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Adobe flash cs5: expensive (699$ or 159$ for students), very hard to use, extremely high potentiality, since all the games here are made with it.
Flashdevelop: free, even harder to use, same potentiality of flash.
Gamemaker: free, easy to use, bad games.
These are the programs. For flash and flashdevelop you have to learn a scripting language.

gaboloth for flash and flashdevelop you need to learn a programming language (scripting language and programming languages are not the same thing)

and the language is action script 3 (as3)

heres a good book for it ( [url=http://www.amazon.com/Learning-ActionScript-3-0-Beginners-Guide/dp/059652787X])

i have three words for you
LOOK. It. UP

http://www.yoyogames.com/ all free

mmh, really? I didn't know. However you can still code as2 in flash if you want, and I think it's much easier to learn if you have no programming experience.

Just for reference there is also a difference between programming languages and markup languages (HTML)

what would be a good game making software for zombie games

what would be a good game making software for zombie games

How to make games, This question has been asked a thousand times already. I usually ignore these, but I guess I might help you...

Okay, talking generally, there is a million ways to make games.
If you want to know how to create games, you need to know a programming language, unless you are going to use a WYSIWYG game editor.

Making Flash games can be free. All you need is a swf compiler, but it would be "almost" impossible. You can use flash CS5, costs some money, but worth-it.

If you want to make a browser-based game still you need to know a programming language. Java, php, etc.Let's get a move on.

If you want to create 3d games, you need to know how to create 3d assets, and still, a programming language. It is a lot harder, but it is possible to create one alone.