Game development software that does not require a high level of programming knowledge. http://www.yoyogames.com/make
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Random Between: using random with the instance_create function in GML
Hopefully this should be a simple one; I want to restrict the points that instances enter the screen from so they don't come in at the edges.
In Game Maker I'm using the following code ...
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Explosion object not occurring where instructed
I'm still working through the tutorials in Game Maker, currently doing the side scroller plane shooter game.
I've set a collision event for the enemy plane, so that when it collides with my plane it ...
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Checking if a click happened “off” an object
Having made the first game in Game Maker, Catch the Clown, I realised there was no way to win or lose.
Winning is easy enough, set a maximum score and a test that fires whenever a score increments, ...
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Gamemaker: Making a bullet Spawn at the enemy it was called from
I'm making a gamemaker game with gml. In this game I have multiple enemies (same object) on screen at the same time. I want them to all spawn a bullet at their location. But instead each enemy spawns ...
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Game Maker: How do I make a score display move with the view?
I have drawn everything needed to the screen including a HUD for the score, but I have my room set to follow my player: When the camera follows the player, the score HUD stays doesn't scroll with him!
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Gamemaker Loop Question
How often do loops repeat in game maker? Is it every step, or as fast as it can handle? I need it to loop every step, is it possible to do that? I'm talking about in code, I have a do until loop. Just ...
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Is it possible to earn money with GameMaker if your game is good enough? [closed]
I'm a graphic designer and will be graduated from school in 6 months. I would like to start developing my own game. I don't know any coding language but I'm familiar with the methods of it. When I ...
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game maker instance count as a variable for ammo
I am making a small puzzle based game. I want the number of instances of an object to be the ammo count plus 2.
Each time a new room is loaded, the main object's creation method with run this ...
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Does the license of games made with Game Maker need to include the Game Maker part?
In the default license generated by Game Maker for your games, some of YoYo Games stuff is mentioned. Are those necessary to be shipped with an application made with GM? Is it legally ok if I remove ...
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What program should i use for Ludum Dare? [closed]
I want to participate for the first time on Ludum Dare, but i'm not confortable yet with a language to pick one for making a game on a weekend. So i was looking for a program 'gamemaker' style, just ...
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Is it possible to load local html pages into Gamemaker games?
I was just wondering if it would be possible somehow to load locally saved web pages into a game. My primary use for them would be as menus, helping to navigate between rooms.
I know about the built ...
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How to give parallax backgrounds more depth
I have 3 tiled images of some sort of galaxy/space in the background of a 2D Game:
The first one has an alpha of 100%, the second an alpha of 80% and the last one has an alpha of 60%.
I scroll the ...
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Collision detection, stop gravity
I just started using Gamemaker Studio and so far it seems fairly intuitive. However, I set a room to "Room is Physics World" and set gravity to 10. I then enabled physics on my player object and ...
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Game Maker Studio Gravity Problems
I've started messing around with Game Maker Studio. The problem I'm having is trying to get a gravity code for orbiting.
Here's how i did it in XNA
foreach (GravItem Item in ...
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Turn based battle and formula
I'm building a game called DVP(Digimon Virtual Pet), and in this game other than taking care of your digimon, You can also battle and breed them. I'm working on the battle system (making it first ...
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What are Game Maker drawbacks? [closed]
I actually make games only programming (SFML atm), but I was taking a look at game maker features and it looks very powerful.
What are Game Maker drawbacks? any reason why I shouldn't move into it?
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Are there any good books for GameMaker:Studio?
I'm just wondering if there are any good books for the GameMaker:Studio software?
I want to using it to prototype my projects and will be travelling for the next few days so I thought it might be a ...
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Events and objects being skipped in GameMaker
Update: Turns out it's not an issue with this code (or at least not entirely). Somehow the objects I use for keylogging and player automation (basic ai that plays the game) are being 'skipped' or not ...
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How should I structure my turn based engine to allow flexibility for players/AI and observation?
I've just started making a Turn Based Strategy engine in GameMaker's GML language... And I was cruising along nicely until it came time to handle the turn cycle, and determining who is controlling ...
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How can a NodeJS server be used from Game Maker HTML5?
I want to create a client-server game that runs on Game Maker HTML5-NodeJS. The NodeJS server will be an AI server - a bot that acts like a human opponent and plays against the human player at a ...
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How can I log key presses in Game Maker?
I'm trying to create a log of a players actions as they play a game of Spelunky. The easiest I've found to do this is to log what keys are pressed at each frame. What I don't know how to do is how to ...
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Can you recommend a good beginners book or project for a young person?
I'm sorry if this question is a bit subjective but I'm sure you'll understand why.
I participate in a volunteer program, Big Brother Big Sister, and my match loves computer games and he'd love to ...
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Where can I find a good tutorial to replicate Game Maker's surfaces and blend modes in XNA?
I know Game Maker's surfaces exist in XNA (It's more the othe way around, XNA's surfaces exist in Game Maker), same thing for blend modes, since (I think) they both use DirectX.
This is the question: ...
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Very easy game builders? [duplicate]
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What are some good game development programs for kids?
I want very easy game builder for a kid - somebody who knows nothing about programming games (how they work ...
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GML and C/C++ language question
Is GML (Game Maker Language) script is clipped in C/C++ language, and GML wrote the code to Visual Studio C++, it will always be correct, because it is just under C++ language features?
I think that ...
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game maker book for beginner
Which book is more a beginner to learn to program in c++ (or GML) and more fun: "Game Maker 8 Cookbook" (available for pre-order), or "The Game Maker's Companion" ?
