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GameMaker Studio

GameMaker Studio

GameMaker Studio, previously known as GameMaker, is a cross-platform game development software primarily focused on creating 2d games using drag and drop action sequences or a scripting language known as Game Maker Language (GML).

Overview:

GameMaker allows it's users to create and prototype games quickly without the need to learn a programming language. GameMaker games usually consists of at least 3 things: sprites (images & animations), objects (logic & interactivity) and rooms (screens & levels). Each game needs at least one room which is used for both menus and levels, and the transitioning between each.

GameMaker Studio 2 released on 2 November 2016.

Supported Platforms:

• Microsoft Windows
• macOS
• Ubuntu
• HTML5
• Android
• iOS
• Amazon Fire TV
• Android TV
• Microsoft UWP
• PlayStation 4
• PlayStation Vita
• Nintendo Switch (September 2018)

PlayStation Portable and Raspberry Pi support was demonstrated but not released.

Popular games made with GameMaker Studio:

• Spelunky
• Hotline Miami
• Hyper Light Drifter
• Crashlands
• VA-11 Hall-A
• Undertale
• Nuclear Throne

More Information:

• [Wikipedia] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameMaker_Studio
  
• [YoYo Games (publisher)] https://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker
  
• [GameMaker: Studio | Documentation] https://docs.yoyogames.com/