GameMaker

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For the game creation software by Mark Overmars, see Game Maker.

GameMaker is a name given to two different pieces of computer software written for two different platforms by different people. It is not to be confused with Game Maker (two words) or with Game-Maker created by Recreational Software Design in the early 1990s. Gamemaker is also the name of a game-making educational curriculum in Arvika, Sweden.

[edit] Commodore 64 / Apple II

GameMaker is the name of computer game creation software written by Garry Kitchen and published by Activision for the Commodore 64 and the Apple II. The program includes "Sprite Maker" for designing animated sprites, "Scene Maker" for creating backgrounds using a palette of four colors and several basic MS Paint-esque functions (such as line, circle, and paint bucket), "Sound Maker" and "Music Maker", as well as the tools to construct a game. The Commodore 64 version had arguably more features, especially in the Sound Maker module, taking advantage of the sound and color capabilities it had that the Apple II lacked.

[edit] Classic Mac OS

GameMaker was made for the same purpose as the above program (simplified game development) for Mac OS 7.5 and up including OS X. This GameMaker was written by Al Staffieri Jr. The latest build is 3.9, and it is still under development for future versions.