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The Gamemaker engine is now up to version 7 and they’ve made a lot of improvements. Using Game Maker you can now create platform games, first person shooters, third person shooters, massive multiplayer online games and construction/management games like Sim City.

The games you can make have also improved allowing you to add 3D models as well as particle effects such as rain and snow to your games. The best part is that the Lite version of Game Maker is still free, but if you upgrade to the Pro version for $20, you get even more functions including DLLs and access to Direct3D.