Hi! My name is Sem and I’ve been studying game design and development for the past 5 years, and right now I’m at a crossroads.
I can start looking for a job in the industry, kickstarting my career as a programmer, but there’s just a tiny problem with that… I live right about here, and as you can imagine, there’s not many game studios in my neighborhood.
But there's another option, I can create my own career opportunity and start making indie games, which honestly is my dream job. So I guess this account is a short form written documentation of whether I succeeded in pursuing this passion or moved on, but either way I just had to try.
Here's a cool thing: GameMaker is now free for non-commercial, non-console use, and all its asset bundles are free! They've also introduced a one-time free aimed at replacing their current subscription model.
Also, while they're being vague about it right now they've hinted that they might be working toward some open source progress as well, which is very cool!
So if you've ever wanted to give GameMaker a shot and try out a new engine, now you can!