I just downloaded it myself because I felt it would be a good way to cut my game development chops. I am curious if anyone else here uses Unity. I was planning to look at some tutorials they have on site. I do give props to Unity for offering a lot of help and support

Originally posted by BUTTERCUP:

I taught myself programming when I was 9, only using Game Maker. The first 2 years I used drag and drop, then I slowly moved over to GML. I have now used Game Maker for over 10 years. In my opinion, Game Maker is the superior 2D engine to make games on. If you want to make 2D games, Game Maker is definitely the way to go.

Thanks for the advice. I do know the free version lets you publish to steam workshop but games have to be free

Originally posted by DemiGoth:

IMO better start with Unity3D for MANY reasons. One is that (up to $10K) you can use it for free with some very small limitations, after that you have to buy it for a mere $1500 (for Win/Mac/Linux). Secondly, Unity3D uses C# and Jscript as language, while GM uses it's own script, making a follow up into 'professional development' a bit harder (ie when using Unity to script you can hop more easely to Unreal because it uses C++). Lastly Unity allows you to compile for Windows, Max & Linux along with Android & iOS in the free version with only a startup logo, while GM only allows regular Windows to be compiled to with a HUGE watermark in it...

Just so you know I have no experience in writing actual code whatsoever so I am basing my decision off my current skill level

Originally posted by Daynar:

I believe you can make money with the free version of gamemaker.
Here[docs.yoyogames.com] are a list of the limitations with the free version of gamemaker from the gamemaker documentation.

I do know with the free version you can publish to steam workshop but games must be free

I am looking for a good piece of game dev software that I can dip my toes in and experiment with. I am seriously considering Game Maker but I am curious if you can monetize your games with the free version and how limited it is compared to the professional. I was considering Construct 2 but I was told the community is pretty much dead at this point and I should probably just wait for Construct 3