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I would suggest using Maratis instead, because GameMaker is inferior and Maratis can be coded using Lua instead of that the GameMaker language + you can combine efforts with Blender etc.

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GameMaker is focued on 2D games[0], where Maratis is focused on 3D games (from what I can see). It would be better to compare Maratis to Unity3D.

[0] http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/177983/

You can make 3d games in GameMaker as well though i've always though it was really probably not the best use of it. I haven't seen any 3d GM games which blew me away in any case ... and i've never made any.

I know you can, but as you said, it's not the best way to go. If you need 3D games, there are better tools for that than GameMaker.

"because GameMaker is inferior" isn't really a valid argument for anything.

I personally don't like a lot of the syntax in GML but I find GameMaker a perfectly fine tool for making 2d games.

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