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Useful links:

 

bulletDownload gamemaker
bulletGame maker 7 tutorial by a HS student
bullet Soccer ball example, Game Maker 6.1(in Portuguese :-) )
bullet Ball Catch game 6.1
bulletGame Maker forum
bullet Game maker examples 6.0
bulletGMTutorials - look at the examples
bullet Gamemaker Station
bullet Game maker apprentice book
bullet Pong Examples PDF instructions
bullet Getting started with game maker scripting POWERPOINT
bulletGame maker tutorial videos
bulletHow to add sound
bullet ehow
bullet gamemakertutorials.com
bullet gamemaker manual (2007)
bullet Making a menu

MIDI files

bullethttp://freemidi.org/
bullethttp://www.free-midi.org/
bullethttp://mididb.com/
bullethttp://notation.com/MidiFiles.php


Gamemaker free stuff (music, sprites, etc)
bullethttp://sandbox.yoyogames.com/resources

GAME MAKER

GameMaker 8.1

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.

System requirements

bulletWindows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
bulletDirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
bulletPentium or equivalent processor
bulletDirectX 8-compatible sound card
bullet512MB of memory or greater
bullet800x600 or greater screen resolution with 16-bit or 32-bit colors

GameMaker is now available on Mac!

Note: GameMaker for Mac is version 7 and not compatible with GameMaker for Windows 8.1, but we are working on that for GameMaker 9, targeted for release in 2013. http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/mac

 

More Information

For more information, the most recent version of Game Maker, and additional games, see the web site www.yoyogames.com.

 

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This page was last modified September 18, 2009
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