Game Maker Pro

GameMaker 8 is the latest version of the free easy game development software Game Maker from developers YoYo Games Ltd.

Game Maker (often abbreviated to GM) is a Windows computer program originally developed by Mark Overmars in the Delphi programming language. It is currently developed and published by YoYo Games, a software company which Overmars is a part. Game Maker allows users to easily develop computer games without the requirement of prior computer programming experience, while allowing advanced users to create complex applications with its built-in scripting language.

System requirements

The following specifications reflect the system requirements of Game Maker's exported executable files. The Game Maker tool has unspecified, but significantly lower requirements.

System requirements for Game Maker 7.x & 8.x:

• Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7
• DirectX 8 or later
• DirectX 8 compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory
• Pentium or equivalent processor
• DirectX 8 compatible sound card
• 128 MB of memory or greater (noted only in official Game Maker help file documentation)
• 800×600 or greater screen resolution with 16-bit or 32-bit colors

System requirements for Game Maker 6.x:

• Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP
• DirectX 8 or later
• DirectX 8 compatible graphics card with at least 16MB of video memory (32MB or more recommended)
• Pentium or equivalent processor
• DirectX 8 compatible sound card
• 64 MB of memory or greater (noted only in official Game Maker help file documentation)
• 800×600 or greater screen resolution with 16-bit or 32-bit colors

Versions 6.x and the .exe files from those versions do not work with the Microsoft Windows Vista or the Windows 7 operating system, due to an incompatible compression implementation in its creation of executable files. Version 7 of the program, however, works correctly with Vista, as well as most supported functions in versions 5.x and prior. As of June 24, 2007, Mark Overmars made a program to convert .exe files created with version 6 to work on Windows Vista

Download: Game Maker Pro