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Mark's most extensive project is the GameMaker program which he has developed since 1998. With this program everybody can create computer games without the need to write a single line of code. It is downloaded over a million times each year and used worldwide for hobby, education, and to produce commercial games. Hundreds of thousands of games have been created with it, including a number of popular commercial games. Since 2007 the company YoYo Games has taken over the further development and distribution of GameMaker. Because of his work on GameMaker, in 2010 the US magazine GameDeveloper named Mark Overmars one of the 50 most influential people world-wide in game development. In 2004 Mark founded The Game Maker Company B.V. of which he is the director. The company has further developed GameMaker and undertakes other activities to stimulate the creation of games for hobby, education and professionally. In particular a very successful book was written (The Game Maker's Apprentice) and many lectures and workshops have been given. Since 2007 The Game Maker Company is one of the owners of YoYo Games Mark is one of the directors of YoYo Games, where he helps teams of independent developers to create commercial games with GameMaker. Since 2011 The Game Maker Company also participates in Qlvr, a company developing educational apps for tablets.
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