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GameMaker 8.1, the last release of GameMaker for Windows, offered a drag-and-drop interface for rapid design and iteration of gameplay features, graphics and sound, as well as an integrated development environment (IDE) and a flexible, built-in scripting language (GML, GameMaker Language). GameMaker for Windows was the perfect low-cost tool for quick, easy games development for Microsoft Windows.

If you want to make your own games, this is the program to try first. Game Maker installs quickly and launches automatically, starting up by generating a new project. A basic project includes sprites, sounds, background, paths, scripts, data files, time lines, objects, and room features, as well as game information and options, all of which you can configure freely.

You don't have to be able to program to be able to make games with Game Maker, though it does have a built in programming language to give you full control of your game if you want.

Game Maker comes in two versions: Lite and Pro.