No i have not only used it for 7 hours (I've now used it for 9,5 thousand hours since the first time I wrote this xD ), I've made at least a hundred games with this (most i just throw away, but i still make them, cause it's freaking fun) but i saw i had a steam key for the professional edition, and it uses workshop as well, so why not right?

Alright, so GameMaker has stuff for the beginner, experienced, and the professional.

Drag & Drop - Simple blocks that allows for creating a variable (Health and ammo, just some simple ones there, but it's used in a millions of other things) Directions, paths, solid checking, saving, loading. all the stuff you need to get started pretty much. and of course the most important one Execute Code.
This is of course where you do all the advanced coding (which in some cases is much easier than the Drag & Drop functions.

For example: Inventories is much easier to make in code even though it is possible in D&D, Rotating an object takes just 3-4 seconds to write out depending on your typing speed of course ;)

Now a lot of people get put of when they ask me what i made my game in and i answer GameMaker, so instead just say GML.. but this is because people hear the name GameMaker and they all think it's something for kids, and it is, it most definitely is, because you can go easy mode here, but mostly very simple games like Tetris and block breaking games.
but it's something very experienced users can also use, I've seen so many amazing things made with this, HD 3D Games, massive world builders, RPG games, it's all possible as long as you can work with the very limited built-in 3d capabilities, or just download some extensions to make it a bit easier on yourself, and earlier i said i scrapped most of my games, and that's because you get tons of ideas when you learn this program, you work on the idea, but all the sudden you get a new idea while working on it, or you get a developer block, or maybe you're learning new things as you go along, either you're learning about how to make inventories, or healthbars, but these things might not fit into the game you're currently working on, and it hits you, that the game you're working on is actually dull and boring, so you get started on a new project once again, and then you learn something new, and all over, but this might actually be a good thing, cause you're learning something new until you have all you need for the game you have always wanted to create, and at some point you have acquired so much knowledge, that you will be ready for the step up to Unreal Engine, C++, C# or something else like Unity, or maybe you decide to make extensions and sell them on the GameMaker:Marketplace.

So 80 dollars for the professional edition might not sound too mad, you might actually end up making your dream game from this software or another, and make a huge profit, who knows, but i believe this is an amazing first place to start, so try it out, i would recommend going to the official YoYo Games website and download the standard edition from there as it does not have any resource limitations compared to this one.

Happy Programming :)

No i have not only used it for 7 hours (I've now used it for 9,5 thousand hours since the first time I wrote this xD ), I've made at least a hundred games with this (most i just throw away, but i still make them, cause it's freaking fun) but i saw i had a steam key for the professional edition, and it uses workshop as well, so why not right? Alright, so GameMaker has stuff for the beginner, experienced, and the professional. Drag & Drop - Simple blocks that allows for creating a variable (Health and ammo, just some simple ones there, but it's used in a millions of other things) Directions, paths, solid checking, saving, loading. all the stuff you need to get started pretty much. and of course the most important one Execute Code. This is of course where you do all the advanced coding (which in some cases is much easier than the Drag & Drop functions. For example: Inventories is much easier to make in code even though it is possible in D&D, Rotating an object takes just 3-4 seconds to write out depending on your typing speed of course ;) Now a lot of people get put of when they ask me what i made my game in and i answer GameMaker, so instead just say GML.. but this is because people hear the name GameMaker and they all think it's something for kids, and it is, it most definitely is, because you can go easy mode here, but mostly very simple games like Tetris and block breaking games. but it's something very experienced users can also use, I've seen so many amazing things made with this, HD 3D Games, massive world builders, RPG games, it's all possible as long as you can work with the very limited built-in 3d capabilities, or just download some extensions to make it a bit easier on yourself, and earlier i said i scrapped most of my games, and that's because you get tons of ideas when you learn this program, you work on the idea, but all the sudden you get a new idea while working on it, or you get a developer block, or maybe you're learning new things as you go along, either you're learning about how to make inventories, or healthbars, but these things might not fit into the game you're currently working on, and it hits you, that the game you're working on is actually dull and boring, so you get started on a new project once again, and then you learn something new, and all over, but this might actually be a good thing, cause you're learning something new until you have all you need for the game you have always wanted to create, and at some point you have acquired so much knowledge, that you will be ready for the step up to Unreal Engine, C++, C# or something else like Unity, or maybe you decide to make extensions and sell them on the GameMaker:Marketplace. So 80 dollars for the professional edition might not sound too mad, you might actually end up making your dream game from this software or another, and make a huge profit, who knows, but i believe this is an amazing first place to start, so try it out, i would recommend going to the official YoYo Games website and download the standard edition from there as it does not have any resource limitations compared to this one. Happy Programming :)