What's the best game making software?

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I want to create a 2D platformer. The only programming language I know is Java.
I'm considering Game Maker, Multimedia Fusion 2 and Scirra. I'm sure there are more, too. What do you suppose is best? And what are the pros and cons of each program?

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

C++, Java and C# are all ultimately derived from C syntax but with Object Oriented Programming. So once you know one of these languages you have most of the concepts that you need.

jwong71091 · Answer

If you want to create video games then you use a search engine like Google to find many free tutorials, forums, and etc. for creating video games

Free game programming software
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=&q=Free+game+programming+software&oq=Free+game+programming+software&aq=f&aqi=g3&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1250l7218l0l7359l30l30l0l16l16l0l94l919l14l14l0

You can try out Game Maker which is a popular free program for creating mostly 2D video games:
http://www.instantfundas.com/2007/10/game-maker-create-your-own-games.html

Darkbasic is a programming language designed for creating 2D or 3D video games

FPS Creator is a good program for creating FPS games

This website has free versions of DarkBASIC Professional and FPS Creator that you can try out

http://www.thegamecreators.com/

You can also use Java for creating video games but I believe that it would be much harder and complicated for somone to try to create video games with the Java programming language

Programs like DarkBasic and Game Maker were actually designed for creating video games and there are also plenty of tutorials, forums, videos, books and etc. that would show you how to create a good 2D video game

There are many free tutorials, forums and etc. for learning how to create video games

Gamemaker tutorial
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=Game+Maker+tutorial&oq=Game+Maker+tutorial&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=950313l953953l0l954141l19l18l0l5l5l0l109l1107l12.1l13l0

How create video games
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=How+create+video+game&oq=How+create+video+game&aq=f&aqi=g-v1g-j1g-b5&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=17641l21328l0l21563l21l21l0l2l2l0l110l1547l18.1l19l0

There are many online forums for game and computer programming.  You can ask them for any advice and information.

Darkbasic forum
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&site=&q=Darkbasic++forum&oq=Darkbasic++forum&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1125l5125l0l5500l16l16l0l5l5l0l94l812l11l11l0

YouTube also has a whole bunch of tutorials for game programming and examples of video games created with DarkBasic and etc.:

Darkbasic
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Darkbasic&oq=Darkbasic&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=390l1953l0l2093l9l7l0l1l1l0l219l689l4.1.1l6l0

You can also go to your local library or store or an online store like www.amazon.com to find a whole bunch of good books, DVDs, programs and etc. for game programming:

Here are various books on how to create video games with the Game Maker program 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_n_2?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_28%3AGame+Maker%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cn%3A5&bbn=1000&sort=relevanceexprank&ie=UTF8&qid=1286530443&rnid=1000#

Books, videos and etc. for learning DarkBasic game programming
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Darkbasic&x=16&y=21

Introduction to Game Programming...sometimes it would be better to get a good book for game programming because it would show step by step on how to produce a good video game and some of these books include a free or trial program like BlitzBasic or Blitz3d which would allow you to create some simple 2D or 3D video games

http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_nr_n_5?rh=i%3Astripbooks%2Cn%3A%211000%2Cp_28%3AGame+Teen%2Cn%3A5&bbn=1000&sort=relevancerank&ie=UTF8&qid=1261934190&rnid=1000

Good luck and I hope this will help

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