GameMaker creation tools developer YoYo Games announced today the launch of the HTML5 version of its game tools, allowing users to develop content playable in any HTML5 compatible browser on any platform.
GameMaker: HTML5 outputs games into HTML5 compatible JavaScript, with no extra plugins or additional installs on top required.
This new version utilizes the same UI and drag-and-drop functionality of previous GameMaker versions, while also introducing a range of new features including Team Collaboration, for allowing multiple team members to work simultaneously on a project.
Sandy Duncan, CEO of YoYo Games, said, "GameMaker: HTML5 is a huge step forward for the Game Maker lineage and we're very proud to have launched this new version, which brings game and web content creation within the reach of anyone with the inclination to try our package."
"As the HTML5 wave begins break across the web and it becomes adopted as the de-facto standard, GameMaker: HTML5 will undoubtedly lead the revolution in easily created, easily deployable content that’s richer and more complex than ever before."
Love Game Maker, and have been looking forward to this. I haven't used it in a while, but it seems like it's about time to get back into it and see how things have fared.
I used Gamemaker way back when it was free. Now that the HTML5 Lang is built in that gives it lots of potential. You probably still need a intermediate understanding of JavaScript to work out the kinks. However if they offer lifetime upgrades I'm willing to put the 100 dollars up for the license cost.
