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    GameMaker Help with Attacking States

    So I've mostly been using Shaun Spalding's tutorials on GMS/GMS2, and I'm currently adding attacks into my platformer game. I have a standard attack so far, but I am trying to add others, such as when you attack in the air, attack with the down button, and so on. However, I'm not sure how to get...
    • elikapika
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    • Forum: Programming
  2. CrazyNinjaMike

    Herakles and The Princess of Troy

    Hi all. In 2006, I made a game called "Hercules and The Princess of Troy" and released it to the old gmc forums. It got good reviews. I took the feedback and vastly improved on everything. I've been working on this new version, on and off, since 2007. And now, it is nearly complete. I recently...
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     The Landscaper - Platformer | Windows Demo Now Available

    Download a demo on my itch.io page. I thought I'd start an in-progress thread about a game I've been working on. Initially this just started as a 'get to know' GameMaker kind of project but I've really been enjoying working on it so I'm trying to build it into a full game. This is a simple...
  4. Slyddar

    GML Visual Drag and Drop Platformer Series

    GM Version: GMS2 Target Platform: ALL Download: N/A Links: N/A Summary: A detailed tutorial series on creating a platformer using traditional hsp/vsp collision methods, but implemented in drag and drop. It will eventually cover collision code, states, enemies, basic tiling, parallax scrolling...
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    Steam Metaloid:Origin

    Finally! Metaloid: Origin now available on steam! [About The Game] Metaloid: Origin is an fast-paced gun’n run 2D platformer. Take on the role of one out of three android warrior's known as “Predator” and dash through 9 different levels in order to save their planet from an robot army...
  6. Bluetail7

    Windows The underworld [2014]

    Explore the land of the Aeria, a world with a light and dark side, where you goal is to survive and find points of interest. Use distinct character styles: One that adapts to your needs and environment, while the other request a special sequence in order to perform attacks. Tamy, the...
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    Android Sam the Cat: Adventure Runner

    Hello everyone, I've released my second mobile game on Google Play! FREE version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shakeshake.SamTheCat NO ADS version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shakeshake.SamTheCatVip Sam the Cat - Cute and colorful 8 bit retro style...
  8. Isyx

    Demo Ike's Axe - Casual Platformer (with some flying levels too!)

    Hello everyone! I would like to show you all one of my projects called Ike's Axe. It's a physics based 2D platformer that I've been playing around with for a while now. I've recently committed a ton of changes to the project and would love to get people playing it and hopefully generate some...
  9. badwrong

    Run Jump Rabbit Turtle [WIP]

    Edit: Finished the first trailer for the game: I'm nearing completion of my first game, "Run Jump Rabbit Turtle". Its a challenging platformer with a shapeshifting mechanic. Here is a quick gameplay clip, working on a real trailer soon!
  10. Hrok

    Project: Solace [WIP] + Demo

    Project: Solace What is it: You will play as Sophie who ends up stranded on an island and has to survive what appears to be monsters that have taken residence. You will run into other survivors and try to stay alive. As you progress, you will come upon "major event" levels where you will...
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    The best box pushing mechanic for a platformer

    I was told to start this thread. Anyway I have been struggling on how to do pushable boxes in a complicated level design. I lave slopes and gaps that can (will) also affect the boxes in the game. Of course Im not doing real physics. Im trying to pull off a basic gravity with simple character...
    • Misu
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
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    Windows MyTime - A Spectacle in Time - 3D Platformer

    https://wzqxrys.itch.io/mytime MyTime - A Spectacle in Time Ollie the crab needs your help! Find all the Time Fragments and restore order to Planet Perspective. Can you stop Professor Tentacle 3D Platformer made in GameMaker DRM Free Designed and Developed by Wzqxrys aka Leiam Clements...
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    GameMaker Character Animations Getting Cut-Off For Unknown Reasons [not yet solved]

    So, as Simon pointed out: -which I did not know, so yay for learning. And, while putting image_index = 0; at the beginning of the Elf_Shooting/states.shooting script only resulted in the PC freezing in the first frame of any shooting animation, buy putting the same line inside of the...
    • Krinkles
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    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Programming
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    GameMaker If statement being ignored in collision event

    Hi guys, first post here, be gentle. I'm making a platformer where the two main mechanics are jumping and kicking. When you kick an enemy while it's in it's walk state, it goes flying away from you in an arc before colliding with the floor or a wall and destroying itself. When you jump on an...
    • JakMeeg
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Programming
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    Grapple with sprites

    I’m fairly new to gamemaker studio 2 and want to create a rope swing type game but I want to texture the rope and grappling hook with sprites instead of just drawing a line between two points. I also want the rope to shoot out and extend until it hits a surface instead of just appearing. Please...
    • Insidious Crow
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Programming
  16. oldnoob

    [SOLVED] Help with destroying an instance

    Hello there, Platformer question: I'm having trouble destroying an instance of an object my player is sanding on.The sprite connected to the obj_blockcollapse has 9 frames of animation and the object's create event sets both the image_index and image_speed to 0. The code in my player's step...
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    GameMaker How to make crates with physics

    Hi everyone, I'm trying to make a puzzle platformer similar to games like Limbo and Inside. I have crates that can be pushed and are affected by gravity, but how would I go about allowing these crates to rotate when they move? As in, if you push a crate off a ledge, it'll rotate a bit until it...
    • Jscoombs
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  18. Anixias

    GameMaker Platformer AI

    Hi. I know this topic has been discussed a lot but I haven't found much that helps. Simply put, my game plays sorta like Brawlhalla (I refer to this game since I don't have a gif or video of my game as reference) but it's PvE and has Roguelike elements. There's wall jumping, triple jumping...
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    GameMaker How to make a Boss Battle like this?

    Can anybody help me to make this boss battle scenario in my game maker game im creating? it is supposed to be a platformer game where you control a warrior who has a sword that battles enemies with his sword,repeately hitting them until they die.At the end of the level there's this boss battle...
    • Gogo i Ana
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Programming
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    Free Rob -The Cowboy [Platformer]

    "Rob - The Cowboy" is a cartoonish action-/puzzle-platformer. You control Rob, who wakes up after a rough night, and you must jump, punch, shoot, explode and puzzle-solve your way back to town, in order to find the saloon. It is currently free to play at...
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