On topic;
...er, why's everyone coding in AS2? (or that's what I'm assuming) ...AS3 is much better >_>
Anyways, there are multiple free programs, you don't have to use CS; Flex is one of them, that plus FlashDevelop is just as good as CS5, and it's for FREE...
There's no such thing as making "fake" games and "real" games; if you make game maker games, those are still games... the language may be simpler, but that doesn't make you any "worse" than someone who can code in "real" code...
Er yeah, try Flex. It's somewhat-really-good-ish...
http://onewdesign.wordpress.com/


