
About GameMaker
Are you new to game development? Do you have great ideas for games, but don't have the programming ability to make them a reality? Or are you an experienced designer, artist or programmer who just wants to speed up your game development process? Whatever level of experience you have, GameMaker for Windows will provide you with the tools you need to make exciting games, quickly and easily.
Offering a drag-and-drop interface for rapid design and iteration of gameplay features, graphics and sound, as well as a fully-featured integrated development environment (IDE) and a flexible, built-in scripting language (GML, GameMaker Language), GameMaker for Windows is the perfect low-cost tool for quick, easy games development for Microsoft Windows.

Download GameMaker
There are several version of GameMaker. The version we have installed at school is available at http://yoyogames.com/gamemaker/windows
For more information on their other versions of GameMaker, see http://yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studio
What Can You Do with GameMaker?
There are several of examples available within GameMaker itself - all available with code.
GameMaker Game Showcase - These games are their favorites.
GameMaker Sandbox - Where developers post their games to share
Spelunky - Spelunky is a cave exploration / treasure-hunting game inspired by classic platform games FULL SOURCE CODE IS AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD
Daniel's Games - Several full games with source to explore
Learning GameMaker
Currently, we don't go into GameMaker as a class project - we simply don't have time and it is fairly complex. However, if you are interested in learning GameMaker, the best way to do it is to go through the two tutorials included within GameMaker itself. When you open the application, they are listed at the right.
Spelunky is a cave exploration / treasure-hunting game inspired by classic platform games
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