Fast, cross-platform games development
GameMaker:Studio is the perfect tool to develop casual and social games for iOS, Android, desktop and the web. It offers a powerful yet simple-to-use integrated development environment (IDE) that makes game development up to 80% faster.
Target the web, native mobile and the desktop
GameMaker:Studio gives you a fast, easy way to create social and casual games that are App Store-ready, allowing you to develop across multiple platforms all from a single codebase.
GameMaker:Studio Core – Windows and Mac
GameMaker:Studio has been optimized for the two largest home computer platforms, which means you can create and publish your title either as a downloadable game, or box it up on disc for store shelves – the choice is all yours.
With the ability to create native executables for both Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X included as the core modules of GameMaker:Studio, you'll be able to build and distribute your games to home computer users around the world with minimum fuss and effort.
Note: to export apps for Mac, you will require a Mac OS X computer.
HTML5 module – web and Facebook
Share your project using GameMaker:Studio simply by embedding the generated HTML5 and JavaScript code on blogs, forums and websites – including Facebook.
Web development gives you the opportunity to reach an unprecedented marketplace audience of over a billion people, and with the emerging HTML5 standard you can now create games and applications that will run natively in a browser without requiring any third-party plugins.
iOS module – iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
GameMaker:Studio allows you to export your game as a native app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices which can then be submitted like any other XCode application to the Apple App Store – the world's largest application platform, which has had over 25 billion apps downloaded since mid-2008.
Note: to publish iOS apps, you must be a registered member of the iOS Developer program and will require a Mac OS X computer for development.
Android module – Android phones and tablets
GameMaker:Studio makes it easy to develop for Android by streamlining the process of ensuring your app's compatiblity with the different hardware and screen resolutions across the entire range of Android handsets, tablets and other devices.
With over 300 million devices sold by February 2012, Android is an operating system that brings the power of Google and the web into your hands. Android creates ways to connect and share the latest apps through the Google Play store, and a number of handset manufacturer and service provider marketplaces.
Note: to publish Android apps, you must create an Android Developer profile.
Forrás: http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/studio
A Game Maker Studio megoldás azoknak,akik nem szeretnének magas szintű programnyelvet megtanulni és hihetetlen sok pénzt költeni a játékfejlesztésre. Most azonban megnyílt a lehetőség a megírt programot többféle rendszerre konvertálni,ami nagyon kedvező többágú fejlesztők számára.
Már volt esetem a Game Maker-rel. Nekem nagyon megtetszett egyszerűsége és a beépített rajzoló program.
Sok kritika jön,hogy komoly játékokat nem lehet fejleszteni vele,csak unatkozó gyerekek megcsinálhatják maguknak saját pacman-játékukat,de nagyon sok ellenpélda volt már. Igaz,hogy semelyik komoly cég nem dolgozik vele,de igen is komoly 2D-s játékokat lehet vele fejleszteni.
