 400th article, and what will it be?

Hmmm

Happy Summer Time!

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:24:53 +0000

With the relaxation season coming up, MarkUp Magazine is looking forward to its future summer releases, and we are looking forward for the amazing user contributions that makes MarkUp Magazine the unique, high-quality publication that it is. If you're interested in participating and collaborating in the next issue of MarkUp Magazine, then you might want to check out the rest of this newsletter, which will hopefully get you up to speed with the latest developments in MarkUp Magazine and the GMking.org network that publishes it.

MarkUp Magazine Updates
MarkUp Magazine is still looking for committed, high-quality writers as well as one-off contributions from our dear readers.

Apply to Staff!
MarkUp Magazine is in need of Writers and [/b]Reviewers[/b]. Go to the MarkUp Magazine website and click on Apply to Staff in order to post a staff application and we will contact you as soon as possible.

New Staff Positions Available
We would also like to remind you of the new staff positions available for you to consider:

QUOTE

Writer
A writer engages in the production of:

Tutorials
Editorials
Opinion Columns
Other similar articles

A writer therefore writes general articles of any sort, technical or community-related.

Apply Now!

Journalist
A journalist engages in investigative journalism, updates on important community related issues, obtains interviews, etc. with creators of new game releases, contacts important developers on updates regarding their work, etc. A journalist thus is responsible for the following types of articles:

Editorials
Interviews
News items
Spotlights

Apply Now!

Reviewer
A reviewer tries out games and software, giving them ratings and providing opinion. Reviews include:

Game reviews
Quick reviews
Game spotlight
MarDar
Exclusive reviews

Apply Now!

Contribute to MarkUp Magazine
You can contribute to MarkUp Magazine in many ways, all of which are deeply appreciated. Other than applying to staff and become part of the decision-making power behind MarkUp Magazine, you can submit contributions by sending us your own articles to staff@gmking.orgm!

You can also help us by providing feedback:

QUOTE

The MarkUp Forums (Register) - where you could discuss general MarkUp-related information, view the 'Development Subforum' and give suggestions on current decisions regarding the issue under development, or simply apply to staff or comment on current applications, etc.
GMC Topic (Reply) - The Game Maker Community topic is the main source of feedback for MarkUp Magazine. You could post your own general feedback there, or alternatively, you could tune in and comment on the feedback, opinions, suggestions, and criticisms of others.

More information about contribution!

Other Updates!
Something Coming Back?
At GMking.org, one of our main hobbies is to drop hints. See if you could figure out what's going on, and what's coming up soon! All I can say is, you'll be hearing from us pretty soon!

GMpedia.org nearing 400 Articles!
GMpedia.org, MarkUp Magazine's full-fledged Game Development Wiki service is nearing the 400 article count steadily! Be sure to contribute to the wiki, you might the author of the special 400th article! Be sure to check the community portal for information about our most needed articles, categories, and articles needing [[wikify|wikifikation]] and e x p a n s i o n.

Thank You,
MarkUp Magazine Staff

Hello? Is it me you're looking for?

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:36:32 +0000

Hello, I've just got to let you know about a couple of great things.. But let me start by saying, I'm coming soon.

Parsing Math

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:32:54 +0000

Let a string
P="y=2*x-1" or "y=x*x-3*x-1"

Does anyone have any idea how to find multiple values of "Y" by substituting different values for X in Game Maker efficiently?

An idea I had was doing something like this:

CODE

x=/*choose value for x*/
P=string_delete(P,0,2);
y=execute_string("return "+string(P));

[edited, thanks Bart]
However, we all know how slow execute_string can be, especially when used in a loop, etc. and thats exactly what I want.

Anyone has any idea how to parse math properly in Game Maker and still allow for multiple values of the variable to be used?

My Attempt
What I've done so far is make a system that separates different terms and finds dependent and independent terms (It does so properly by checking for "(" and ")"s, so terms are properly separated). For independent terms , I have no problem finding their values and adding them using execute_string() since that would be repeated once. My basic script adds all independent together and calculates their value, then creates a new "equation" with only the depdendent terms and a single independent term. The basic idea is to be able to create the independent terms in an execute_string-less method, and output the number and add it to the independent value.

I dont know where to go next for the dependent terms.

If anyone can help as to where to go next, or can simply tell me if there's a better approach you have in mind. Discuss.

You have done a horrible crime

Sun, 04 May 2008 13:12:54 +0000

MarkUp 13. Page 23.

Guess.

MarkUp Staff Application Positions

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:18:36 +0000

MarkUp Staff Applications

http://markup.gmking.org/node/add/application

Available Positions

Important Note: The staff position does not mean that you're only allowed to do their respective types of articles and does not even limit your scope of articles and contribution in any way. Rather, it tells you your main focus and your main area of contribution. After applying to a certain position, you are allowed to write for other types of articles.

Writer
A writer engages in the production of:

Tutorials
Editorials
Opinion Columns
Other similar articles

A writer therefore writes general articles of any sort, technical or community-related.

Journalist
A journalist engages in investigative journalism, updates on important community related issues, obtains interviews, etc. with creators of new game releases, contacts important developers on updates regarding their work, etc. A journalist thus is responsible for the following types of articles

Editorials
Interviews
News items
Spotlights

Reviewer
A reviewer tries out games and software, giving them ratings and providing opinion. Reviews include:

Game reviews
Quick reviews
Game spotlight
MarDar
Exclusive reviews

Note: When it comes to exclusive reviews, it is the responsibility of the reviewer himself to contact creators of new releases for an exclusive version of the game.

Thank you

New Wave of Updates at MarkUp Magazine!

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:44:10 +0000

MarkUp Magazine has a new wave of updates finally available.

MarkUp Magazine Issue 13

http://markup.gmking.org/issue/13

Issue 13 of MarkUp Magazine has been released after a long wait. Here is the original announcement post:

QUOTE

We are glad to announce that MarkUp Magazine Issue 13 has been released! With schools and universities reaching their peaks, things had to slow down for this issue. This of course did not effect the quality of the final outcome which we are very confident will please you. Even with a smaller quantity of content in such busy times of the year, we're pretty satisfied after seeing the final result, that the content will please you.

Updated MarkUp Magazine Website

http://markup.gmking.org

While the MarkUp Magazine website has always been powered by Drupal and followed the current issue structure, we have recently updated the entire site's layout and page structure as to take full advantage of Drupal as well as make it clearer, simpler, and easier to navigate in. Staff Applications and information about Contributions are now hopefully easier to access.

MarkUp Writer & Admin Portals Created

Private location

While this isn't general community news, we're happy to announce that we've created a MarkUp Writer & Admin Portal that will hopefully add more organization and easier management to the magazine and will hopefully simplify and speed up the process of issue creation for the magazine, as well as the amount of contributions received. The system is currently only for MarkUp Staff and not for freelance contributors.

Thank You,
MarkUp Administration

Announcing MarkUp Magazine Issue 13!

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:59:09 +0000

Hello,
We are glad to announce that Issue 13 of MarkUp Magazine has been released! In this issue, we're announcing some really big news, but don't take our word for it, read it yourself!

Content

Content for this Issue is as follows:

Editorials
* Editor's Desk
* Game Maker Experiences
* More than Just Games
* Comics

Downloads

You can download the issue in one of the following formats:

* PDF: Here
* XPS: Here

Programming stuff, C++/C#/XNA?

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:11:44 +0000

Hey Guys,
I was just cruising around the net and I began thinking about all the programming possibilities. I stumbled upon XNA, as far as I know, it's like a Library for C# to allow you to creating xbox 360 games and games other for Microsoft systems. So I have this re-newed energy for learning C# now, so much so that I dug out an old C++ for dummies book, and actually began reading it. I'm on chapter 3 now, and I'm getting on pretty well (I'm still a little sketchy on the whole Float and Double variables though).

So now what I posted for, I'm looking for some advice as for where to make my next move. Stop with C++ and switch to C# or go and buy "XNA: Novice to Professional" (or 'review' it ) or what? Does anyone know any good tutorials for that kind of stuff or have any hints/tips? I'm all ears/eyes.

Thanks for reading, I'm open to all suggestions.

Contribute to MarkUp Magazine!

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:36:04 +0000

Dear MarkUp Magazine Subscribes,
MarkUp Magazine has released this one-year anniversary Issue back in February - almost one month ago - and we're already working on the future issues!
We came to you asking for contributions for the one-year anniversary issue and the response we recieved was indeed spectacular! The excellent response we received has encouraged us to ask you - our readers - for contribution once more, to achieve excellent releases for all of our future issues, not just the one-year special.
Therefore, and we need your help to do that! Wondering how you could help? That's simple; you could help in many areas, including:
A. Contribution
You can contribute to MarkUp Magazine by sending your own articles to us! If you want to contribute to MarkUp Magazine then write your own tutorial or article and send it to us at staff@gmking.org (staff@gmking.org) and we'll be managing it, proofreading it, and contacting you back!
Please note that the following cannot be contributed by non-staff members: game reviews and book reviews, unless you contact us before hand.
Instead of making a one-time contribution, you could instead decide to become a full-time staff member and writer for MarkUp Magazine. To do that, just enter an application (http://markup.gmking.org/node/add/application) in the MarkUp forums.
B. Opinion and Feedback
You can also contact us at staff@gmking.org (staff@gmking.org) and give us your own feedback, opinion, and suggestions for MarkUp Magazine. Comment on the previous issues and tell us what you like and what you don't like so that we could improve the next (and future) issues!
For feedback and opinions, you can always post a comment as a
reply to our
MarkUp Topic at the GMC.
C. Ask MarkUp!
Have a GML or a general Game Maker question in mind? Do you want to know the answer to such question? You could always ask MarkUp for help and we'll give you the result in the upcoming issue! Just drop off an e-mail at staff@gmking.org (staff@gmking.org).
D. Communicate with us
It is crucial for the refinement and improvement of the magazine that you continue to communicate with us. This could be done through different channels:

E. Submit your games!
Maybe you have nothing to contribute, but like to submit your game to be reviewed in the upcoming issues of MarkUp Magazine. Simply submit your game by
posting a new topic in the review requests forum.
Benefits of contributing*
If you contribute to MarkUp Magazine by writing an article or tutorial, you become entitled to the following:

A 1/4 page advertisement for every 400 words of text you write. The maximum advertisement space given is 1 full page.
If you write 3 articles or tutorials for MarkUp Magazine, you'll be entitled to receive free Game Development Books, all you have to do is ask for any game development book, and write a review for it within 30 days from the day of its arrival. More information about free game development books could be found
by contacting us at staff@gmking.org.

*Please note that the benefits of contributing do not apply to "E. Submit your games!".
Thank You for your continued Support!
We'd like to thank you all for your continued support! These contributions
will be included in the upcoming issues of MarkUp Magazine, mainly Issues 13 and
14. Submit your articles and content now!

Best Regards,
The MarkUp Team!

Staff Applications for MarkUp Magazine are now Open!

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:10:57 +0000

markup.gmking.org

MarkUp Magazine

staff applications now open

The Staff Applications page for MarkUp Magazine are now open. Just visit the MarkUp Magazine Website and navigate to the staff applications page if you are willing to apply to staff in the magazine. Becoming a staff member gives you the opportunity to view all the recent developments in the forums and participate in staff discussions. You can still contribute to MarkUp Magazine without becoming a staff member by simply sending your contributions to staff@gmking.org.

Joining the team?

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:46:09 +0000

I am just curious, how do people go about joining the team to write for markup? I personally might be interested in the future (not currently, or, at least, I don't think so), but are you guys even accepting new people into it, at the current time?

Thanks for the help,
-Drazzke

Crysis Owns!

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:02:13 +0000

That's all I have to say..

Crysis Owns

One of the best games in the history of computer gaming. seriously.

I play it with maximum graphics and all, and I'm truly breath-taken.