Anticipated for release in Q1 2012, GameMaker:Studio enables you to produce games for desktop and web, and provides the long-awaited ability to export games direct for mobile devices.

For the first time, GameMaker:Studio provides users with the ability to produce packaged iOS and Android games, which can then be distributed to devices through app stores by developers themselves.

GameMaker:Studio

Design your very own games using easy-to-learn drag-and-drop actions – you can create professional-quality games in 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.

Features

• Drag and drop web development
• Export native executables and apps for Windows and Mac
• Produce ready-to-run HTML5 web code which can be run in any compatible browser* without plugins
• NEW! Export iOS, Android and Mac packages
• Internal image editor
• Internal code editor with user definable syntax colouring
• Preloaded with freeware images and sounds
• Highly flexible scripting language for advanced users
• Built in zooming level editor
• Includes advanced features like paths, timelines and flexible font control

Other export formats will be announced in the future.

System requirements

GameMaker:Studio will be available for Windows PC only.

Specific requirements will be announced in the future.

^* The W3C HTML5 Standard is not yet finalised. Browser performance will vary as a result.