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    GameMaker Creating instances with differet X Y offset to the original instance.

    Hello! So since I can't seem to figure this out myself I thought I'd give it a shot and ask here. I have a pistol which has bullets coming out from it's origin point. This point however is also where the character "holds" it. Following the mouse and cirling around the origin point. I've...
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    help for a secret door

    Hi , If u read this , i'm a beginner with gamemaker and i need help for a thing ! I will explain clearly what problem that i have and i hope someone can help me . So i made a object who change index with a switch() and this object can have 4 different colors. I have 4 copies of this object...
  3. deviiled-eggz

    GameMaker How to add gift giving system that progresses routes and affects endings and character stats and dialogue?

    I am working on an indie game in which there are multiple days you have to play through, and on each day there’s a set of items you can collect by exploring, as well as characters that should be able to receive said items. I want these items to change the characters routes, which will affect the...
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    GML Can't see the issue with the Collision

    I am following a tutorial and I did everything that he wrote down but I'm still having issues with the Collision in his code. When I run my game my actor falls down through the tiles, and I did fix my object to actually be objects so it should work I think
  5. OldVales

    SOLVED Starting my journey... looking for a few "code design" guidelines.

    Hello everyone, First post here. I hesitated to post it in the "Game Design" forum but maybe here is better as it is about code. I am at the beginning of all this game making stuff, and I need some... "meta" guidelines, I guess. A bit of context: - I've tested GameMaker for like 3 weeks now...
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    GML How to change spawn location of character after leaving and reentering a room?

    Hey all, I've recently picked up GameMaker Studio and am trying to learn the basics (movement, rooms, etc.) I've looked in the manual, and online, but I can't find anything on this and I have no clue where to start. I'm trying to make my character start in the middle of a room, and once they...
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    SOLVED Player getting stuck in walls sometimes....

    Hi, Sometimes (Only when colliding first in the x axis) the player gets stuck inside the collision detection object, wanna know if there is any way of preventing this to happen, believe the problem is within the code, it seems that the sprite is getting inside the collision object, attached is...
  8. nates.not.cool

    GameMaker Separate Resolution

    Hello fellow indie devs I got a quick question. I just need help with understanding the logic that goes into this specific problem. In the picture below you can clearly see that the game is made using pixel art, but the picture displaying the character isn't made using a small pixel resolution...
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    Need help finding the right physics method

    I'm making a platformer game but I need to add some kind of gravity. I'm looking into this video but I'm not really sure if this the right way, so I'm just looking for other opinions on this and see which method is more better.
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    GML Hard to get started for a platformer game

    I've been trying to learn the code language for Gamemaker Studio 2 for 2 months, however I'm still having issues getting something started for my platformer game. I need to get collision down and gravity or physics but I'm not really sure how to approach that one.
  11. Bjunky

    SOLVED Confusion making attack bounce to next object [SOLVED]

    Hey again Gmc! I'm in the mist of trying to create an attack that would bounce to the next target, the hope is to be able to set it up in an array like I've done with my attack range, fire rate and damage however; I'm a bit confused as to how to properly set this all up. I've tried a few things...
  12. snowbuilder

    GameMaker It takes forever for the popup window when running a project

    Hi! Im a beginner and really want to learn about GMS2 and tries so much by watching tutorials and reading etc. But I always had this problem which makes me really frustrated. When I run my simple project the "test" window doesn't pop up for like 1 minute... So I have to wait super long just to...
  13. HerrMoki

    GML SOLVED - (BEGINNER) Setting the player sprites how I want them to be.

    Hey there GM Community! I just started learning programming, followed a few tutorials, written down some stuff and I have a small and probably laughable problem I can't solve. I wanna make a small test game (top down adventure) where the player can move in 8-directions, has 4-walk animations...
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    Need to find a platformer game tutorial (visual)

    I need help finding a video that setup a platformer game. I only working with visual coding.
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    Disability community for me

    I'm having a hard time learning this game engine and I feel alone with this I would like to know is there a disability community specifically reading disability? I'm really thinking about a small Discord group.
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    GML Best way to learn GML as a bare bones beginner?

    I've dipped into Python scripting a bit - I'm interested in coding GML. Because GML is part of a relatively small community for a relatively small game engine - with a code language that is not in widespread use, what is the best way to learn GML for beginners? Thanks!
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    [NOOB QUESTION] I don't understand collisions?

    Hello there! :) I am VERY new to GameMaker Studio 2 (I have lots of experience with other engines), and I just can't understand exactly what this chunk of code does: // Horizontal collision if (place_meeting(x + horizontalSpeed, y, obj_Wall)) { while (!place_meeting(x +...
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    SOLVED How to find which object is undefined with the object<undefined> error message?

    When running my game I got this message that says there is an error in an undefined/unknown object: When I searched up the problem online it says that the message shows up when an object is deleted but is not all references of it are removed from the script. However, I don't know which object...
  19. FunkyPoop

    Beginner needs help with match 3 game

    Hello, I've been following this tutorial on YouTube by yak moon: . The tutorial is two years old and not updated anymore. I get an error with the gameplay in my version, which is this: Everytime I get a match 4 in the game, the item gets updated to a powered up item with two possible...
  20. samspade

     What should a beginner learn in GameMaker?

    There's been a couple of these threads posted recently and I happen to be working on a video on this topic, so I thought I would ask the community. What should a beginner learn in GameMaker? Breaking it down a bit further: what elements of the IDE should they understand? (i.e. They should...
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