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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

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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.

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Compare features & prices

GameMaker comes in three flavours - GameMaker 8.1 on Windows PC, GameMaker 7 for Mac, and now GameMaker:HTML5.

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  • This feature is available
  • This feature is not available
  • This feature is coming soon
Feature Windows Mac HTML5
Price (USD) $39.99 $39.99 $99.00
Drag & drop interface Yes Yes Yes
Backgrounds, sprites & images Yes Yes Yes
Animated graphics Yes Yes Yes
Rotate sprites Yes Yes Yes
Internal image editor Yes Yes Yes
Modify resources at run-time – sprites, backgrounds, paths etc. Yes Yes Yes
Particle effects Yes Yes Yes
3D graphics Yes Yes Coming Soon
Full-screen anti-aliasing Yes No No
3D hardware acceleration Yes Yes Coming Soon
Off-screen surfaces – for rendering dynamic textures Yes Yes Yes
Interstitial screens – loading screens, videos Yes Yes Coming Soon
Font control Yes Yes Yes
Advanced text drawing – rotation etc. Yes Yes Yes
Sound effects & music Yes Yes Yes
Audio processing effects – reverb, delay etc. Yes No No
3D sound Yes No No
Built-in data structures – stacks, lists, dictionaries, queues etc. Yes Yes Yes
Paths and timelines Yes Yes Yes
AI pathfinding Yes Yes Yes
Internal code editor – with user-definable syntax colouring Yes Yes Yes
GameMaker Language (GML) – highly flexible scripting language Yes Yes Yes
Extensions – using custom external DLLs Yes Yes No
Import external JavaScript libraries No No Yes
Create extensions within GameMaker No No Yes
Packaged with images and sounds – freeware samples Yes No Coming Soon
Auto-updater – for updates and bug fixes Yes Yes Yes
Team Collaboration – support for source control systems No No Yes
Create executables Native exe Native app Web code
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:HTML5

Note: GameMaker for Mac is version 7 and not compatible with GameMaker 8.1 for Windows. GameMaker:HTML is only available for Windows at this time.

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