f I learn how to work in Game Maker, will this put me in a better position to get to grips with C2 later on? That is to say: are any skills transferable between one app and the other?
I use GM a lot and made some pretty good stuff but I'd have to say no, GM was script based, C2 is event driven, with GM you attached the actions to the actual object while in C2 all in one event sheet, if you're used to GML then it's going to take a while to get your head around an event driven game.
That's what I think anyway. <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />