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Game Maker

This website contains various examples and tutorials for Game Maker game design.

For those who have no clue as to what Game Maker is, I'll explain here. Game Maker is a program to create games, you didn't see that one coming, did you? You don't have to know how to program, though. It has a nice Drag and Drop-interface which is easy to learn and a simple help-file. You create a game using images, sounds and movement. If you wish to know more about this, please visit YoYo Games.

New examples

Uploaddate	Rating	Downloads	Title	Type	Comments
2012-01-26		118	Area Of Effect	GM7/8 213kB	This example shows how to create a blast radius (or Area Of Effect) to hit multiple objects in the proximity of an explosion. The example assumes that the origin of your sprite is located at the centre, so that the distance between the blast and the items can be measured as the distance between the two objects.
2011-07-22		315	Car Physics  by HippoGames	GM7/8 PRO 459kB	This example shows how to make skid-marks with a car. The skid-marks are objects which fade out and self-destruct. Pro is required for the use of image_angle, which can be replaced with rotating subimages of the car- and skid-sprites (not explained in the example).
2011-07-22		289	Car Drift  by GOPHER GAMES	M81-file PRO 13kB	This top-down example shows how to make a car create tire-marks when accelerating, breaking and turning. It uses a surface to reduce the amount of objects in the room. The disadvantage is that this might not work well for very large rooms.
2011-07-22		288	Shooting  by Bebop	GM7/8 16kB	This GM8.0 example explains how to make a character fire a bullet towards the nearest enemy. It's a platform-game and the system works with GML-code.
2011-03-26		432	Single Script Game  by Jack Oatley	GM7/8 11kB	This example shows how to make a game without using GM's internal step-system. The Instance Create event of the object obj_game contains a loop which is repeated until the game ends. Advanced knowledge of GML is required for this way of programming.
2011-03-26		380	DLL Timer  by Jack Oatley	ZIP-file PRO 54kB	This example shows the use of a DLL to get exact timing difference between two steps. This is used in this example to make a game room_speed independent.
2011-03-26		418	3D Mouse Look  by Jack Oatley	GM7/8 PRO 188kB	This example shows how to use the mouse in a 3D world. The virtual mouse position is set by a script and kept in the global bariables X and Y.
2011-03-25		409	INI Files  by Bebop	GM7/8 13kB	This examples explains the use and the manipulation of INI files, special text files which are used to store simple in-game information, i.e. initialization settings for your game. This was made in GM8, so it's not compatible with Game Maker 7.

Popular examples

Uploaddate	Rating	Downloads	Title	Type	Comments
2008-03-31		3986	Game Maker Language (GML)	PDF-file 301kB	This is an introduction to the Game Maker Language. If you're interested in using code, but you don't know where to start, this may be a useful text to you.
2007-12-02		1745	Health	ZIP-file 469kB	Health is used in almost every game. But in most games, you also need to show this health. This is very easy in GM, until you try to apply it to multiple instances. The predefined health in GM is a global variable. It can't be used for more than one character. This tutorial tells you how to get it right.
2009-05-25		1197	Motion Blur  by NessXX	GM7/8 31kB	This is an example, made by NessXX, to show how to make an object look blurry when it's moving.
2009-12-10		1172	3D Platform View  by UKGameDev	GM7/8 PRO 20kB	This example shows how to make a 3D-style platformer. It uses 2D sprites, but it uses 3D elements to give the platformer a 3D effect. Unfortunately 3D effects require GM PRO. It's been designed by FGS_HURRICANE, though I did add some extra features to it.
2009-07-05		1153	Electroshock	GM7/8 19kB	This example shows how to make an electrically curved line between two points. It doesn't require PRO, but it does use GML and scripts.

Tutorials

Tutorials are files or collections of files with a lot more information about a subject. It's not just an example, it's a document, or it is guided by a document which explains how to handle something.

Uploaddate	Rating	Downloads	Title	Type	Comments
2008-03-31		3986	Game Maker Language (GML)	PDF-file 301kB	This is an introduction to the Game Maker Language. If you're interested in using code, but you don't know where to start, this may be a useful text to you.
2011-03-05		570	GML intro  by NpN Games	EXE-file 2919kB	This is a tutorial for basic GML programming in Game Maker 8. It's an executable which functions as an e-reader, it'll explain the basic GML commands in a few steps.
2011-03-05		512	GML semi advanced  by NpN Games	EXE-file 8265kB	This is a tutorial for more advanced GML programming in Game Maker 8. It's an executable which functions as an e-reader. Please check out the GML intro tutorial by NpN Games before running this tutorial.
2007-12-02		1745	Health	ZIP-file 469kB	Health is used in almost every game. But in most games, you also need to show this health. This is very easy in GM, until you try to apply it to multiple instances. The predefined health in GM is a global variable. It can't be used for more than one character. This tutorial tells you how to get it right.
2009-09-11		1121	Online Scoreboard	ZIP-file PRO 445kB	This tutorial shows how to make an online scoreboard with Game Maker. It uses 39DLL.dll to connect with your website and it uses two PHP-pages. One to post the score online and one to show the scoreboard in your website.
2011-02-13		441	Parents  by Bebop	GM7/8 463kB	This is a tutorial about how, why, and when to use parents. Made by Bebop (YYG alias: SnakeSkinCreations). This tutorial was made in GM8, so it's GM7 incompatible.