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    Team Request Looking for a game making partner!

    Hi Game Makers, I am currently on the lookout for a game making partner who can share my passion for game making. I have been working in Game Maker since 2014 and have about two years of game making experience under my belt. I am currently working on a 2D story-driven plat former and would like...
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    Game Maker Studio won't open

    I've been having a problem recently with Game Maker Studio. Whenever I try to open it, nothing happens. There's a loading icon that comes up for about 2 seconds, and then nothing happens. I've tried reinstalling it, running it as an administrator, neither of which have worked. The weird...
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    Weird minus lines error

    http://imgur.com/a/ZktsC Not sure how it happened to me. When I close the message that said "Access Violation at address 00AA8398 in module 'SpiceIDE.exe'. Read of address 5C777F88" it just immediately opens again. Can't do anything including saving my project. Help.
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    Graphics Custom Font Help!

    So I am making a game, and I need a 8 - bit font for the menu screen(TrueType file), how would I import it into Game Maker??
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    Steam Sprite animation too fast

    Hello guys! I have a Animation ut its too fast. Its so fast like the room spedd (60FPS). I tried image_speed but i am too dumb or something xD Please help.
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    I have a question about Design Documents.

    Hello, I have just downloaded Game Maker Studio and was wonder where the button for Design Documents is or if you just use a program like notepad for your Design Documents.
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    Legacy GM Squeeze Effect

    How to make the Object Squeeze when It touch the wall or another solid object Like In this Game
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    The Manual

    is there a pdf version of the manual? I'm crap at reading stuff on line and like to have a solid document i can print off and read. we have a very nice binding machine where i work :D
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    Released Croquet Pro ~ 3D, Multiplayer Mobile Game

    Croquet Pro a game by Top Secret Studios LLC | Contact Originally released: December 2015 ~ Last Updated: October 2016 Trailer: Description: Grab a mallet and ball, stake the wickets, and enjoy this refreshing take on the classic outdoor sport. Shoot, stroke, and knock your way through a...
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    Making draggable objects collide with walls

    Hi! I have tried a lot of ways of getting a specific game-mechanic to work and i cant for the life of me figure it out. Heres the thing. I want a game were you as a player drag your character over the screen with the mouse (later touch with ios). Just like this: The idea is that when the...
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    Help needed with making blocks move on key event

    First of all hello folks, new to this community :) I am making a 2d vertical platformer. My player has to kill minions by letting cubes slider towards them, and crushing them. (Just like the atari game Pengo) So the mechanics should be follow: Colision with player = nothing happens. If player...
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    Orbiting Controls [SOLVED]

    Hello all, so I'm working on a game and I would like to know how to use two keys(A+D, Left + Right arrow) as controls to orbit an object.
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    Legacy GM Spawn random

    In the game when I hit some object so it replaces random position properly. This is the code I used: ================================================================= spawn_id= instance_create(0,0,obj_hero); do { spawn_id.x = random(room_width); spawn_id.y =...
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    Linux GM8 on Ubuntu through WINE framerate issue

    Hey there, I've been working on a 3D game in Game Maker 8.0 Pro. I recently switched my OS from Windows 10 to Ubuntu, and have been running GM through WINE. Ever since I've made this switch, I cannot get my game to run above 30 FPS, when I want it to run at 60. I've checked everything that I...
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    Legacy GM Collisions without using the solid tickbox

    Over the last couple of days, I've been trying to get into Game Maker and see what I can do with it. It seems pretty cool so far, but I've read from numerous places online that using the solid tickbox for any object that does not move leads to more bad than good, and hence I stopped using it...
  16. Imperial

    Button Position Problem

    I use this Script to place the button Position x = view_xview[view_current]; y = view_yview[view_current] + view_hview[view_current] - sprite_height; draw_self(); but the problem when I scale up/down the view using this Script if(mouse_wheel_up()) { factor += 0.1; } if(mouse_wheel_down()) {...
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    Android Run Ball - My new simple game

    This is my new game on play store -made with GameMaker- enjoy it ;) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.NOVA.RunBall Play now and enjoy with Run Ball for FREE! Run away from the red balls and earn coins to get high scores and share it with your facebook friends! How to...
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    Legacy GM [SOLVED]Game compiles and runs but after that absolutely nothing happens

    I was making a new game, and when I wanted to test it nothing happened. It compiled properly and ran. The room appeared as normal but the player object didn't appear even though I placed it in the room. Can anyone help? This is the compile form : Reading project file....finished. Compile...
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    Design Other Design Programs

    Do any of you guys regularly use other game design programs? I've been messing around with Unreal Engine 4 for a few weeks, so I really don't know too much about it yet. It's a bit overwhelming when coming from GM. I might check out Unity and Source at some point, but for now I'll be focusing...
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    Legacy GM Can't Register An Account

    I've been trying to register an account for an hour now and am having a bit of difficulty. I've been getting this error: Are the servers just experiencing a temporary overload with the influx of humble bundle purchasers? Also is YoYo Games aware of this and working on a fix? Any assistance in...
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