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GMRT Open Beta
GMRT is currently in development, but we’re releasing the beta to developers who want to help us find compatibility issues and try out GMRT’s new features.
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Version 2024.6: Text In Rooms, Physics Raycast, Depth And Stencil Buffers
GameMaker’s latest monthly update is now available to download. This month's update introduces text in rooms, physics raycast and surface depth buffer.
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GameMaker Asset Bundles - Desert Shooter
New Free Monthly Asset Bundle - Cute Building sprites for your next medieval or fantasy game. Great for city builders, RTS games, or your virtual tabletop.
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Buttery Smooth Tech: Automate Your Builds in GitHub Actions
How Butterscotch Shenanigans use GitHub Actions as build automation servers to make builds for their upcoming game, Crashlands 2.
ANTONBLAST: If We Didn't Succeed, We Would’ve Been On The Streets
Tony Grayson is the head, lead designer, and composer of Summitsphere, the indie studio behind Antonball Deluxe and the upcoming ANTONBLAST. We asked Tony about the game’s red-hot Kickstarter…
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Mastering GML Code: Six Resources That Taught The Pros How To Code With GameMaker
Learning to code a game can feel like a daunting task. Thankfully, learning to code with GameMaker is much easier than you think, thanks to our two GameMaker Languages - GML Code, and GML…
Kippie: The More Mistakes They Make, The More They Learn
Kippie is a company based out of Derry, Northern Ireland, headed by sisters Caroline Anderson and Katherine Rowlandson, together with Katherine’s wife, Justine. It focuses on helping people from all…
14 Lessons I Learned While Making A Video Game
It's fair to say this game has created something of a buzz.APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game released in May 2022, created on the GameMaker engine. Ell (One half…
Cook, Serve, Delicious: I Hate Cooking, But That’s A Good Thing
David Galindo has been a professional game developer for over 10 years, and is currently the head of Vertigo Gaming Inc. His popular series, Cook, Serve, Delicious! has won the hearts (and stomachs)…
Two GameMaker Asset Bundles Free To Download This New Year
Planning on making your first video game in 2023? Get a head start with special access to two of GameMaker’s most popular Asset Bundles!
Until January 31st, you can get your hands on both of…
GameMaker Open Source Extensions
We’ve recently released some open-source extensions for GameMaker. Each extension’s source is available on GitHub for you to view, build, and contribute changes.
Let’s look at some recent open…
Opera GX Mobile Game Jam Winner Revealed
Your votes have been counted, and it's finally time to announce the winners of the 2022 Opera GX Mobile Game Jam!Along with our five finalists, we can also reveal which two games have won a cash…
Skies of Chaos: Meeting Netflix's 'Challenge'
James Eaton and his partner-in-crime, Daniel, are the co-founders of Broxcorp Games. They’re first ever video game, Skies of Chaos, released exclusively on Netflix’s gaming platform in 2022.During…
Cats & Dogs Organised Neatly Interview: Neither Of Us Got Into Programming
Simone Maendl and Josef Att are the duo heading DU&I, a game studio from Munich known for its adorably relaxing puzzle games, such as Cats Organized Neatly and its canine counterpart, Dogs…
Version 2022.11: Audio Effects, More Array And String Functions
Add audio effects to your game with GameMaker 2022.11. Unlock the true potential of arrays and strings with new functions.
New Array Functions
There are some new handy array functions for you.…
Rising Lords: Games Are Never Developed Out Of Thin Air
Before founding his game studio, Argonwood, Christian Fernholz studied Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and worked in the military aviation sector for 13 years. In 2016, Christian…
Hero’s Hour: I Had The Computer Fight Itself
When he’s not making games in his spare time, Benjamin Hauer works as a psychologist. His most famous game, Hero’s Hour, is a heartfelt homage to the old Heroes of Might and Magic (HoMM)…
Hotline Miami Anniversary: No-one Was Making Games Like This Back Then
10 years ago, Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin changed indie games forever when they released their first commercial hit, Hotline Miami, followed by a sequel, Hotline Miami 2: Wrong…
APICO: I Wanted To Make A Difference In The Real World
Ell, known online as ellraiser, is a designer and software developer with a love of gardening. Their beekeeping game APICO has won the hearts of gamers across the world with its…
HTML5 Runtime Is Now Open Source
We’re excited to open source the HTML5 runtime for GameMaker. You can view its source on GitHub and contribute to the repository.
This will allow you to better understand how the engine works, and…
Mobile Game Jam Top 5 Revealed: Cast Your Votes!
The standard of games submitted to the Opera GX Mobile Game Jam has completely blown us away! We’re fresh out of mobile data and our thumbs are in bandages, but they’re worthy sacrifices when the…
How To Become A Game Designer
What makes a great game special? Unique gameplay mechanics, engrossing level design, a captivating story?
Whatever metric you use to measure a game’s quality, video game designers are at the…
Version 2022.0: Long Term Stable (“LTS”) Release
Version 2022.0 of GameMaker is now available. This is the first Long Term Stable (LTS) version.Please note this release is currently not on Steam for a little bit - just while we gather…
BROK the InvestiGator: Players Told Me The Game Touched Their Hearts
Fabrice Breton is a solo developer and publisher from France, whose career in game development started at just eight years old! Fabrice’s newest game, BROK the InvestiGator, has gained a lot of…
Best Kickstarter Games And What Made Them A Success
Can you imagine dreaming up a game with your friend, then launching a Kickstarter and actually getting enough money to bring it to life?It’s a bit mad, but it happens. Between 2009 and 2022,…
I Wouldn’t Last Long In Hell - Doomed to Hell
Doomed to Hell, created by developer Gagonfe, released on 25th of March as GX.games’ first free premium game, and has since gone on to release on all major platforms. We asked Gabriel…
Everything You Need to Know About Composing Video Game Music
Whether you enjoy finger dancing to a rhythm game or soul-searching to a synthesiser symphony (try saying that three times fast), video game music is fundamental to your experience.
But what makes…
Version 2022.9: Graphics Modding and Faster Workflow
Add moddable graphics to your game with GameMaker 2022.9. Work faster with the Inspector as part of your workflow.
Texture Loading
You can now make “Dynamic Texture Groups”, which are placed…
