YourGamer.Net

Hello peoples. Sorry that i’ve been busy these past few weeks, i wish i could say that it’ll let up soon but i know it won’t. I have some cool shiny for you.

Yoyogames.com is a site that had acquired the popular Game Maker software rights and have done nicely with the package. the interface is still the same and there is the registered/unregistered gap. But the main draw is the new distribution mechanic they have. If you browse to there site, and download the plug-in. Pick out a game, and just click play and it loads right in your browser. I wouldn’t call it the “youtube of games” so much as it more closely resembles our poor forgotten stage6.com. (may it rest in peace) There are some seriously, high quality gems in there. Of course there are some crappy ones, but thus is the fate of the internet.

If yoyogames is the stage6, then Scratch would most defiantly be the youtube. (only with alot less cussing) It focus’s on children and uses a programming method that looks and feels good, but executes without much pizzazz and functionality. But its real easy to use scratch. fast to. We’re talking 2 minutes for a functional game, out of the box. Like youtube, this means that content is made on a whim rather than a project. I’d say its a good place to cut your teeth and play with ideas and general goofiness. It seams to come off as a super dumbed down version of flash, only written in java and uses a functional language model that looks like actionscript and BASIC had a three-way with LOGO. Not to say it isn’t good, it genuinely fun and teaches kids a bit of coding. But don’t expect to make anything beyond a glorified tiger electronics portable game.