GameMaker:Studio Semi-Public Beta

Good news! YoYoGames’ GameMaker:Studio has finally moved into a (semi-)public beta stage. Today, everyone who bought GameMaker:HTML5 before February 27th, 2012, recieved an email from YoYoGames with a link to the beta.

GameMaker:Studio is an extended version of GameMaker:Standard, and it’ll allow you to export to platforms other than Windows. The list now consists of Macintosh, iOS, Android, HTML5 and of course Windows, but according to this page, other formats will be announced in the future.

I am currently in Canada, and I don’t have any access to a Macintosh or iOS/Android devices, so I will mainly focus on the Windows version: I’ve heard this one has the C++ runner! So expect a post on that, sooner or later.