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Wow, Game Maker 5.1 or something like that is how I started programming, Its drag & drop was super easy to use, and then you could add code blocks and program in a language near to C I think.

I didn't like the YoyoGames look and prices, but GM and its author Marks Overmas, which I think left the project years ago, are part of my past so I really hope with this acquisition they can make it work.

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Same here! Mark was like a hero to me back then as I was learning Delphi (which Game Maker was written in at the time) as a teenager. I even asked him some questions about Delphi but I don't remember if he answered.

I'm in the same boat, having Game Maker as my first introduction to programming. When I was using it, though, drag & drop + scripting hit a wall pretty quickly and you have to figure out how to create a dll.

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