The Pros and Cons of Making Games with GameMaker

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 7, 2014

PC Gamer’s recent article, “No coding required: How new designers are using GameMaker to create indie smash hits” was pretty enjoyable and seemed reasonably accurate – even if its headline is a bit misleading. Part of the reason I picked up GameMaker several months ago and wrote a little arcade game in it was because […]

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Wing Commander III for Free?

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 6, 2014

The good news: Origin is giving away Wing Commander III: The Heart of the Tiger for free today. The bad news: It’s a very temporary deal, so if you got here late, it’s already changed. The ugly news: It’s EA’s Origin online service.   I dunno. Even though I do have a rarely-used account on […]

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Salt City Steamfest 2014

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 5, 2014

This weekend I donned my top-hat and goggles and went to Salt City Steamfest. This time around, I was a somewhat more active participant – I was involved in two panels with my publisher, Xchyler Publishing, and periodically assisted at the booth selling (and even signing!) books with other authors and editors. I guess in […]

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Utah Indie Night – July 2014

Posted by Rampant Coyote on August 4, 2014

The July Utah Indie Night was held at Wahoo / NinjaBee Studios in Orem, Utah. The basement common area / conference room was packed with over 50 attendees overall. The formal presentation was given by NinjaBee’s PR guy, who spoke on attending trade shows & conventions an an exhibitor. Since my convention experience has (until […]

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