GameMaker

Not to be confused with Garry Kitchen's Gamemaker, Recreational Software Designs' Game-Maker, or Mark Overmars' Game Maker.

GameMaker
Al Staffieri Jr.'s GameMaker logo
Publisher(s)	Al Staffieri Jr.
Designer(s)	Al Staffieri Jr.
Version	3.9.95
Platform(s)	Mac OS
Release date(s)	1995
Genre(s)	Game Creation System
System requirements Supported OS: Mac OS 7.5 or higher

GameMaker is an all-in one game creation system for Mac OS 7.5 and up (including Mac OS X), written by Al Staffieri Jr. and first released in 1995. As of August 2011, the software is still under active production; the most recent release is version 3.9.95.

As compared with the action-oriented design of the three similarly named game design packages (by Garry Kitchen, RSD, and Mark Overmars), Staffieri's GameMaker is a card-based system, focused on the design of graphical adventure games. The software works on a few levels; beginners can snap together a game by clicking a few buttons, and advanced users can turn to Staffieri's proprietary scripting language.

GameMaker is distinguished as the first exclusively Macintosh-based game creation system, and is notable for its long popularity on the platform. As of January 17, 2012, GameMaker is CNET's fourth most popular adventure game download for Mac OS - seventeen years after the software's first release.

External links

• GameMaker Home Page (official site)
• User guide
• Game Maker's Garage (fan community)
• GameMaker Alumni Facebook group