Starting today, Game Maker TV (GMTV) will be joining the GMking Network of sites and services. The name “Gamemaker TV” will be kept, and I “Danny” Eggers will continue to act as the Executive Editor still the owner of the popular Game Make video podcast.
  As part of the agreement, GMking will provide resources and services to GMTV necessary to continue and improve upon our core goal; providing high quality, information-rich, audio-visual media to the Game Maker community. Additionally, some of the writers from the popular MarkUp Magazine, also produced by GMking, will be assisting in the writing and production of future GMTV episodes. GMTV will complement and expand GMkings services to the Game Maker community as well, making this a relationship that is truly beneficial to both sides.
  Robin Monks, who represented GMking for the negations for this merger stated, “I think this will benefit the entire Game Maker community. By uniting forces, the newly expanded GMking Network will be able to produce even more content tailored to the Game Maker community.”



  GMking is a thriving community of volunteers who produce content for indie game developers and users. GMking has served the game development community since 2004; and continues to produce relevant, quality material to educate and inform.



We hope the merge will help make GMTV much better than we could have achieved alone!

Gamemaker TV proudly presents Gamemaker TV: Episode 4. This is Gamemaker TV's very first episode that not only is bringing you reviews, but also we added the latest YoYo Games and community news, tutorials that are simple and able to complete within four minutes, 'Face-Off' in which we compare two similar and popular Game Maker games and ultimately decide which one is better, and much more!

In our reviews we review

-Beneton MovieGif
-Acient War


And in the 'Face-Off' we compare

-Ad Nauseam 2
-Return to Sector 9

We hope you enjoy all the new content we put into episode 4!


No! Interview with Cactus!
Due to some lack of communication we were unable to include the interview with Cactus, although it is stated in the intro. If we ever are able to finish the interview we will post it as a bonus video.


Enjoy the episode!


Watch this Episode!

We have decided to release the website earlier then episode 4 because we are having some more delays, and we thought you would like to know whats going on and of course see the brand new site! We are working on completing Episode 4 aswell as building a whole new administration panel "backstage". Please bare with us as we work on fixing bugs, finishing up the site and of course Episode 4.

Danny, by accident deleted our database today and we have been struggling to get it back. And due to the fact we did not back up the databases all comments for episode 3 are now gone. Episode 3 was temporarily gone but is now back up. Also all news articles before we got our new host are gone as well. If you find any bugs let us know by using our HelpDesk under the support tab. We apologize for any problems this has caused you.

Gamemaker TV is currently undergoing some changes. We are switching to a new faster, more reliable and more functional host. With the new host, we will be able to add new features to the site. The loading time for videos and pages should be faster aswell. Each staff member will eventually have their own email address aswell. You may see some errors on the website for a period of time as we do some finalizing with the set-up.

We have cleaned up the Episode and Other Video page, and added some features. Instead of being bombarded with links, there is a "Watch now" and a "Download" button. After selecting an option is when you can select what quality you would like to see/download.
We have added some other features aswell. We added a better thumbnail feature. You can now flip through some thumbnails of the Episode/Video by using some buttons under the image. We have also added a bookmark feature, and an embed feature. You can now embed our episodes/video on myspace, or anywhere that accepts html.

We have also added a "Send to a Friend" feature. Because of some mail issues with our host, the sending feature is extremely basic and not very functional. We will be updating this in the future.

And finally, we have added some good looks to the pop-up pages rather than the solid white background that was previously there.
Please submit any bugs via the Helpdesk.

Gamemaker TV Special Release
Gamemaker TV's very first special has been released, it's called "History of the Intros" it show all the intros we have ever made pre-episode 1. To watch you can go here, or just goto "Videos" at the top navigation bar then select "Other Videos" in the sub navigation bar.

Episode 3 Release Date
Episode 3 is going great it's done apart from some minor editing. For those of you who didn't know episode 3
will be counting down the top 10 games from the YoYo Games Winter Competition. We will be releasing it shortly after Gamemaker Techs 11th issue release, because Gamemaker TV has an article in issue 11. There issue should be out early march if not late February, so expect Gamemaker TV Episode 3 around then.

New Poll
We have a new poll about our video download speed. Please vote on our forums here.

We would like to introduce our new rating system that now appears on all episodes. You can only submit a vote once per episode. To rate the episode, simply click the rating you wish to give, and the system will submit it, and update the overall rating for the episode. So please rate the episodes so we can see how we are doing. If you have any problems, contact us via the helpdesk.

Note: Javascript must be enabled to rate an episode.

As Gamemaker TV grows there is a need for more staff members. And Gamemaker TV calls upon you for the help. Below are our available positions you must be a dedicated worker and good at your job title.

*Researcher-In this field you must look around the GMC (along with other sites) for people to interview, games to review, and many other things we can include on the show.

*Music Composer-In this job you will need to have talent in creating 8-Bit music (the music heard in our intro) along with other various musical needs we may want.

*Graphic Designer-This requires you to be a pretty good pixel artist. To suit our various graphical obstacles.

*Video Animator-This requires you to be good at some sort of animation program (along with being a semi good graphic artist) whether the program be flash or another animation program.

To apply please go here, be sure to read the guidelines before posting.

Gamemaker TV will be in the upcoming issue of Gamemaker Tech (issue 11). Episode three will be released within 2-5 days after Gamemaker Tech releases issue 11. This should be around early February. Due to massive spam the Gamemaker TV Forum will be offline as we will try to fix this matter.

We are sorry to break it to you, but ads can now be put on the show only after a payment has been made. There is an initial charge for a spot on the show, and an additional charge if you do not have an advertisement video already made. If you want to support us and have your things viewed by many users, please purchase an advertisement.

You can now browse older news articles on the home page. Look for bold text at the bottom of this article saying "Click an arrow to switch news articles". The Left goes to newer articles and the right goes to older ones. If you are at the latest article, and you press to go to a newer one, it will direct you to the oldest one. The same goes if you are at the earliest article, etc. The article system features AJAX, so you do not have to load any new pages, but it could take a moment to retrieve the next article. Hope you enjoy!

Currently only half the videos work. You can now watch low quality, and download dial up version. Hopefully we will have this problem fixed tomorrow. Also we may be closing down the site soon. WE will be getting a new costume made web design and a possible new forums. Expect to see the site closed by Friday or Saturday.

As you can see, we now have a new template. Because of this template switch, the whole site had to be formatted to fit the style. If there are any problems, missing pages or any other problems, you can submit it using the help desk under the "Support" Menu. Episodes pages can now be found under "Videos" tab. And to submit a game for review, comment, advertisement, or apply for an interview please look under the "Submit" tab. Enjoy the new template!

Please comment on the new design using the comment system.

Our video host is currently down, so most videos will be unavailable at this time. We will try to get these videos up as soon as possible so you can view them again.

Gamemaker TV's second episode is here with over five minutes more of content just for you. We took a lot of your ideas into account and change a lot of things we changed the entire reviewing process making it much harder to earn a five out of five. We packed this episode with a total of 9 reviews from classic games like Ore No Romi 2 to new hits like Sixty Five Million and One B.C. But thats not all.

Games:

-Ore no Ryomi 2
-Archer Adventure


Programs:

-[commercial] System Force

WIP:

-Doom 2D
-Naruto: Ninja Way
-Sixty five million and 1 BC

Examples:

-Double Jump Example
-Pwnage Fighting Engine.

We hope you enjoy.

If Your Creation Was In Episode 2:

On December 24th through January 2nd Gamemaker TV and it's staff will be on there holiday break meaning that we will be less active on our forums and the GMC!

Podcast subscriptions are now available! You can go here for information on how to subscribe.

Enjoy!

GMTV Awards '07
The Gamemaker TV Awards have started. We have selected a bunch of popular games many seen in the Offical Gamemaker Awards '07. And we ask you to vote so that we can host our reward show which should come out on New Years. You only have 15 days to vote


Goto our forums to vote.



GMTV Extra "Fake Blood" added
We added one of our old Extras. Previously Known as Weekend Extras, but now called just Extras because they don't come out every Friday. So check that out as well , but keep in mind that extra was made before episode 1.


Goto the page extras to watch

You can now add emotions in your text when commenting. There are only a few right now and we will be adding more in the future. Please report any bugs using our mail system. :happy2:

We were having some problems with the mailing list registration, but now we have made a custom one and it is working fully. Go register to get notified when episode 2 comes out.

Well, it seems the mail system was redirecting to google for some reason, so i am currently working on another one. It is not ready, so anything you do will have no effect. We will notify you when it is back up

Some of you asked for it or something similar like and RSS but we decided just to do a mailing list. By signing up for the mailing list you will get e-mails each time we get a new video out. Keeping you current with Gamemaker TV, simply click the Mailing List button on the top or side nav bar.

We are ready to start episode 2. Those of you that submitted something are probably anxious to see if it was accepted. Well, here it is! The following are the items that will be in episode: 2.

Naruto: Ninja Way

Angels

Ore No Ryomi 2

Sixty-five Million And One B.C

System-Force 3.1

Doom 2D

Archer Adventure

Pwnage Fighting Engine

Double Jump Example

Its going to be a full episode! We havent gotten a solid release date but we are currently thinking december 23 or close to it.

Wow, thanks guys for all the great feedback. You submitted a lot of games. However we must close the submissions for episode 2 at this time because we have far too many. We currently have 7 games. We were hoping to get a variety of Games and open source etc. We will release by Friday all the items to be seen in episode 2.

During my time at GMshack was great, however we later had great problems with the site and we had to move to a new host. Now I (Dan Eggers) and Revel present to you our brand new site.

Gamemaker TV episode 1 was released. It isn't 22 minutes as I had originally stated, but it is still around 16-17. If you'd like to view our very first episode go to our episodes page.
Episode 1 features reviews of games like.

Games:
-Gravitouch
-Shoot The Guy 2
-Vegtables At war

Programs:
-Kens Chat Room

WIP's:
-Nick the Hedgehog

Examples:
-SSB camera example

Enjoy Episode 1.
Dan Eggers and the rest of the Gamemaker TV staff