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Hello to all the community
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Dice Builder Concept Demo.
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Graphics Spells and skills?
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Idea A warioware-like platformer.
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mikix
Distribution Do you look at programming as a job or entertainment? As fame or anonymosity?
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Niels
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Steam Should I create an additional Steam account for publishing?
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Augustkun
Error using gmlvideo extension
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Game Mechanics Ideas on camera behaviour?
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Ken's possible 3d system discussion
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Trying to get a publisher for my project, how many publishers should I send my game to?
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vdweller
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Development Pre-release, early development : Being overcautious / paranoid?
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Distribution Should I ALSO export for steam and html5?
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Mool
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Neuromind
Graphics New artist in need of some targeted direction
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Graphics Protecting sprite assets?
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Yal
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Pelican Police
Development Partial interlocking source control
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Yal
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making an executable
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Graphics I NEED SPRITES!
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Development [Asking for suggestions] - How to organize a lot of sprites in a GMS2 project?
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gkri
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Mottafier
Best way to make browser based multiplayer?
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NightFrost
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Augustkun
Is it possible to add Video Files into GameMaker Studio 2?
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Samuel Venable
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Augustkun
How to add Extensions in Gamemaker Studio
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Augustkun
Augustkun
funkygallo
Developing for the Atari VCS... with GMS2?
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noorsalim
Export Installer Name Issue
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Development Starting my game design journey, any tips?
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Development GML reddit ressurrected
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Rayek
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Game Mechanics Crafting more interesting skill/spell systems in turn-based RPGs
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Nocturne
Design How to handle being "retro" and being "fun"...
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Moving over to GameMaker from Unity. Have a few questions (sprite sizes, rooms, physics).
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KyleRansford
Distribution Developer's Experience with a Publisher
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Wainggan
Design When is a game too hard?
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Wainggan
Wainggan
Null-Z
Shoot-em-up design questions
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Yal
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gkri
Graphics I seek your advice: 16x16 vs 20x20 sprites and tiles sets
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gkri
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flyinian
Development How do YOU decide if a game you're working on is to ambitious for you and a discontinuation of your game needs to be done?
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Vector Graphics: Need SVG support now SWF is essentially gone
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What games can be published
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question about the future of gms 1.4 projects
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Yal
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Game Mechanics Dynamic rooms
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Yal
Yal
ramos
Steam Can you add horror to a strategy game ? CAN YOU ?
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Distribution Experience publishing mobile game with / without publishers?
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Design How do you create crisp, high definition graphics and fonts in GMS?
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Promote your mobile apps
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Appsurd
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ramos
MARKETING on Facebook 2021 ?!
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Conveying Depth without intense coding?
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Yal
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RizbIT
use of undeclared identifier UIDevice VerifyStoreReceipt.mm
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Tornado
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Distribution Making FOSS Games With GMS2?
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New to Steamworks - Help
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Distribution [SOLVED]MacOS Export "Unable to find game!!" When openned from downloaded directory
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Ricardo
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Outdoor or large environments best practices
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NightFrost
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Ideas?
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Is github an option for posting code.
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