GameMaker Studio
Godot Engine
Unity
GDevelop
Unreal Engine
Construct 2
Scratch
RPG Maker
Hollow Knight
Limbo
Ori and the Blind Forest
Dead Cells
Super Meat Boy
SuperTux
Celeste
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
GameMaker Studio Hollow KnightBased on our record, GameMaker Studio seems to be a lot more popular than Hollow Knight. While we know about 36 links to GameMaker Studio, we've tracked only 2 mentions of Hollow Knight. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
I am no game developer but have over the past few years played around with GameMaker and their studio software[0]. I would imagine it to be one of the easiest ways to get started with making a 2D game. Then there is also the option of not jumping directly into the coding bit, and rather cultivate in your son the ability to do on paper designs first. This is a skill that would probably benefit him later in life as... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
My introduction to programming was when I was 10 with GameMaker. I found that the same company has a product with the same name that seems to be the spiritual succesor of it[0]. I allowed me to start with very simple no-code and move on to incrementaly add codes nipets here and there. Eventually I went crazy and tried to make a game fully with code, avoiding all the tools the engine gave me, just as an experiment... - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
If you're looking for a tool that's fairly simple for a beginner, but has the flexibility to also offer more advanced features as you learns more, and has plenty of tutorials and learning resources available for a novice programmer starting out: it's worth noting that GameMaker has recently (i.e. 2 weeks ago) been made completely free for non-commercial users. Source: 6 months ago
Go to https://gamemaker.io/en, and accept the new TOS. You won't be able to log in through the software until you do. Source: 6 months ago
There are a thousand ways to get started. I'm assuming you have no programming experience, in which case I'd start with an all in one package, like: Https://gamemaker.io/en. Source: 9 months ago
It's actually a game, like a cute version of the very serious Dark Souls series: https://hollowknight.com/. Source: about 3 years ago
Hollow Knight is a bitchin' game, and so I'm here to spread the bug love. Source: about 3 years ago
Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.
Limbo - “Dark, disturbing, yet eerily beautiful, Limbo is a world that deserves to be explored.” Joystiq. “Limbo is as close to perfect at what it does as a game can get.” Destructoid. Buy LIMBO: Special Edition.
Unity - The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.
Ori and the Blind Forest - Ori and the Blind Forest is a superb, Platform, Action-Adventure, Role-playing, and Single-player video game created by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios.
GDevelop - GDevelop is an open-source game making software designed to be used by everyone.
Dead Cells - Castlevania-inspired, action platformer with roguelike elements.