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Unity Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Powerful tool for 2d game development"
What do you like best about GameMaker?

It is easy to use and has minimal UI. It offers many excellent features which are helpful in game development. It has an active community that provides excellent support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

To develop the game in gamemaker, we must learn its scripting language, which is quite complicated. It only develops 2d games and not 3d games. Import and export of files take time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HS
Unity Developer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Game Engine Studio"
What do you like best about GameMaker?

Game Maker Studio is extremely easy to learn as it required no programing language so you can make games in it easily. It provides developer access to more fine-grained control over the logic. The assets are cool. It is a multiplayer support platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

It contains no GUI effects. The scripting language used in it is quite limited. exporting to the game in some other formats required charges. The compiler to remove bugs is a little bit not that good. the editor is a little not efficient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Diorling M.
DM
DISEÑADOR GRAFICO DE PAGINA WEB
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Excellent"
What do you like best about GameMaker?

The drag and drop system facilitates the development of simple games, or you can create the outline of a game in a short time, to then develop it further. You can even make a game without knowing practically anything about programming, and this is very good for beginners as it allows them to understand the basics before moving on to the introduction of code. It has its own programming language (GML) which is very easy to learn since it is very similar to other languages, so the learning curve is quite low. The interface is very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

I think it's perfect for platform games, but if you want something more advanced, a more professional level, there are other software options that might serve you better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Subrata S.
SS
VR Developer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Makes developing game easy"
What do you like best about GameMaker?

Gamemaker is an excellent piece of software that not only helps in making development easy but also quick. It has a lot of tools and technology and overall, the simple coding method it provides also makes it very easy to use. Creating 2d games using game maker is a piece of cake. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

The only thing that game maker lacks is simplicity and publicity, even though it is a great software not many people know about it and has fewer users and this makes the community weak and hard to find help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Roger Alexander E.
RE
Profesor
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Creating with GameMaker"
What do you like best about GameMaker?

It is a very comprehensive tool for creating many types of games and applications, offering great adaptability when one knows a programming language. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

Some tutorials are focused on block programming similar to the first versions, with text programming being much more convenient and practical when using many variables. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Most practical 2d game engine for rapid prototyping"
What do you like best about GameMaker?

The ease of use and its api especially the available object events built in Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

The lack of services for servers to test out large scale networking Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting
UA
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Easy simple "
What do you like best about GameMaker?

I started using game maker when I was 14 and for me in that age game maker was easy and simple to use. For example I created a zombie game it took me around a week to make it, and now I can make a full game in 2 days or less, you will have fun using it Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

What I didn’t like when I started using Game maker was that it has a limited features in comparison with other game making platforms, and the high subscription prices, also I think they should improve the graphics of the program, and if they can provide more tools to reduce the amount of coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andrew M.
AM
Game Designer
Design
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Good entry point, strong community with a lot of resources."
What do you like best about GameMaker?

Game Maker is deceptively simple to start using, and it has powerful features under the hood. I use game maker for programming complex games with many objects, scripts, and interactions, but it's simple to get started using as well. Perfect for the beginner and extensible for the pro. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

Some pieces of game maker are a little inconsistent or poorly documented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Games
UC
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Review og Game maker"
What do you like best about GameMaker?

The many tutorials and easy to learn interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

Limited image editing tools although an outside software can be used to supliment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Accounting
UA
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Perfect gaming creation"
What do you like best about GameMaker?

User friendly, and its clear and easy to use. It help to manage all the resources which we want to put in one game Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about GameMaker?

It has limited scope as it handles only 2D applications, further its notes are not updated to see updated solutions.

Further as it uses GML which is not a common language and new users find difficulty in understanding it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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