>> modern engine like ...game maker... No, no, no. I started on Game Maker about 12 years ago. It taught me a lot of crummy programming practices, and often to

>> modern engine like ...game maker... No, no, no. I started on Game Maker about 12 years ago. It taught me a lot of crummy programming practices, and often took care of too many of the underlying aspects, to a point where I was often doing things without any understanding of how they worked. Unity is free, and offers something much closer to a proper IDE. It's usage of C# also encourages newer developers to learn the fundaments a language they can very much apply elsewhere if and when they need.