Editing GameMaker (section)

{{Short description|Game creation system}}
{{About|the software by YoYo Games for Microsoft Windows and macOS|the software by Recreational Software Designs for MS-DOS|Game-Maker|other uses|Gamemaker (disambiguation){{!}}Gamemaker}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Infobox software
| title = GameMaker
| logo = GameMaker Logo.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| author = [[Mark Overmars]]
| developer = [[YoYo Games]]
| released = {{start date and age|df=yes|1999|11|15}}
| latest release version = v2024.13.0
| latest release date = {{Nowrap|{{start date and age|df=yes|2025|04|08}}}}
| programming language = {{hlist|[[C++]] ([[Runtime system|runtime]])|[[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]] ([[Integrated development environment|IDE]])}}
| operating system = {{hlist|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[macOS]]}}
| platform = {{hlist|[[Microsoft Windows]]|[[macOS]]|[[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]|[[HTML5]]|[[Android (operating system)|Android]]|[[iOS]]|[[Amazon Fire TV]]|[[Android TV]]|[[Universal Windows Platform]]|[[PlayStation 4]]|[[PlayStation 5]]|[[Xbox One]]|[[Xbox Series X and Series S|Xbox Series X/S]]|[[Nintendo Switch]]}}
| language = {{hlist|[[English language|English]]|[[French language|French]]|[[Spanish language|Spanish]]|[[German language|German]]|[[Brazilian Portuguese]]|[[Russian language|Russian]]|[[Chinese language|Chinese (Simplified)]]|[[Polish language|Polish]]|[[Italian language|Italian]]|[[Korean language|Korean]]|[[Japanese language|Japanese]]}}
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|https://gamemaker.io}}
}}

'''GameMaker''' (originally '''Animo''', '''Game Maker''' (until 2011) and '''GameMaker Studio''') is a series of [[cross-platform]] [[game engine]]s created by [[Mark Overmars]] in 1999 and developed by [[YoYo Games]] since 2007. The latest iteration of ''GameMaker'' was released in 2022.

GameMaker accommodates the creation of [[cross-platform]] and multi-genre [[video game]]s using a custom drag-and-drop [[visual programming language]] or a [[scripting language]] known as Game Maker Language (GML), which can be used to develop more advanced games. GameMaker was originally designed to allow novice [[computer programmers]] to be able to make computer games without much programming knowledge by use of these actions. Recent versions of software also focus on appealing to advanced developers.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dM-9CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA3|title=The GameMaker Standard |last1=Vinciguerra |first1=David |last2=Howell |first2=Andrew |date=16 October 2015 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-317-51469-5}}</ref>