GameMaker for Windows
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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!
GameMaker 8.1
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.
You can do anything you want with the games you produce, you can even sell them! See the successful games already in our showcase. GameMaker comes preloaded with a collection of freeware images and sounds to get you started.
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.
Try GameMaker
If you want to try out GameMaker before you buy, you can do so free of charge! Download GameMaker 8.1 Lite now to try out this amazing application!
Key features
A side-by-side comparison of features in the Full and Lite versions of GameMaker 8.1:
| Feature | Lite | Full |
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| Price (USD) | Free | $39.99 |
| Drag & drop interface |  |
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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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| Interstitial screens – loading screens, videos | |
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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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| Audio processing effects – reverb, delay etc. | |
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| 3D sound | |
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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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| Packaged with images and sounds – freeware samples | |
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| Auto-updater – for updates and bug fixes | |
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| Create executables | |
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| GameMaker watermark on executables | |
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| Price (USD) | Free | $39.99 |
| Try | Buy |
System requirements
- Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
- DirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
- Pentium or equivalent processor
- DirectX 8-compatible sound card
- 156MB of memory or greater
- 800x600 or greater screen resolution with 16-bit or 32-bit colors
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