On using the Godot game engine

[WreckingPrograms]

Currently, the cheapest paid version of GM Studio 2 costs $39 USD... per year. In the past, if you bought GM, you had it forever, but now they've moved to a subscription model (yuck).

Actually, it's still possible to get a permanent license at the original launch price of $99. For whatever reason though, they decided to call this the Developer license, and tend to promote the Creator license; which is, as you said, $39 a year. If you're serious about game development, the permanent one is a much better deal.

On the topic of Godot, I haven't used it but it looks interesting, and the language seems simple enough for beginners to learn, yet allows for more than GML can provide. I'd say check it out and see if it fits your needs. If not, you could always try running any version of Game Maker (or any engine for Windows) through Wine. I've heard other people do this, and it seems to work just fine. Just make sure you use the trial version at first, so you're not paying for something you may not be able to run.

Check out my game or something.