GameMaker 8.1 for ubuntu?

**Benja6678** · August 25th, 2011

Hello,
I have been trying to get GameMaker working on linux, but it does not seem to work.
When I tried running it on wine, it said "Wine: Install the windows version of mono to run .Net executables"
I installed Mono for windows. It says it is installed (using Mono --version).
it still does not work.

(note: I would paste what it said on the terminal, but for some reason i cant copy or paste to and from the terminal. any help for that?)

Thanks, Ben
(By the way, first post!)

**MegaLoler** · August 25th, 2011

If it is a .net application then you should be able to run it without wine. Open a new terminal window and type:

Code:

mono <path to file>

If you don't have mono installed then do

Code:

sudo apt-get install mono-runtime

(I think that is the right package, not 100% sure, though)

Don't be fooled into thinking that a .exe can only be run in wine, that is also the file extension for .net applications. I learned that the hard way.

For copying/pasting in terminal the keyboard shortcuts have a shift in them. Copy = ctrl+shift+c Paste = ctrl+shift+v

**SingingBush** · February 2nd, 2012

I know this is an old thread but it is worth pointing out to anyone wanting to use Game Maker on Linux that there is a cross-platform alternative for handling Game Maker projects: lateralgm

**driver8086** · February 24th, 2012

and a multi-platform game studio here:
http://www.sandboxgamemaker.com
mac, linux, windozzzzzz

ow, yea, its FREE too :

**3v3rgr33n** · July 29th, 2012

Originally Posted by SingingBush

I know this is an old thread but it is worth pointing out to anyone wanting to use Game Maker on Linux that there is a cross-platform alternative for handling Game Maker projects: lateralgm

I know this is old but I have to thank you SingingBush, you saved my life! I've been using Game Maker for a week now and I was getting tired of seeing Windows.