Installing Game Maker

Double-click on the gmaker.exe program and the following screen will be displayed:

Click the Next > button to continue:

Read the information about the program and the System Requirements and then click the Next > button:

If you agree to the License Agreement select the 'I agree' option and then click the Next > button. The following screen will be displayed:

Select the program folder where you want Game Maker to be installed - the default location as shown above is probably best.

Click the Start button to confirm and start the installation. If the installation is successful the following screen will be displayed:

If you wish, click the View Readme button to see the latest information about the version of Game Maker being installed. Make sure that the Launch Game Maker checkbox is ticked and then click the Exit button to launch the Game Maker program. The first thing you will see is this splash screen:

Click the Don't Upgrade Now button to run Game Maker Lite (the free version of Game Maker). You will see this form pop up if Game Maker has not been installed before:

There are two modes of using Game Maker: Normal mode and Advanced Mode, which gives you more options when using the program. In these tutorials you will be using Advanced Mode, so click the Yes button if you see this form.

To select Advanced mode once Game Maker is running, click on File in the top menu bar and select Advanced in the dropdown menu like this:

This will put a tick next to the word Advanced in the File dropdown menu, showing that Advanced mode is in use:

That's it! Game Maker Lite is now ready for use in these tutorials.