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Do you want to develop computer games without spending countless hours learning how to become a programmer? Then you've come to the right place. GameMaker allows you to make exciting computer games, without the need to write a single line of code. Making games with GameMaker is a lot of fun!
Design your very own games using easy-to-learn drag-and-drop actions – you can create professional-quality games within very little time. You can make games with backgrounds, animated graphics, music and sound effects. And when you've become more experienced, there is an easy built-in programming GameMaker Language (GML), which gives you the full flexibility of creating games with GameMaker.
Made with GameMaker
See what's possible with GameMaker! The Game Showcase contains a complete list of the great games made with GameMaker and published by YoYo Games on iOS, Android, Symbian and in HTML5.
Compare features & prices
GameMaker comes in three flavours - GameMaker 8.1 on Windows PC, GameMaker 7 for Mac, and now GameMaker:Studio.
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| Price (USD) | $39.99 | $39.99 | $99.00 |
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| Backgrounds, sprites & images | |
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| Animated graphics | |
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| Rotate sprites | |
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| Internal image editor | |
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| Modify resources at run-time – sprites, backgrounds, paths etc. | |
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| Particle effects | |
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| 3D graphics | |
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| Full-screen anti-aliasing | |
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| 3D hardware acceleration | |
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| Off-screen surfaces – for rendering dynamic textures | |
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| Font control | |
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| Advanced text drawing – rotation etc. | |
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| Sound effects & music | |
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| Built-in data structures – stacks, lists, dictionaries, queues etc. | |
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| Paths and timelines | |
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| AI pathfinding | |
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| Internal code editor – with user-definable syntax colouring | |
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| GameMaker Language (GML) – highly flexible scripting language | |
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| Extensions – using custom external DLLs | |
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| Import external JavaScript libraries | |
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| Create extensions within GameMaker | |
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| Auto-updater – for updates and bug fixes | |
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| Team Collaboration – support for source control systems | |
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| Export to iOS – requires additional module | |
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| Export to Android – requires additional module | |
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| Export to HTML5 – requires additional module | |
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| Create executables |  |
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| Price (USD) | $39.99 | $39.99 | $99.00 |
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Requirements
Information about the specific system requirements for each version of GameMaker is available at their individual pages.
GameMaker Standard | GameMaker for Mac | GameMaker:Studio
Note: GameMaker for Mac is version 7 and not compatible with GameMaker 8.1 for Windows or GameMaker:Studio. The GameMaker:Studio IDE is only available for Windows at this time, but requires a Mac OS X computer for Mac and iOS development.
