We're happy to launch today the new GameMaker Community forums!
As many of you know this has been a very long time coming. Our initial plan was to release the new forums in tandem with a necessary server upgrade several months ago, but a number of unforeseen security issues ended up delaying the final release *well* beyond our expectations. We want to apologize for the unreasonable amount of time that the community has been without usable forums. Our community is an invaluable asset and the forums are an essential resource for both beginner and veteran users. Not having this resource available for an extended period was damaging for us and many of our users and this was never our intention.
As part of an apology for this disruption, which we know has affected the workflow of many, we're offering a coupon code for an additional 10% off any of our products on offer. This discount will work in conjunction with other discounts from our currently ongoing sale. Simply enter "GMC10" at checkout. This offer will be valid for one week starting today and will expire at midnight (GMT) on the 27th of June.
Thankfully the forums are now open to everyone. We hope that you will be happy with our new look and the new forum software. Before posting, please take a moment to read the updated Community Guidelines and check out the sticky threads on boards for any specific extra rules.
You'll find that we've trimmed things down a bit compared to the old forum, and in place of multiple sub-forums for different things we've implemented thread Prefixes and Tags. We ask that you use both of these when making your topics as it will help with searching and visibility. Should you have any questions about the new forum software, or should you find any issues that you think should be discussed, please post to let us know in the New Forum Issues topic.
If you are coming here from the old GMC and find that another member has taken your previous username then you may contact Nocturne - our resident tyrant forum overlord - and request that your prior name be returned to you and he will do so at his discretion for long term prior community members only. Note that this offer is only available for the first month or so of the new forum being open.
On behalf of YoYoGames and all the forum staff, thank you for joining and we hope that between us all we can continue to make the GMC the best community forum around!
-ShaunJS
:lemwt:
As many of you know this has been a very long time coming. Our initial plan was to release the new forums in tandem with a necessary server upgrade several months ago, but a number of unforeseen security issues ended up delaying the final release *well* beyond our expectations. We want to apologize for the unreasonable amount of time that the community has been without usable forums. Our community is an invaluable asset and the forums are an essential resource for both beginner and veteran users. Not having this resource available for an extended period was damaging for us and many of our users and this was never our intention.
As part of an apology for this disruption, which we know has affected the workflow of many, we're offering a coupon code for an additional 10% off any of our products on offer. This discount will work in conjunction with other discounts from our currently ongoing sale. Simply enter "GMC10" at checkout. This offer will be valid for one week starting today and will expire at midnight (GMT) on the 27th of June.
Thankfully the forums are now open to everyone. We hope that you will be happy with our new look and the new forum software. Before posting, please take a moment to read the updated Community Guidelines and check out the sticky threads on boards for any specific extra rules.
You'll find that we've trimmed things down a bit compared to the old forum, and in place of multiple sub-forums for different things we've implemented thread Prefixes and Tags. We ask that you use both of these when making your topics as it will help with searching and visibility. Should you have any questions about the new forum software, or should you find any issues that you think should be discussed, please post to let us know in the New Forum Issues topic.
If you are coming here from the old GMC and find that another member has taken your previous username then you may contact Nocturne - our resident tyrant forum overlord - and request that your prior name be returned to you and he will do so at his discretion for long term prior community members only. Note that this offer is only available for the first month or so of the new forum being open.
On behalf of YoYoGames and all the forum staff, thank you for joining and we hope that between us all we can continue to make the GMC the best community forum around!
-ShaunJS
:lemwt: