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Gaming site, Kongregate, has officially found a new way to keep users on their site. Before it was the over 8,000 games they offer for user entertainment, but now Kongregate looks to not only allow users to play games, but to make games as well.

The site will offer Flash Game Making tutorials so that users can interact more with the site. Instead on relying on hard to understand How-To books, the videos will instruct users step by step in creating a game and allow them to play as they go to make adjustments according to their desires. The hope is to encourage independent developers to take charge of their dreams, and make them a reality utilizing the tools Kongregate is offering. Currently there are only a few well known, established developers on the site, but the purpose has always been for the independent developer to gain exposure and experience.

Kongragate is definitely doing something right, since its inception, it has garnered 4.5 million users. The addition of the Flash tools looks to build on the already existing robust user base. As of right now 3 of 8 tools have been released, but with the future tools on the horizon, Kongragate might really be onto something by empowering their users to be a part of the experience.