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YoYo Games is a software and game publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland. It is best known for developing the proprietary, game development IDE, GameMaker for Windows which can compile cross-platform, originally created by Mark Overmars.

History

On 26 January 2007, Mark Overmars announced his partnership with a company based in Dundee, Scotland called YoYo Games. The company, headed by CEO Sandy Duncan (ex Vice President of Xbox Europe), was founded to support the future development of GameMaker and to build a community for developers and casual gamers who could upload their games to the website.

The company established its European office in Dundee in May 2010 by opening an office within Abertay University with two team members. The company currently employs more than 25 employees. YoYo Games has announced plans to create an additional 25 positions, over the next 18 months, in systems development, software engineering, sales and customer service. The employees will be hired to help the company keep pace with the rapid evolution of the global games market and demand for Game Maker: Studio. To accommodate this expansion, in June 2013, YoYo Games moved from its old location within Abertay University into new office space on Dundee’s Waterfront redevelopment.

Games

Many games published by the company use internal functions and features which are not available to customers.

Lawsuits

iOS decompiler

A decompiler was written for Game Maker that could reverse engineer games and make them exportable to iOS before the company revealed officials plans. A lawsuit arising from a cease and desist order was the end result, though the decompiler continued to be developed.

Forum exploit

The company filed a lawsuit claiming damages to their primary server and other hardware and software they were hosting most of the main website and forums from in 2009 by a GMC user.

Console Support

YoYo Games Ltd have now added in console support for both Microsoft and Sony Platforms.

References

1. Public announcement from Mark Overmars, Game Maker Community
2. YoYo Games on CNNMoney.com
3. "News Article". Dundee Waterfront. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
4. ^ "Dundee's YoYo Games looks to next level - News / Business / The Courier". Thecourier.co.uk. 2013-04-23. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
5. "YoYo Games to Double its Staff to 50". Interactive Tayside. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
6. ^ by scottishgames (2013-04-23). "YoYo Games Expanding, Recruiting New Staff, Moving To New Office | Scottish Games Network". Scottishgames.net. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
7. "Games Showcase".
8. "Game Maker iOS File Format Cracked". Game Maker Blog. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
9. "YoYo Games Ltd records losses of £180,000". Gamemakergames.com. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2014-01-29.

External links

• Official website

• Video game companies of the United Kingdom