8 Awesome Indie Games Made with GameMaker [2018]

[@TayoyoGames]

One day my game is gonna be on that list. It might take awhile, but I'll get there :) edit: thx for the support lads. progress is being made still!

[@4F6D]

I believe in you, you can be Hokage...wait I hope for you that you will be a successful Game Dev I am studying to hit this goal too, but please be sure to not build games for profit or fame because this will mostly fail. I wish you the best on this way.

[@TayoyoGames]

Rene Reifen Thanks. Don't worry, I'm only making my game cause I love being creative and a good challenge. I won't become EA anytime soon. :)

[@4F6D]

Tayoyo Glad to hear friend. Actually I cant tell why im going to be a Game Dev. Maybe its because games help me from escaping my world and create other worlds and express my feelings and change them. So I want to make games to show people other worlds and help them escape. IDK

[@TayoyoGames]

Rene Reifen Yeah, it can be hard to figure out. I just really wanna make something cool and special. I've already made a few fans and it's a really awesome feeling talking to strangers who have the same passions as me and are interested in my game

[@4F6D]

Tayoyo I can imagine that. Keep it up and some day your passion will be your job :)

[@MookalH]

I had no idea some of these were made with Game Maker. Really makes me feel better about using it.

[@AskGamedev]

GameMaker is a great engine! What game are you working on?

[@MookalH]

A couple of things, though my biggest project is an RPG I'm working on that I'd prefer not to reveal much about. Thanks for expressing some interest! I wouldn't have the interest in programming that I have now without GM.

[@EasyCartoonDrawingTutorials]

So true!

[@MistaWind]

wheres the rpg project 3 years later i wanna see :D

[@seireiart]

UNDERTALE is what inspired me the most to use GameMaker as my choice Developing Game Engine

[@AskGamedev]

Awesome! Have you released any games that we can check out?

[@seireiart]

Yes, I did. I released my very first game on "itch.io" (it's a very basic space shooter, nothing much) "and it did took me around 3 months of developing." Here's the link to that : seireiart.itch.io/super-gala-omega

[@Nivec217]

Same.

[@cybr69lol]

@@seireiart cool

[@voidboyz6859]

SeireiART same

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks for watching! Let us know what your favourite games made with GameMaker are in the comments!

[@emeraldskits4026]

You probably should've pinned this comment.

[@birolklp5574]

Instantly seeing Undertale in the start fills you with determination

[@emeraldskits4026]

I can't like this only because it's at 111. That's three of the same number, and that's heavenly.

[@LOSFOUFOUP]

@@emeraldskits4026 We ruined it, now you can like.

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks for watching! If you like this video check out similars one we did for other engines: The best indie Unity games! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpyqZpmNi6Z5r5o The best indie RPG maker games! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jITJkIOcjMd-iJI

[@notcallmecarson7530]

I’m glad to see Rivals of Aether on this list, it’s one of my favorite games of all time

[@AskGamedev]

It's an awesome game! We love that Shovel Knight made the roster too!

[@sambagaming5477]

I rarely writing comment in youtube video but this one caught my eyes. It's really refreshing to see someone making videos to help solo dev or group of devs so thank you for that! I'm deaf and I use BSL (British Sign Language) to communicate, despite being deaf, I'm trying to make gaming project as we speak since January 2018. It was first time that I felt like I can do anything. You don't get to see many deaf devs to make games that often, right? I really want to inspire deaf people that they can do anything to make a game! So far I have one friend who offer to help with brutal feedback and what to improve some stuff in game. I'm still in that stage where I need to experiment with pixel art, making map layout, writing story, making sprite sheet with 43 characters in it, art concepts of characters (which I already done but I may need to change some of designs) while I'm on my own as a solo dev. I'm planning to ask help in future, right now everything is working in progress. If you're curious what kind of game I'm making at the moment, it's an RPG maker game. It's a good step to start off with it, even though I'm doing all the difficult parts in project, haha! Still, thank you for making wonderful videos! (slam my face on subscribe button) and... done! Looking forward to see more videos from you soon :D

[@spencerlivvy1090]

why would being deaf prohibit you from making a game in literally any way? O_o

[@LemonJoos]

@@spencerlivvy1090 sound design

[@uncletwister9987]

Undertale. [01:27] Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number. [02:54] Hyper Light Drifter. [04:26] Shovel Knight. [05:41] Rivals of Aether. [05:46] Nuclear Throne. [07:49] Spelunky. [09:04]

[@dontsubscribe9594]

i have 14 years, free time, a computer, music, and a friend that likes drawing so yeah

[@AskGamedev]

Nice! What type of game are you planning to make?

[@בתול-צ7י]

same here :3 but the friend who like to drew is not close to me ;-; so ill have to drew my self

[@Marhathor]

I have everything except free time. Planning to make a dungeon game with 4 friends. Thing is, we've gotta find a way around having to draw 1000 animations for skills alone.

[@pinky6740]

@@Marhathor if u are bored of drawing u can always go to OpenGameArt for some free no-licensed art and/or music for games. I suck at making music so thats what i do

[@Marhathor]

Such things aren't for me. I'm the kinda guy that'll refuse to use anything he didn't make himself, with tools he made himself. Like, I'd make my own game engine if I could, but that's just a plain bad idea and that's coming from me. Not that I get a lot of bad ideas, but my life goal is one, so yeah.

[@DkViking1]

I had no idea that Downwell was designed in a gamemaker tool. Impressive! I love this game so much. This inspired me to download the Gamemaker trial, to try it out. I have worked with Klik & Play and Multimedia Fusion before.

[@AskGamedev]

That's awesome! We love it when we hear community members getting inspired! Klik & Play was awesome! We hope you'll enjoy using GameMaker too. Let us know how it goes.

[@Qodovah]

I want to make a game by myself and this kind of videos are of great inspiration! Subscribing right away!

[@dominic0087]

This channel is really inspiring. I'm taking up my first year in college as a game dev and this channel helps a lot.

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks dominic - that's great to hear! Our goal is to inspire! What topics are you most interested in learning about?

[@jaycollins2036]

Hyperlight really inspired me to get back to making a game project, my buddy and design partner got gamemaker studio for us to get started. Now knowing that Hyperlight was made with it im incredibly excited to know my idea is feasible.

[@charKT-7461]

I remember seeing an article that states that "GameMaker is a weak and lacking game engine and is not viable for large projects" lmfaoooo

[@thewarriors3048]

These aren't large projects, though?

[@charKT-7461]

@@thewarriors3048 No but indie games can certainly be big projects.

[@thewarriors3048]

@@charKT-7461 I'm referring to GameMaker Studio. It probably isn't best suited for large projects.

[@charKT-7461]

@@thewarriors3048 Undertale, Rivals of Aether, Hyper Light Drifter are all pretty big for GameMaker

[@emeraldskits4026]

ROA with its thousands of workshop fighters: ...

[@wan-sou]

I was searching for a channel like this, subscribed with a bell

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks for hitting that bell Wan Sou! What topics should we cover in future videos?

[@wan-sou]

what about the video... top (number) games that was made out of small budget, or something along of those lines

[@manatee82140]

Very informative and well produced. Too bad I only discover this channel now, but that's definitely a subscribe.

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks for the support Loïc! Let us know if there's anything you'd like us to cover.

[@spencerwimmer2120]

It's videos like these that keep me going on my project

[@AskGamedev]

That's awesome to hear! What kind of game are you making?

[@spencerwimmer2120]

A group of friends and I are working on a top-down, story-based roguelike that pulls elements from D&D. It's going to be heavily focused around quests and character development. We got our inspiration from "Occidental Heroes" and decided to put all of our individual skills together to make a game to satisfy our everlasting desire for a single player d&d style game.

[@AskGamedev]

@@spencerwimmer2120 Very cool - keep us updated on your progress!

[@MrKingJavo]

Just found your channel via this video. I must say your production quality is awesome! Can’t wait to see what else your channel has to offer. Thanks!

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks King Javo! Is there anything in particular that you're looking to learn about game development?

[@MrKingJavo]

@@AskGamedev I think it would be interesting to see a video on how best to learn and build at the most efficient rate without getting bogged down or feeling lost. I've been developing business applications for a long time and started doing game dev a few years ago on and off. I always feel like I just learn concepts via tutorials and reference documentation, but it never feels like I'm putting things all together. I use GMS2 right now, but have used Unity as well and would love to hear your thoughts! Thanks in advance!

[@swan9157]

Jeez you guys are inspiring! Thanks for all your videos great work! :D

[@nikhilkadiyan4847]

Whoa you guys are awesome. Dont stop making these

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks so much! Are there any topics that you would like to see us cover in future videos?

[@nikhilkadiyan4847]

@@AskGamedev i just want your personal opinion. Shall I go for godot or unity for 2d games. I want small build size and ads in the game. What do you think?

[@callmecasper9414]

I'm so glad I found this channel! You've got another subscriber, keep up the good work y'all!

[@igorthelight]

Twelve games - you forgot about Another Metroid 2 Remake (AM2R). You can even find source codes!

[@Redfork2000]

Cool! I remember when I learned that Undertale was made in Gamemaker a while a go, I was surprised. And now to see these other games that have been developed with Gamemaker too is great. I've been using Gamemaker since 2016, and I've developed a few games. Nothing extraordinary, but I'm making progress.

[@AskGamedev]

That's great! Do you have any games that we can check out?

[@Redfork2000]

Well, I made have a couple of games, but unfortunately, I haven't released any of them. One is called Porse Planet. It's a maze game that has a pacman feel to it, but contains all kinds of obstacles, enemies, and 60 levels. Screenshot: imgur.com/txI0GmV Another is called Balloons vs Aliens. It's more of a timing game, where in each level the goal is to shoot down alien ships by shooting balloons at them at the right time to make sure the balloons aren't popped by any obstacles. Screenshot: imgur.com/bmPWXgP There's another called Bear Invasion, in which you play as a ninja which has to stop the bears from stealing the picnic baskets. It's more of a topview action game with waves and waves of bears coming. Screenshot: imgur.com/V90wAg7 However, I am working on a third game that's a shoot 'em up game focused on boss battles. It's space-themed, but it has a cartoonish feel to it.

[@narm.nnarm.n4161]

Fune

[@MusikaiOld]

0:33 lmao wonder what that one at the bottom right is what an iconic logo just the word with a black background and simple white text and system font a wonderful time to be alive

[@jackdoshi1878]

You came here for 10:15

[@JayHurst1]

I chose GameMaker because it’s the only thing that ran decent on my Mac but I honestly love it. It’s allows for mixture of traditional coding and visual coding and is really easy to prototype

[@Azazel010101]

Yeah, these games are really awesome. Thank you for the vid!

[@sirbee2]

Hyper Light Drifter really inspire me to use Gamemaker. Nice video! I didn't know some of these, I'm going to check 'em. ♡

[@Twisted_Logic]

I'm glad Rivals got some love here. It's one of my favorites!

[@AskGamedev]

Rivals is awesome! Who do you use?

[@Twisted_Logic]

@@AskGamedev I'm best with Kragg, but also play Etalus. I'm trying to learn Eliana because she's the coolest character in the game (in my opinion), but she's really weird and difficult to figure out. I've also dabbled a bit with Ori. Somewhat relatedly, one of the devs is actually in my local Smash Bros scene. He's really good!

[@maximilianoo86]

What a lovely and inspiring video! Just what I needed.

[@rungeon83]

NO WAY! You can get spunky classic souce code, you said at the beginning of the movie, I was like "meh it'll be inked" which I already have, but this is fantastic!

[@Luka-sf3vu]

Great video! (As always) I don't receive notificiations for videos so I am bit late. Still great video!

[@EasyCartoonDrawingTutorials]

Super inspiring since I just got Game Maker Studio 2.

[@cesarioudtohan6743]

Im a solo dev.. And a kid... Tho. I finally created fnaf and undertale fangame.

[@gdgaming3103]

Me too, buddy.

[@GameoverGamedev]

Hugely inspirational to me. Picked up GM as soon as I discovered that Hyper Light Drifter was made using it. I'm glad it's getting recognized as a legit way of making games now, makes me feel good about taking the time to learn it myself

[@AskGamedev]

+CrossWindCrucible that’s great! What do you think of GameMaker so far?

[@GameoverGamedev]

Ask Gamedev I've been using it for about two years now and I absolutely love it! I'm using it to make what I hope will be my first commercial release. It's great for beginners but also very capable of making good, professional 2D games (as you've shown here)

[@sweptingace4553]

I missed watching you guys do much

[@AskGamedev]

Nice to hear from you SweptingAce!

[@criticalgaming7750]

you guys are awesome keep inspiring us and plz dont stop making videos just because of low views ,just try to remember even pewdiepie and other awesome youtubers started somewhere

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks for the nice comment! Do you have suggestions on how we can improve to help grow our channel?

[@criticalgaming7750]

my suggestion is do some game breakdowns or you can tell us how to design a game,how to make it addictive,or what makes a game addictive ,or you can tell us some of the secret form famous games , easter eggs ,or what make a good combat system in game or other stuff like that or you can upload a series on making games or level designing something like that or make your thumbnail eye catchy your thumbnails are not that much eye catchy and you know what according to me this video topic is not much good (sorry), i mean there are a lot of videos created on this topic but video itself is good but not topic good luck :)

[@overratedprogrammer]

@@AskGamedev Try to make the commentary more conversational instead of the obvious script reading. It's kind of off putting imo

[@rotapander]

UNDERTALE makes us all love it already

[@Kotjek]

Undertale Spelunky Hotline Miami Turmoil I LOVE THESE GAMES SO MUCH!

[@AskGamedev]

Us too :)

[@noboi9378]

Play nt you weeb

[@paxhumana2015]

Fun Fact, Shantae and Shovel Knight are the only two characters to appear both in Rivals of Aether and the Super Smash Brothers series.

[@corndogdogs1923]

I can’t wait to tell my friend undertakes was made by game maker

[@brandonleerajkumar]

Thanks for this video bro. Very inspiring.

[@Matrixprogrammmer]

You guy's keep uploading quality videos.👌

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks HoT!

[@EdwinHeida]

Katana Zero was also made in GameMaker. Seriously an excellent game.

[@rdh_gaming]

9:45 that's it, imma save my money to buy game maker

[@EEGAR]

can't wait for archvale to be added to this list, can't wait for launch

[@VaughnCampbell]

Very inspiring. Thanks man!

[@AskGamedev]

Thank you for watching! Any feedback for us? Any topics you want us to cover with future videos?

[@randomuser8390]

I know that everyone in the comments has the same dream, including me. And I know very few people will actually reach that dream, but hopefully there will be some people who play each person's game and notice them.

[@hernandezyexelkim4334]

Undertale really inspired me to create a game, fortunately i have a friend who knows basic programming (batch language, which we both know) and he's willingly want to create sprites for me and he's excited, I'm still doing my first game from a tutorial and after i complete it, I will create my own game

[@LuckyPhox-j4i]

Undertale and Hotline Miami??? I downloading that stuff

[@Plagueonic]

Forager, a recent release that is made with game maker

[@yanniktold7723]

This video gave me an idea for my first game, thank you ☺️

[@emeraldskits4026]

What is it?

[@septarap3901]

Just played Spelunky on PS Vita. Had a great time with it! This game has an amazing replayability value!

[@tekabenestt]

9:06 Spelunky is a copy of "livingstone supongo" 80's game

[@TycenYT]

Should do an updated version

[@dielmormac]

Have you tried Madcap Castle?

[@what5updoc220]

Im trying to make a top down 16 bit game kinda like link to the past and oricle of ages. To better understand how they moved i made a rough outline if link in link to the past then I tweaked the animation a tad and made it my own character would I get a copyright infringement?

[@AskGamedev]

Hey what5 up doc! Thanks for your question. We're not lawyers, but you should be fine if your art, branding, design, and writing are original. Hope that helps!

[@what5updoc220]

It dose thnx booboo

[@BeerfootBandit]

Ask Gamedev and solo developers inspire me alot. I wish i could be successful one day. Im working on a rts/tds on mobile atm

[@AskGamedev]

That’s great! Congratulations on starting development! What engine are you working with?

[@BeerfootBandit]

@@AskGamedev Thanks, im using unity 2017.3

[@OmenFilm]

I made it to steam with gamemaker from scratch :). Don't ever stop what drives you, just one thing marketing is a big deal in making a game successful money wise, do better then me xD

[@BeerfootBandit]

@@OmenFilm thats cool man congrats. I dont know if i could do better, but i will try to make it to your level bro

[@OmenFilm]

Work hard and you'll do it

[@Marouu1]

The undertale demo was made with gamemaker 8 while the full version was made with a later version I think its game maker 10

[@Nivec217]

Just download Game Maker Studio, oh boy is it gonna be fun!

[@wisdomgate2439]

How is it?

[@sattmowards]

WisdomGate He gave up...

[@Nivec217]

@@sattmowards Well yeah mu trial is kinda dead

[@Nivec217]

@@sattmowards And I did move over to Unity as well

[@sattmowards]

@@Nivec217 Just pirate it bro

[@WiiGi]

I recommend watching the video to know about each game, but they are: 1. Undertale 2. Hotline Miami 3. The Swords of Ditto 4. Hyper Light Drifter 5. Rivals of Aether 6. Downwell 7. Nuclear Throne 8. Wullo

[@CloudWalkBeta]

Hopoo games with Risk of rain and Deadbolt should have gotten noticed here too right? Their both gamemaker made if i recall.

[@AskGamedev]

Awesome picks! It was hard to pick just 8! We'll definitely include those titles if we make a followup video.

[@DogBat]

10:40 wait how was the art smooth I thought game maker only allowed for pixel art

[@joeessay]

Umm...Happy subscriber anniversary!!!!!

[@furyberserk]

I have a few game ideas. Some need a team. Some need a small team. A lot I could do solo, but I have no drive. Tutorials on inventory don't work and the forums on the site only tell you what to type but not how it works. I need to know how it works so I can improve it on my own rather than a copy paste.

[@ThaerRazeq]

Valdis Story was created by 2, three if you include music artist. And it was developed using GM Studio v1.x in span of 3 years.

[@bowler1862]

I'm pretty sure Downwell is also out on Nintendo Switch. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@TheKrux]

8k!!! #RoadTo10k And Join the official discord server! And also, Gamemaker is really op when it comes to making a video game, It is also helpful and the best choice for probably all the platforms, This is my vision on gamemaker!

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks Krux! We're getting there :)

[@TheKrux]

its 9k now!!

[@casekocsk]

Game Maker studio... bought it on steam... but only then to realize that if you buy it on their website you also get a steam key but not vice verse... And then several month after that, it became FREE... And then sometime later, GMS2 was released... Now I use Godot.

[@chivay7390]

Love your work guys keep it going! BTW what do you think about reviewing viewers games on your channel? Please let me know if u are going to do somthing like that bcs i`m 100% in!

[@AskGamedev]

Thanks for the suggestion! That's not our immediate focus, but that's also not a bad idea. We do like to feature Ask Gamedev community member games in our videos though. If you have a game, leave us a note, or share it with the Ask Gamedev community on Discord.

[@marciomageskimarques6235]

Dear friends. I have a question. Learn Game Maker Studio 2 (for more simple 2D games) and Unity (for more complex 2D games) is it good and possible? In other words,I have been learning these two engines and I worried if this method can help or may complicate the deep knowledge about. Do you recommend focus on one or not?

[@nikhilkadiyan4847]

Hi I want an advice. I am planning to make 2d games. Shall I go for Godot or Unity. I dont mind programming. Unity has HUGE build size. Godot doesnt have nice ad support. I plan for making games for android and have downloaded both of them, but I am confused which one to learn. Please help me guys.

[@4F6D]

Godot if you want simple programming. For a 2D android Game Unity is maybe way to oversized. If you use unity to make money, unity wants a share of that. The Godot scripting language behaves like Python3 or GML(Game Maker Language). If you have no expierence in making a game you should do it with godot. you will learn way more this way because unity will most of the work for you.

[@toasterpostinc3113]

Use Unity it has many great tutorials on YT by searching "2d game tutorial Unity"

[@nikhilkadiyan4847]

@@4F6D i am currently going with unity. I have found a way to reduce build size to half and still support many devices. Not choosing godot for android because ads hace to be done with a third party plugin. If it changes in 3.1, i will switch to godot.

[@parkthrown2458]

If you know c# and programming in general always go for unity

[@nikhilkadiyan4847]

@@parkthrown2458 yeah. Godot is still not well documented and I found it is very complex to save data. So yeah, unity allways

[@johnsmith-bq2vt]

Spelunky classic was made by two guys, not just Derek Yu.

[@RustyGamer86]

Is the background music from Treasure Adventure Game?

[@OrenjiPerson]

Im 15 and I wanted to dream to be a level designer but when I went back to my basic platformer in game maker, I can be a programmer as well.

[@arturkarabekov1920]

Now im 15.i have 3.5 years to end my game and enter to this list. Your videos give me motivation belive that i can do a good game solo with creative idea that i have.thank you for your vids :3 P.s no homo

[@jhovanielperez4763]

Yoooo My technology class just entered with game designing stuff and we are gonna use this app!!! I am about to make some freakin games like Pokémon and Zelda in pixels style!

[@treeno6654]

When everyone forgets about the other helper temmie chang

[@cajudd8403]

(hois sadly)

[@HalfCount]

He said your never to young to make a game, and that the developer of Hotline Miami was 18 when he started. I'm 10 :P

[@baileylevanen9009]

HalfCount I’ve been using Gamemaker since middle school. I’ve made a few garbage games but Gamemaker is pretty easy to learn

[@HalfCount]

Cool! Been I a while since I made that comment, am 12 now, but I still haven’t been able to make a game lol.

[@baileylevanen9009]

HalfCount I’m starting a pretty simple game rn. Cowboy duel. Basically a minigame

[@safi3968]

title: 8 awsome games video: 11 awsome games

[@erikyoung21397]

what graphic progams could i use for my game maker 8.1 game

[@stevenvdc681]

I have one question only about game development. How to go about it making a game if you have reading writing difficulties and if that does not change because of your disability. Because I have a idea for a game I like to make. If you're wondering I am using a reading writing program what listen to my voice

[@brandonlee0115]

#9: Pizza Worker. Coming to Steam in 2020 or 21

[@FadedGamingMain]

Hey im 13 and I use game Maker 8.0 pro. Can you still make big games like this? Because its my dream to.

[@alexhudson-]

Nuclear Throne is in my opinion the best indie game ever made. I'm so sad there isn't a sequal coming.

[@MrAuronpaladin]

Don't forget about Deadbolt and Grim Nights

[@DrJurdenPeterbergsteinlerwitz]

So inspiring!

[@ShadowBan87]

that inspired me to make a game for my schoolmates im thinking for a platformer game with weapons

[@senihani6634]

I'm here cause GameMaker lets people make GAMES FOR FREE. And I really love the look of Sword of Dio

[@theslugger338]

i recognized that familiar skeleton shape in the thumbnail

[@lolakaone_3496]

Coincidentally, I’m making a game based off of hotline Miami, and I didn’t even know that the game was made by the exact same software Im using!

[@abdullahefendi2727]

4:27 name of music?

[@brettprichard7066]

Gun Point and Heat Signature from Tom Francis should be on there. :)

[@AskGamedev]

Both awesome suggestions Brett! We'll have to include at least one of them in followup video! Thanks!

[@StarChargerStudios]

What if your a 13 year old solo dev who’s only ever made pc ports of arcade classics?

[@edwardthurman7780]

I play a game called hero siege that's made with game maker. It's a top down arpg/bullet hell complete with leaderboards

[@The544thplayer]

*"spookys jumpscare mansion left the chat"*

[@FrozenInIce]

team ladybug uses a modified version and from what ı see from their games is that they have neturulized work system player controllers and stuff are nearly the same like 2016 konosuba game to deedlit wonder labirant so yeah it is rolbust game engine even more now with 3d community support

[@eletriky6715]

I hope one day I’ll be on here.

[@babypinksnail]

1:52 Wholey Shind its Sand Undertall