Game Making Resources

[Nomad]

So I had this idea for a game-making hobby sort of thing. Not urgent, but more of a learning experience. However, I need resources! What I need:

*An easy-to-use but effective gamemaker platform: must be free!!!

*free cheetah sprite sheet (blank ones would be great; animated would be too)

*fire sprite sheet

Might add more to the list as I think of them...

[Silver Iridescence]

Well, there's always the RPG Maker 30-day free trials, or RPG Maker VX Ace Lite. RPG Maker game-making platforms are awesome, but after a month, well, let me tell you, you miss it. VX Ace's Lite version could work, but it has a bunch of limitations. It's free forever, though. Those are my suggestions, hope they help somewhat!
(you can sometimes find sprites online or blank sprites that you can fill in with some help, I could maybe help you find some if you want to go through with any of this)