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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
2010-01-29		67	Gathering Resources	GMK-file 28kb	This is an example about resource collection for top-down games. In RTS games, there's usually a way to gather resources such as food, wood, gold... This example gives a good clue as to how you can build something like that. The code will require some modifications to make it look more realistic (obstacles, enable to influence the transporter), but this is a good start. All code is in GML, no D&D actions.
2009-12-10		147	3D Platform View by FGS_HURRICANE	GMK-file 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.
2009-11-26		130	Clocks and date	GMK-file 478kb	This example shows you how to create a clock (analog or digital) or a calender. There are one digital clock, 3 analog clocks (self-drawn, using animations and using rotated sprites [PRO!]) and one digital calender. The calendar allows both American and British notation of the date. All objects can be given any offset in time or date.
2009-10-25		155	Custom sprites	ZIP-file PRO 53kb	This example explains how to let your player import images into the game. The images are saved into a local directory and loaded as sprites. This example requires PRO, because you need PRO to enable loading resources.
2009-09-11		213	Online Scoreboard	ZIP-file PRO 456kb	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.

Popular examples

Uploaddate	Rating	Downloads	Title	Type	Comments
2007-12-02		432	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.
2008-03-31		354	Game Maker Language (GML)	PDF-file 324kb	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.
2009-05-25		307	Motion Blur (NessXX)	GMK-file 31kb	This is an example, made by NessXX, to show how to make an object look blurry when it's moving.
2009-07-05		264	Electroshock	GMK-file 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.
2009-06-16		228	Slow-Mo by Colton530	GMK-file 60kb	This Slow Motion example shows how to use the room speed to look like it slows down time in the game. The example is a mix genre of Platform and shooter.

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		354	Game Maker Language (GML)	PDF-file 324kb	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		432	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		213	Online Scoreboard	ZIP-file PRO 456kb	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.