GameMaker
GameMaker is a game engine Mark Overmars first released in 1999 under the name Animo. Spelunky, Hotline Miami, Undertale and Hyper Light Drifter were made with it.
History
Animo started as a graphics tool with limited visual scripting. YoYo Games partnered with Overmars in 2007 and took over development. Version 8.1 (April 2011) renamed the program GameMaker, GameMaker: HTML5 followed that September, and GameMaker: Studio (May 2012) ran on a runtime rewritten in C++.
Playtech bought GameMaker with YoYo Games in February 2015. GameMaker Studio 2 came out in March 2017 with an editor rewritten in C#, and Opera bought YoYo Games in January 2021. Since November 2023 GameMaker has been free for non-commercial use on every platform except consoles.
Games made with GameMaker
14 games, oldest first. Each game links to the article that names its engine.
| Game | Year | Developer | Engine version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spelunky | 2008 | Mossmouth | GameMaker Studio (2013 HD remake); original 2008 freeware |
| Cook, Serve, Delicious! | 2012 | Vertigo Gaming | GameMaker Studio |
| Hotline Miami | 2012 | Dennaton Games | GameMaker |
| Gunpoint | 2013 | Suspicious Developments | Game Maker 8 |
| Risk of Rain | 2013 | Hopoo Games | GameMaker |
| Nuclear Throne | 2015 | Vlambeer | GameMaker: Studio |
| Undertale | 2015 | Toby Fox | GameMaker Studio |
| Crashlands | 2016 | Butterscotch Shenanigans | GameMaker Studio |
| Hyper Light Drifter | 2016 | Heart Machine, Abylight Studios | GameMaker Studio |
| Minit | 2018 | JW, Kitty, Jukio, Dom | GameMaker: Studio |
| Forager | 2019 | HopFrog | GameMaker Studio |
| Katana Zero | 2019 | Askiisoft | GameMaker Studio 2 |
| Chicory: A Colorful Tale | 2021 | Wishes Unlimited | GameMaker Studio 2 |
| Undertale Yellow | 2023 | Team Undertale Yellow | GameMaker Studio |
At a glance
- Developer
- YoYo Games (Opera)
- Created by
- Mark Overmars
- First release
- 1999, as Animo
- Current version
- GameMaker LTS 2026.0
- Licence
- Commercial; free for non-commercial use
- Status
- Active
Sources
Checked .
Image credits
- GameMaker logo — Opera Norway AS. Public domain. Cropped to the symbol, placed on a white square and converted to WebP
