Game Maker

GameMaker is a game creation system that allows users to create a computer game without having to learn a complex programming language such as C++ or Java. This program uses integrated graphical tools known as "drag-and-drop" actions, which makes easy to create a basic instruction for a game, GameMaker was designed to allow novice computer programmers to be able to make computer games without much programming knowledge by use of the drag-and-drop functions.

If you are still on keep creating your games, you need learn more omplicated programming langauges. GameMaker does provide a scripting language known as Game Maker Language (GML), which can be used to develop more advanced games that could not be created just by using the drag-and-drop features.
It s a free software that you may download from this link

Here you go the tutorials for the games we are going to make in class:

1. Brick breaker:
1. Click here to download the sprites, backgrounds, sounds, etc. (after downloading, copy and paste the rar file to your folder and unzip it).
2. First part: getting to know "Game maker". Creating the basic of the game and adding your own improvements.
3. Second part: finishing the game. Adding lives and a counters.