Has anyone heard of dark basic pro? I got it for christmas and it is amazing. It's like a game programming development tool that lets you programm your own games - much easier than C++! Anyway, it is so cool, I havent made a game yet, I'm in the middle of making a pong game, but you can also make fps games, sports games, rpg's... anything really! This might give you a bit more info http://www.thegamecreators.com/

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