TrueValhalla

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GameMaker Studio Standard Edition Is Currently Free ($50 Value)(gamemakerblog.com)
3 points by TrueValhalla 13y ago|0 comments
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by TrueValhalla 13y ago
Both! HTML5 games are not bought on the App Store, they are played directly in your browser. So you can, for example, open up Safari on your iPhone and play a HTML5 game for free, right in your browser. You can also play that same game on y
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by TrueValhalla 13y ago
Good comment. To clarify, I only sell a single information product, and the reason for publishing it was simply to diversify my online income instead of being solely reliant on HTML5 sponsorships. Overall, it has only made up about 10% of m
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by TrueValhalla 13y ago
Uh, not quite. Try this summary: spent years using GameMaker, eventually made enough money from games to live comfortably, used that success to build a platform and audience, leveraged platform to sell a few products (in order to diversify
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by TrueValhalla 13y ago
I'm not associated with YoYo Games in any form. Game Maker Blog is a completely independent news resource.
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by TrueValhalla 13y ago
Heh, we actually broke the 'skull & crossbones' DRM story on Game Maker Blog, and it was picked up by a variety of major sites (ie. Ars Technica: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/11/drm-error-c
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by TrueValhalla 13y ago
GameMaker Studio Master Collection now costs a tidy sum of $799.99, compared to $25 for GameMaker 7 a few years ago. Definitely a shift towards a more professionally orientated market.
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by TrueValhalla 13y ago
Yes, that makes up the majority of my income. The companies pay for the legal rights to use/distribute the games, or to "sponsor" them as it's known. Sometimes they want some branding or an API integrated, too.
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by TrueValhalla 13y ago
Hi all; original content creator here. Both of my websites (gamemakerblog.com and truevalhalla.com) seem to have had a large influx of traffic, and have gone down. I'm working on it! :)