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  1. Mr. Mango

    Room Movement + the Player Object

    I want to make movement between rooms not be so strange with the player object. How I have it is that the player can enter a room from any direction from a hitbox on the edge of every room. (It collides w/ an object if that's important) I want it to look natural, like if the player moves to...
  2. H

    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...
  3. ShiShi

    GML Instance_exists half working (Help)

    So I'm working on a platformer (am quite new to programming) and I created a Debug Run function that allows me to change where I was to start the game, for quick testing purposes. Up until today it was working and now I don't know why it's not doing it. Firstly, I have a Macro that controls...
  4. G

    How Did You Learn GML?

    I'm very new to coding and the comparisons to learning IRL foreign languages has been very daunting to me since throughout my life I could never fully learn/understand different languages. I mention this since coding is basically learning a new language. I was hoping somebody had tips for...
  5. R

    GameMaker Help with getting the user to input their name

    I'm new to Gamemaker and trying to figure out how to code a textbox that asks the user an input and then saves that input to a specific variable, so forgive if my understanding is a little limited. The issue is that I'm stuck as to how to draw an instance of my input box (which is part of my...
  6. wib030

    GML array not being inserted properly?

    hi! I'm semi new to gamemaker 2 and im having some issues with some code im writing for my game It's for my party system switching specifically, i have an array with structs in it for party members, as well as an active party member struct (separate) To switch i copy the active party member...
  7. nates.not.cool

    Windows Fullscreen Not Working

    So my game jam partner quitted 12 hours before the project was due and left me with his messy code. so far I fixed everything except for one major thing. He made it so that the game will always start windowed through code. This in itself is fine because we had a setting that gives the player...
  8. PMBHero

    GameMaker Tile Collision (unable to get to work with my current code)

    Hi I have been struggling to figure out how in the world to make a tile set have collision with my guy as i have a default one currently with a basic floor and such. But I cannot for the life get it to work with tile collision atleast not without major bugs even when i take out the old code, aka...
  9. B

    GML Help Learn Game Maker

    I'm new to programming. I've always been more of an artist and sound than code. But I would like to learn GML for personal projects. The only problem is that most of the courses I've encountered are either not complete or are dubious. I would like to help to find lessons that eminat eat my...
  10. R

    Released Shoot'em!

    You are little Timmy, a kid who is tired of having bad dreams and decided to stop the boogieman! Can you beat him? This is my first game and also the first time I make pixel "art". So i hope you enjoy! Link: https://gx.games/games/gkjhnh/shoot-em-/?autoPlay=true
  11. H

    i need help with a clicker game

    i don't know how to a stop a shop button from take points even if there's not enough. Is there a code for that because I look for hour's and couldn't find one
  12. C

    GameMaker New Multiplayer System and Global Variables

    I have implemented the new GameMaker Multiplayer system on a test project I am working on similar to Space Rocks. (Basically, a player flies around busting up rocks in space and getting points for them.) I am using Opera as my target and it's running on gx.games, of course. The...
  13. nerfxd

    SOLVED I cannot for the life of me FACE a direction when against a Wall

    HI Gamemaker Forum, I am a newbie starting out completely fresh. Basically i want to make a normal RPG type of game. I have my object with 4 movement sprites (right, up, left, down) all animated with 4 frames. If i am facing down or up and collide against a wall my Object Player stops. Now if...
  14. CapuccinoMachine

    GameMaker position_meeting not reading properly?

    First time poster, hope I'm doing this right. I'm making a platformer where the character can duck and slide when pressing down. However, when you duck under a block and let go of down, you clip into the block. I'm using "position_meeting" instead of "place_meeting" to detect when a block...
  15. O

    I cant make my player do an animation without moving

    The thing is that my game doesn't need my character to move, but i can't make it do the dodge animation or any other without it to be moving movespeed is 4, and i use dodgeSide to decide wich side is the player dodging (true for left, false for right) and inside of estados_jugador.DODGE is a...
  16. W

    My object has "fly" sprite while on ground.

    Hello, so my code is if (!onground) //if in the air { sprite_index = spr_cat2_fly; image_speed = 0; image_index = (vsp > 0); //falling = 1, everything else = 0 } else //if on the ground { if (hsp != 0) //if moving left or right { sprite_index = spr_cat2; } }...
  17. W

    How do I make an object tilt?

    So I figured that if(keyboard_check(vk_right)) { image_angle = image_angle +5; } Makes your object tilt when holding the right key, however I don't know how to make it so it tilts only just slightly (For example after tilting 40° the object stops tilting) And after letting go of the key...
  18. TheRealMrSketch

     BlackRoom-WhiteRoom

    Hello. I am TheRealMrSketch This will be the my first devlog for my very first game. The game is called "BlackRoom-WhiteRoom". The game is about a stick figure that goes through a set of puzzles but some of the items are missing so they have to travel through two different dimensions to retrieve...
  19. S

    How to execute a sprite only once

    I'm making a 2D plataformer game, and I want when my character touch the wall, I want to execute a sprite but only once, but the sprite start a loop. Anyone can help me? I'm new on this :c
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  20. T

    Fighting Game Feasibility For A New Game Dev?

    Hi! I just downloaded the 30-day trial of Game Maker Studio 2 so I can investigate its features. Before I go any further, I thought I would ask: are there any good tutorials for this software that are specific to fighting game development? I have some cool ideas and am willing to put in the...
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