Coming Up In Issue 15

GMTech — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:50:03 +0000

First of all I would like to start with an apology, I planned to post last Sunday on the 15th Feb however I didn’t really know what to write – how great. Today I have opted to give you a little insight about what you will be seeing in Issue 15 that is well into production and is due out shortly. There is no confirmed public release date although we are ahead of schedule considering we only just picked up work again after an extended break.

ISSUE 15 FEATURES;

A Letter From Mark Overmars [EXCLUSIVE]
How YoYo Games Can Help Forgotten Games
Interview With: Cliff Harris [EXCLUSIVE]
Boss Battles
Using Data Structures
Spirits of Metropolis [EXCLUSIVE REVIEW]
greenTech Review
Competition 04 Round Up
Development Of: Elements Of Escape
GM Classics – Sandbox Of God
PLUS MUCH MORE

For those of you that want to get emailed as soon as the issue is out, then you can join our mailing list. It is quick, easy and you won’t miss this fantastic new issue that is due out soon.

More updates will be posted next week, maybe even a screenshot of the front cover or something similar. It is going to be a fantastic issue that you won’t want to miss.

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Changes For The Better

GMTech — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:59:31 +0000

Work is going good, after a few months off relaxing, we are back together trying to put together another fantastic issue for you all to read. Last week we mentioned some of the changes that were made to the forum and now we are going to guide you through a couple of the changes that were made to the magazine. We have selected a few things that we feel that you think you would be interested in and we have opted to leave a few for next week or even the release.

First off, we’ve changed the way we do reviews now. We used to guarantee a review if someone posted their game in the Review/Preview forum but this is no longer the case. The reasons for this is that a large back log was starting to appear due to issue delays and also because we wanted to give the reviewers more freedom. Reviewers can now review any game they want (though we will continue to aim to offer a wide range of games featured), from any website, by anyone. Hopefully this will increase the diversity and, as people generally prefer to review fun games, the possibly of higher quality games for you to play. You can still submit your game into the forum and there’s the possibility that a reviewer will want to review it, as has happened to Adrenaline.

Another thing, due to overwhelming public demand (ie. Phil Gamble said he liked the concept in a previous issue) we’ll be having another competition round up featuring short reviews of some games entered for YYG Comp 04.

We also have some nice exclusives lined up for you, such as a straight talking interview, a review of a game that recently went commercial and a letter from someone really close to Game Maker, but we’ll keep them a secret so as not to spoil the surprise.

So, the big question – When will the issue be out? For now, I’ll just say in the next few weeks, bearing in mind that we have only picked up work again in the last couple of weeks. However, when we have all the articles we want for issue 15 and have begun to start polishing up for release we will update you right away.

We sadly say goodbye to one of our writers RedChu. With increasing schoolwork and decreasing free time he decided that he could no longer contribute regularly so has resign from being a writer. We wish him well in whatever he does in the future.

For anyone interested in joining as a Writer then that would be great as it is an area where we are currently lacking and it means that members of the team have to work extremely hard to get things in. The more team members we have in that area, the easier it will be for everyone. You can apply by visiting the forums, here.

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Coming Up In Issue 15

ISSUE 15 FEATURES;

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Changes For The Better