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Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jun 1

Spotted a shoutout for Swan Song by @bgstudios.bsky.social while reading The Guardian - another GMTK Game Jam alumni! Good luck with the launch!

Article reads

Games
Swan Song
PC, out Thursday
Fans of the acclaimed puzzle box game series The Room should keep an eye on this cosy, shape-shifting challenge (above) from Belgian developer Business Goose Studios. Players must unlock the secrets of an antique music box, using melodies to rescue the swan trapped inside.

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Sep 18

I'm afraid it was too difficult to parse the information

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Aug 19

Anyone know if there's a keyboard shortcut for the Jump Ahead (aka "skip past the sponsored segment") button on YouTube?

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Aug 8

GMTK Game Jam 2025 is now over! You can see the results for the top-ranking games in the following categories: 🧠 Creativity - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... 🎮 Enjoyment - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... 📖 Narrative - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... 🎨 Artwork - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202... 🎵 Audio - itch.io/jam/gmtk-202...

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Aug 6

Just seeing what it would actually provide... My wife would think I have been kidnapped and am trying to signal a secret plea for help

Gemini screenshot.

User: "write me a text message. Tell my spouse I'm 15 minutes late and send it in a jokey tone."

Gemini: "Running a little behind, be there in 15. The traffic seems to think it's a personal challenge to make me late! 😅"

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Aug 6

That would still happen as his game was ranked 1st in Enjoyment by the community, so he won the jam fair and square, even without me :D

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Aug 4

And here is the historical data, from 2021 to 2024.

Pie chart. Title reads "2021. Game engines used to create 5651 GMTK Game Jam Games" Unity has 61%. Godot has 13%. Other is unlabelled. Game Maker has 9%.

Pie chart. Title reads "2022. Game engines used to create 6078 GMTK Game Jam Games" Unity has 61%. Godot has 16%. Other is unlabelled. Game Maker has 6%.

Pie chart. Title reads "2023. Game engines used to create 6835 GMTK Game Jam Games" Unity has 59%. Godot has 19%. Other is unlabelled. Game Maker has 5%.

Pie chart. Title reads "2024. Game engines used to create 7711 GMTK Game Jam Games" Unity has 43%. Godot has 37%. Other has 10%. Game Maker has 5%. Unreal Engine has 5%.

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Aug 4

These are the engines used to make 9,724 games for the GMTK Game Jam in 2025! 1️⃣ Unity - 41% 2️⃣ Godot - 39% 3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11% 4️⃣ Game Maker - 5% 5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%

Pie chart. Title reads "2025. Game engines used to create 9724 GMTK Game Jam Games" Unity has 41%. Godot has 39%. Other has 11%. Game Maker has 5%. Unreal has 4%.

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Aug 3

My hobby is to DDOS one specific website, exactly once per year

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 31

Someone on the GMTK Discord shared a great hack: Google doesn’t show AI summaries if your query contains swear words.

Google search result for “how long does it take to get a passport” with an AI overview

Searching “how fucking long does it take to get a fucking passport” on Google

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 30

The year is 2025. I right click on an AI-generated comment on my YouTube video to delete it, only the "Remove" button has been shifted down to make way for a button that generates video ideas based on the AI-generated comment. This is hell.

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 30

The theme for GMTK Game Jam 2025 is... Loop! Good luck!

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 30

GMTK Game Jam 2025 just surpassed the 2024 jam for participants, making it the biggest GMTK Game Jam ever, and the biggest game jam in itch․io's history! itch.io/jam/gmtk-2025

GMTK Game Jam website with "32.5k Joined"

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 30

How it started / how it's going

Discord message by Mark Brown: "Ah, hm, fuck, that's going to complicate matters", and a link to Wordatro! on Steam

Steam bundle with Word Play, Wordatro!, and Birdigo

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 30

Congrats to @toboggan.work and team on the release of Birdigo! To celebrate, we've made a bundle with Word Play, Wordatro!, and Birdigo - three awesome games about spelling words to score points - store.steampowered.com/bundle/57187...

Capsule art featuring the logos of Word Play, Wordatro!, and Birdigo

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 23

my two sons, together at last

eShop screenshot with a Mario game and Mind Over Magnet

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 23

I would describe this as a life goal completed 😱

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 18

I'm sure Rockstar loves that GTA 5 is sandwiched between Gorilla vs Army: Battle Royale and Pizzeria Simulator.

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 18

And a bunch of AI garbage that's just vaguely offensive

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 18

Plus a bunch of AI-generated rip-offs of existing games, so that's fun.

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 18

Uh.... I just checked the PS5 store to see if Mind Over Magnet was up to wishlist yet. It's not. But Dino Race - Dinosaur Ride Ranch certainly is! And a lot of other AI slop...

PS5 game Dino Race - Dinosaur Ride Ranch

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 18

It's going to absolutely wild to have my cute lil' game on the same family of consoles I grew up playing!

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 18

I am thrilled to share that Mind Over Magnet is coming soon to Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch, thanks to Alchemy Games! www.alchemy.games

Mind Over Magnet banner with icons for PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X and S, and Xbox One

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 16

From the GMTK Discord - people are already starting to find the ridiculously overpowered strategies!

screenshot of the game Word Play. Endless mode. Score is 1104804/1.152546E+0.7. Panel says Endless Ended. Reached round 43. Words spelled 630. Perks purchased 33. best word: regenerating+eau - 1059200

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 16

A quick game design thread... In Word Play, how come points don't carry over between rounds? If you overshoot the score requirement, why don't the extra points apply to the next round?

Screenshot of Word Play with 53/55 points

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 15

I think this is the way he stylises it!

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 15

A review's a review

Steam review that says "This might be the game that saves you. If you buy and play this game twice a day your brain will continue to expand even though neurologists say it's impossible at your age”
Northernlion"

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 14

Popular AND upcoming! Two of my favourite things!

Steam Popular Upcoming Page with Word Play

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 14

Is anyone else still seeing this on Steamworks? Summer Sale ended days ago!

Message on Steam that says "Wishlist reporting has been temporarily paused due to exceptionally high traffic during the Summer Sale. Wishlist reporting (including wishlists collected during the pause period) will be available after the sale has concluded."

Game Maker's Toolkit@gamemakerstoolkit· Jul 10

Think what you want about Pirate Software but this is absolutely lunatic behaviour. I'm sure it's very profitable! But how is making this sort of content meaningful or fulfilling?