Game Maker Television
Gamemaker TV is a video cast that looks at various things in the world of Game Maker. We mainly focus on games made with the platform but we also cover a wide range of other things. The idea of Gamemaker TV was originally brought up by Danny (who is now the host) on July 2007. The show then progressed and we release our first episode on November 18, 2007. Since then, we have created 5 episodes. Recently, we have decided to publish smaller shows rather than full feature episodes. Hopefully this will keep our community alive while continuing to entertain and inform the Game Maker world.

Episode 7

October is hitting its end and Game Maker TV celebrates with it's very first Halloween episode. All of our reviews/spotlight consist of some of the very best horror games in the Game Maker world. This episode includes

- Review: 10800 Zombies
- Spotlight: Best horror games made in in Game Maker
- News

We put a lot of hard work into this episode so let us know what you think. Tell us if you liked the Halloween theme. We may even apply themes to future episodes. Be sure to visit our website to leave your comments or submit a comment using our contact us feature. Also be sure to check out the Game Maker TV Forums to leave comments about future episodes.

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*GMTV is no longer apart of GMking organization.

Gamemaker TV has promised and has delivered. It's missed many deadlines and is finally here. Gamemaker TV: Episode 1. Please enjoy our team worked really hard on this. Please refer to my first post for how to watch or download.

Dan Eggers and the rest of the Gamemaker TV staff.

The show looks good and all the video editing and sound is really good, way better than I expected. The only problem is that the host/narrator acts too juvenile and tries to be funny but he isn't. Overall though, I thought it was good.

The host is me but thank you anyway.

So we have a 10 year old host?

Edit:

LOL

No no chicken don't be silly I'm 2 and a half.

He's 14 and does it really matter? Everything was good and done very well and that's all that should count. You don't have to be an arse and criticize people's work. I seriously think you get some kind of psychotic thrill out of bashing other people's hard work, it seems like you MUST do it.

Guys, we are starting episode 2 tomorrow. We need lots of game submittions for review!

Will you guys also review extensions or scripts?

Yes we do. Though we try to stick to games and programs etc, we will accept good scripts and dlls/extensions etc. You will need to use the "Submit Mail" Form for this. If we think it is good, we will review it.

I'm calling a foul.

Not everyone has QuickTime. Now, don't go and say "Then download it!" I've tried, and every site I've tried to, it's never worked. The more logical move would have been to make it viewable with Windows Media Player, as everyone who uses Game Maker most likely has Windows Media Player.

That's my only complaint, as I couldn't even view the episode.

Send a request to my e-mail. I'm not going to change the format when a majority of the people have quick-time. Just send me an e-mail and I'll get it to you.

admin@gamemaker-tv.com

Watch it online....

How about multiple formats? Also, a proprietary format is a bad distribution choice. XviD please

That's what I'm doing, but my complaint still stands, as I would rather download the video to watch later instead of having to re-buffer it every time.

Guys. We are out of bandwidth 932mb out of 1.0 gigs per month. This is a huge crisis. Streaming nor downloading will be available. We will fix this A.S.A.P.
We didnt expect to much traffic.

Well, do you guys just want wmv? Because we can do that next episode if you'd like.

-Dan Eggers

Wow, that was a lot better than I thought. The reviews were decent, the quality was fine, and your speech was good.
Just one thing - why the retro music in the background? I think it was a bit too loud, and shouldnt you instead use the sounds/music from the game you are showing?

Also, the ads were a bit funny. Very TV-shop-ish.

Thanks for the great review.

Anyway the bandwidth is still exceeded. But you can download the episode high quality.

Here

And now that I've seen it, I can give a better opinion.

This has a lot of potential and I hope to see it reach a large audience, but it's not perfect.

For starters, the acting was terrible! Though there isn't much that can be done about that other than practice your lines until you can say them like you're just having a normal conversation with the audience.

Another thing that was annoying was that the clips of the games were just looping. Another thing that was annoying was that the clips of the games were just looping. Another thing that was annoying was that the clips of the games were just looping. Another thing that was annoying was that the clips of the games were just looping.

Sorry, caught in a loop there. But seriously, if you showed more of the game and had clips representing what you were talking about of the game, then it shouldn't be annoying any more.

More with the clips, I wish you would use music from the game (if the game has music) if appropriate. Of course some games will have terrible music and sound effects, and then it's ok to use stock music.

Also, you need to set your standards for ranking higher, and if you're bashing it, it shouldn't have a high score. For example...

"Terrible graphics, the music loops... always. The mini-game sucks. The game play is lacking!

4 out of 5."

I'm sure that the grading system will get better as more episodes come along.

Thats it for me. And yes, use something that all media players can play, not just QuickTime.

Thanks for the suggestions they are greatly appreicated and will be taken into account. As for the whole

The game truly is fun. I never said the graphics were teribble and gameplay was lacking but if the game is truly fun it deserves a good rating. But none the less thanks for your comment.


And everyone we are slowly getting the videos back online so take a look now.

Well, the way you commented on the game made me feel that was what was going on. Or more so, I felt that the ratings were random or the standard was to low, but in any case, I don't need to comment on such things until next episode.

Nobody was bashing anything. I said it was good but the host and the script could use some work. Every heard of constructive criticism?

He wasn't commenting on you. He was commenting on Chicken Ate My Donuts.

I'm sorry if this was asked before, but why can't you just use youtube or dailymotion? Sure the quality is a bit bad but its easy to load and most people can play it.

Stage6 is also nice, and has better quality than youtube.

i'd happilly submit my water example except it's operated by mouse currently but i will make an automattic mode for my example and i still have a perfect sticky bulletts example wich both were made from doing a little editing of the linear collission checking example i recieved. no the wall can be any color it's just a preset color i had selected by default.
well the site looks nifty. don't make it to nifty though or people might start thinking it's a scam. no offense intended.

I loved the preview on my game! Great work with the GMTV. May I ask what program you used to make it?

Right now we are working on our HUGE bandwidth problem. Also, you can submit whatever you want!.


And PwnageMage, we used various programs. Me and Dan each used a variety of programs and worked together to create effects and more.


P.S. We might be moving to vimeo, because hosting our own videos is using up alot of bandwidth. Please donate to keep the files available.

All that isn't up is watch high quality you can still download.

Heh. That was my fault. When i recorded the games, i didnt record sound. Next time i film a game, i will record sound.

Everything works great now so you can go watch episode 1.

Thanks
Dan Eggers

Please submit advertisements for the next episode! Go to episodes and the you will see the link on the side menu.

Man... who hosted that first episode? He looked like he was 12. Not to say it was bad(it wasn't), but you could improve. Better Transitions, some sound effects to what you say... Like 'hitting a wall goes [BOOM SOUND]'. Be like ASK A NINJA! He's crazy but awesome.
3.5/5

Lol,
I think that it is a great idea! 3.9/5
Its just, maybe you should lower down on the negativity..
..Hire another host... and voila! A great show!
..I will apply my game, when a preview is out!..

Wel.. the host isnt that bad, its just he stumbles on a couple words and repeats the same things a few times..

please add suggestions to the comments on the episode page. That way me and dan can easily find them without searching this whole topic.

Nice, didn't want watch the whole thing, but it seems pretty well done.

nice, so basically its just a GM tv show where you make fun of and criticize and put down the GM games and their creators. Nice job.

(said sarcastically, btw)

overall it was pretty good, the ratings were kinda out there, but what ever. The music was very loud.
I liked the editing. Nice job with that!

oh edit: maybe you should use .mpgs or quicktime. They are usually smaller in file size. If you want me to compress video and not lose any quality ask me and i'll see what i can do.

Well, I replied earlier but the forums were going really slow and wouldn't add my post.

Overall, the video was well done, but there's some key areas where it is indeed lacking.

The worst part about it was the rating you gave. Like someone else mentioned, you verbally tore the game apart in most aspects, yet still gave it a 4/5. Yes, it's an enjoyable game... But realize that the rating system should cover the worst GM games ever made, and also some of the best. There are some games out there that completely wipe Gravitouch off the map in terms of graphics, fun factor, sound, and much more, yet only have the possibility of getting 1 more point.

The commenting was decent at best. I thought the swear words you said were a bit flavorless and used in the wrong areas. I don't mind that you actually swore, but make sure you pick the right time to do it.

And lastly, why was your mouth off sync with the words you were saying in the beginning... I'm sure most of these problems were already addressed but I just thought you should know.

Keep up the good work and make us proud.

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It's important to review good games and bad games alike. A healthy balance keeps people coming back to see what the next rating is... Not to see if the game scored a 4.9 or a 5.0.

It may be out of sync because of the streaming. It happened to me once but I restarted and it looked great.


Bad games are apart of Gamemaker so I will review them


Theres many complaints on my ratings. I'll be sure to be a little more strict.

Actually, I downloaded the movie and the audio was still off.

I was wondering if you would be willing to preview an MMO that has yet to be released. If you are at all interested, I could PM you the details and some screenshots.

We'd love to take your creation and review it. But you must submit at the site under the page Submit Games. We take gamemaker games, programs, W.I.P's, even examples. So submit away.

I also added a user bar for all that had there creations submitted to the show. You can get it in the main post or our site as well as right here:

There is also this:

Very interesting I love the show
And you voice isn’t that bad (doesn’t sound nerdy)
I would suggest your video clips have a download link to the game you were rating
Other than that 10/10
betters then a magazine!

The download files button under the downloads section of the site has all the gamemaker content shown in that episode. So if you wanted to, download that for there game.

I watched the video a bit ago. But, I'm going to be harsh on you, so get ready.

For all the time it took you, I'd have to expect something pretty nice. I was completely wrong. This video was near shrieking. You voice seemed, discomforting. If you know what i mean. You seemed a bit high-strung. You had no emotion in your speech, nearly monotone. You cussed about every other word in the end - very unprofessional and very pointless -. You pretty much bagged on the games, then said they were good and gave them incredible ratings considering your, shall i say, "nagging". Sometimes your image became distorted and your hair blurred and mixed with the image behind you. And you just stood still. Lastly, the whole pointing at the web address was very annoying, and unprofessional.

That's about it. I hope your next episode turns out better.

We're not professional, if we were wed have money and a studio to make this show the best. But since were not professional we have a bedroom a green sheet and a computer. I don't know if you were expecting grade A acting, I'm not an actor never acted in my life. I am pretty damn proud of my video and I'm sorry your hopes were so high. But we will take these suggestions into account and try to make the show good to your standards.

By the way. The delays wernt only for the video, alot was the website too.

Also, we will always advance, and since we missed so many deadlines, we wanted to rush so we didnt miss another one. I had to rush the screen screen and dan was filming in a rush. Next time it will be better. Sorry to disappoint you.