[Broxter]

ev149, on Feb 27 2010, 07:16 PM, said:

Possible April or late March, depending if I can get my act together in time.

Wouldn't it be more logical to relase the next issue in August?

[ev149]

I don't know, why would that be more logical?

[JoshALB]

ev149, on Mar 2 2010, 04:09 PM, said:

I don't know, why would that be more logical?

That would be six months after the first release. Which, I suppose makes more sense, since it's twice a year.

[ev149]

Yes, but I'm going to try to make it once every two months, since twice a year for only around fifteen pages is a little skimpy.

[theg721]

Nice first issue, are you gonna do interviews? I'll interview people or be interviewed for you, if you want.

theg721

[ev149]

Sure! If you have anybody in mind you'd like to interview, send me a PM with your ideas. I'll check out some of your work, and if you'd like to be interviewed, and your work is up to par, I'll gladly make one.

[theg721]

Alright. I'll be on the look out for to-be-interviewed noobs

theg721

[ev149]

This Is Indie!

[coolist]

Nice, it was nicely done/designed in most parts. I loved the cover too but the fact that you put that ugly cover on it kinda made it look a little cheesy. Keep up the good work.

[ev149]

coolist, on May 26 2010, 06:06 PM, said:

Nice, it was nicely done/designed in most parts. I loved the cover too but the fact that you put that ugly cover on it kinda made it look a little cheesy. Keep up the good work.

Hey, I'm sorry that The Hobby Press isn't good at designing book covers. I wanted to include it since it was a large part of the magazine
Thanks for the comment!
EDIT: Newer, updated version released!

This post has been edited by ev149: 26 May 2010 - 10:42 PM

[iluvfuz]

I like it. +1 for reviewing games optimistically and then ripping apart a POS book to its bindings

The images are great, but the design of the magazine was a bit sloppy--still, I'm glad you know your way around some kind of image editor. This is the first Game Maker magazine I've read and I was expecting a pathetic little MS Paint magazine, but this made a great first impression. The reviews aren't written perfectly, but they're still fun to read. -awaiting future issues- Glad that it's not planned for semiannual anymore.

-off to read more GM magazines and compare them with TIIM-

This post has been edited by iluvfuz: 04 June 2010 - 03:48 AM

[ev149]

iluvfuz, on Jun 3 2010, 11:50 PM, said:

I like it. +1 for reviewing games optimistically and then ripping apart a POS book to its bindings

The images are great, but the design of the magazine was a bit sloppy--still, I'm glad you know your way around some kind of image editor. This is the first Game Maker magazine I've read and I was expecting a pathetic little MS Paint magazine, but this made a great first impression. The reviews aren't written perfectly, but they're still fun to read. -awaiting future issues- Glad that it's not planned for semiannual anymore.

-off to read more GM magazines and compare them with TIIM-

Thanks! For your points:
How do you think I should improve the design? Maybe unify it a bit more?
I'm using Photoshop CS5, and know it pretty well.
Glad it was a nice surprise!
How could I improve the reviews?
Can't wait to hear back on how we compare!

[ev149]

Issue Two Out Now!
Check the first post for downloads and more info.

[newkill]

You posted a topic in the Team Requests forum about writing articles for your magazine.
I'd be highly interested by this, since you offer ads for our games...!
How does it work?

[ev149]

newkill, on 22 July 2010 - 02:19 PM, said:

You posted a topic in the Team Requests forum about writing articles for your magazine.
I'd be highly interested by this, since you offer ads for our games...!
How does it work?

If you write an article and it gets accepted, you'll receive a free full-page ad. Send me a PM if you're interested. The next issue will be released in October, so you've got plenty of time.

This post has been edited by ev149: 22 July 2010 - 07:24 PM

[ev149]

BUMP

This post has been edited by ev149: 26 July 2010 - 06:22 PM

[NAL]

This magazine gave me two very separate opinions.

My main problem with it was the lack of actual content. The written sections had very few words, and a lot of the pages weren't actual content (out of 13 pages, there were three devoted to adverts/adspace, the backpage was just the word "end" etc). I wasn't reading it for very long. And, to me, it just felt and looked like a compilation of 13 adverts - everything seemed to be presented in that kind of way instead of a consistent design.

However, what WAS there was fairly well written. And, on the subject of design, your artwork is stellar. I cannot, off the top of my head, recall a single GM magazine that has/had that quality level of design.

Am hoping there will be more actual writing in Issue 3, and am looking forward to it.

[ev149]

Well, I'm looking for writers and would love to have some more. In, this issue, we had no volunteers, so it was just me writing. I've had a few people contact me for the next issue, so hopefully it will be improved then. Thanks for the comments!

[ev149]

Check out This is Indie's new website at http://thisisindie.zzl.org/!

[ev149]

Here's a sneak peek at the October issue!