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{{trope}}
Due to the massive complexity of the majority of major programming languages, and the difficulty of actually ''learning'' them in the first place, a small-but-dedicated subgenre of software has arisen: the
Simply put, a '"game maker" is a software "toolkit" that usually contains a pre-designed framework for a particular type of game. Often, these toolkits will include art assets, a fairly simple (though robust and versatile) scripting system, and a pre-built "library" of sound effects, visual effects, sprites, and other game-design material.
The intent of the "game-builder's toolkit" concept is to permit even the most inexperienced and computer-unfamiliar person to design, test, and publish a basic game in a matter of minutes (as opposed to days, months, or years).
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When looking at the games made with these, be warned: [[Sturgeon's Law]] is in full force.
[[I Thought It Meant|Not to be confused with]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20070913173811/http://www.yoyogames.com/make Mark Overmars' Game Maker] which is sufficiently complex to be considered a full-fledged 2D [[Game Engine]], or for that matter [http://www.gb64.com/game.php?id=3072 Garry Kitchen's GameMaker], a [[Commodore 64]] application released in 1985.
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* Klik & Play / The Games Factory / Multimedia Fusion
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** The OHRRPGCE is a freeware, open-source editor that was originally a DOS application, but has now been ported to FreeBASIC for support with new Operating Systems. It boasts flexibility and a powerful scripting engine, though has strict limitations that still exist from the DOS versions. The games made use a ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]''-style battle engine, with potential for complex attacks. Graphics must be drawn by the user, but has allowed creativity as a result. The engine is suited for any style of game, having a library of both high quality titles and quick fun distractions.
* [http://www.sawbladesoftware.com/ Power Game Factory]
** The premier game creation program for Mac OS X, Power Game Factory is best suited for [[platformer]]s such as ''[[Super Mario Bros. (video game)|Super Mario Bros.]].'' or ''[[Contra]]''. Sprites, sounds, enemy behavior and more can be customized, and parallax scrolling is supported for backgrounds. The latest version, 1.1, allows two sizes for background tiles: 64×64 and 32×32 pixels. It also includes ''two'' complete games: ''Greenland Invasion'' and ''Zombie Holiday''.
* [[MUGEN]]
** The most robust engine for 2D [[Fighting Game]]s out there, MUGEN sports a huge variety of features that enable makers to do damn near anything with it. There are a few full games out there, mostly fan games like ''Brutal Paws of Fury Remix'' and ''[[Mortal Kombat]]: Integral'', but far more common are stand-alone characters that can simply be plugged into the engine and used against each other in an [[Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny|anything-goes slugfest]].
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** For those who want something even easier, there's the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031094112/http://www.ragsgame.com/Downloads.aspx RAGS suite], which is basically point and click!
** This is not a new idea either. There were at least two products released for the [[TRS-80]] Color Computer which allowed a user to specify vocabulary, rooms, items, and characters and then generated a BASIC program that implemented the game.
* [http://www.stencyl.com/ Stencyl] is
* [[Older Than the NES]]: Quicksilva released a program called ''Games Designer'' for the ZX Spectrum in 1983. It was fairly rudimentary, and rubbish, and it could only make four different types of shoot-em-ups, meaning that it may well have inspired ''SEUCK'', but it was a designer and it did the job.
** Bill Budge's ''Pinball Construction Set'' came out for the Apple II in 1982, making it the probable [[Ur Example]].
* ''The Quill'', and its later upgrade ''PAWS'', were Text Adventure (British for [[Interactive Fiction]]) creators of similar vintage.
* Another of the earliest was ''Adventure Construction Set'', released by Electronic Arts for Commodore64 and [[Apple II]] in 1985.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131211111357/http://www.sudslore.org/ SUDS]
** SUDS [Single User Dungeon System] is a text adventure maker for Windows.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219215313/http://www.bladeengine.com/ Blade]
** Blade is another [[Visual Novel]] engine.
* There are a veritable ton of ''[[Phoenix Wright]]'' case makers on various fansites around the Internet; some complex, some not-so complex.
* [[World Builder]] was a popular graphic adventure game maker in the black-and-white [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] era, and was best known for the commercial game ''[[Enchanted Scepters]]'' (among amateur authors, Ray Dunakin and Louise Hope are probably the most noted). Its creator went on to found Cyberflix Interactive and develop an [[Full Motion Video|FMV Game]] engine called Dream Factory.
* ''[[StepMania]]'' is a vanilla build of ''[[Dance Dance Revolution]]'', allowing people to make their own rhythm games from it. Hell, it's what ''[[In The Groove]]'' and ''[[Mungyodance]]'' were built off of.
* ''[[Wario Ware]] DIY'' is a Game Maker that offers an easy-but-effective game making engine, though the games are limited to the four- to eight-second duration the series is known for. A [[Game Mod|hack]], however, can be used to create "boss-type" games, which have no time limit.
* ''[[Unlimited Adventures]]'' allows to create [[Gold Box]]-style RPG games.
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* Any Bethesda game based on the Gamebryo [[Game Engine]] ([[The Elder Scrolls]] III and IV, Fallout3) have editing tools released by Bethesda that have full functionality with which they created the game, allowing Total Conversion [[Game Mod|Mods]] to be created. (In addition, [[Fallout: New Vegas]] can be edited with the Fallout3 version of the editor.) [[Nehrim]] is one such example of a mod (in this case, using the Oblivion Engine)
* ''Atmosphir'' is a '''''Game Maker''''' that as of this writing includes platforming, multiplayer coop, multiplayer battle, and racing. Despite all these genres, it is not yet a full-fledged ''[[Game Engine]]''.
* ''[[Touhou]] [https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Touhou_Danmakufu Danmakufu]'', a tool for making ''[[Touhou]]''-like [[Shoot'Em Up|Shoot 'Em Ups]].
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131031222135/http://www.byond.com/ BYOND] is a 2-D online game engine available for free. It's a hybrid between a full-service '''Game Maker''' and a programming IDE. Gameplay customization is achieved through writing Python-like code, but you can build a graphical map and wander through it with your friends before you write a single line of code.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111124132226/http://maglog.jp/sb/ Shooting Game Builder] is a shoot 'em up maker, used mostly for freeware doujin games.
* [[Knytt Stories]] could be considered a tool for making [[Metroidvania]] games. Download it [https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221648/http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?page=Knytt+Stories here].
* [[Warcraft|Warcraft III]] has a map desginer that can be considered this, why? it's a RTS map maker that was used to create things as varied as a Freak'n ''racing game'' and [[Defense of the Ancients]]. a MOBA.
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