YoYo Games has announced it's to serve up early access to its forthcoming development tool GameMaker: Studio through a competition on Facebook.

The publisher claims five developers will be chosen at random on 1 March and given the keys to the platform's beta, providing they've 'liked' the firm's page on Facebook.

The winners will then be notified the following day, with beta access granted immediately.

Beta builder

GameMaker: Studio is the latest update to YoYo's game development platform, with the new version enabling studios to produce packaged titles for iOS and Android.

The firm's drag-and-drop tools enable inexperienced studios to try their hand at smartphone development with successful titles to-date including They Need To Be Feed and Karoshi.

To enter the competition, visit YoYo Games' page on Facebook for further details.