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    Cloud Cover: A simple shmup: Play it now!

    I had the weekend off, and I chose to use it the only way I know how and that's make a quick game. At first it started as simple art, because I wanted to make art. Then it turned into a simple game jam sort of thing. This project helps me get better at art. WHAT IS IT: Cloud Cover is a simple...
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    Favorite Arcade Games?

    Hello. My name is Nuss and I love old arcade games and I want to be able to create games that call back to the days where Coin-Op arcades were big. I was curious to know what your favorite arcade game might be! It can be new or it can be as old as pong! My favorite arcade games are Sunset...
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    Windows 2D cover shooter

    Hello, I will be working on a personal project game similar to Wild Guns (snes). Attached is a rough demo I have so far (blocks shooting each other). This will be my first time putting in more than a week to make a game. Giving myself until the end of the year then dropping the project. But also...
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    GMC Jam Void Swarm

    Presenting... DOWNLOAD https://www.dropbox.com/s/cj3duvjd2zpulnz/Void_Swarm.zip?dl=0 Story: The Earth is in ruins after the World War Water and what's left of humanity has flown into the void to find a new home... However evil aliens have other plans! Guide the mothership through the void...
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    Alpha Revenge of the veggieman (OLD VERSION)

    I've uploaded a new version its a massive improvement to this old boring version so i recommend you check that one out first! This is an early alpha of the game! So dont expect everything to work perfect. Genre: 2d platformer/shooter/rpg. -you only have 2 weapons but im planning on adding...
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    GML Visual Playing the Full Animation with Just One Button Press

    Hey, I'm new to Game Maker and I'm working on a horizontal shmup. I wanted to implement a shotgun blast animation, but the animation I created will abruptly stop when I let go of the keyboard key I have it assigned to, and the animation will resume when I press it again. I want it so that the...
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    Windows ED-209: The Revenge: The Revengerer

    Just a small one level demo I've been practising programming with, and is a sort of half remake of an old Amiga demo. It uses graphics from a variety of commercial 16-Bit games form the early 90s and mashes them together with some original music by me which (tries to) sound reminiscent of the...
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    GML Visual Child Ojects Changing Because of Parent

    Hey, I'm a beginner to GameMaker and I'm having some difficulty with two of my objects changing their sprite because of their parent object. I have the child objects (the boots) change their sprites depending on the direction the character moves. I have also set the parent object's (ship body)...
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    Help: Changing Sprite Based On Movement

    Hey, I'm using GameMaker Studio 1.4 to create a horizontally-scrolling SHMUP. I have create multiple sprites based on the direction the player character's ship is moving towards. I've been working on implementing the sprite for the ship's upward movement, but I don't have an understanding on how...
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    Released Spark | Combo-centric Shoot 'em Up

    BUY IT NOW! =] Spark is a creative, combo-centric, Shoot 'em up game. It's a 3-in-1 old-school arcade game fueled by the competitive urge to climb the leaderboards. The unique shooting system hooks the player as they discover more and more ways to create beautiful and effective combos...
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    Beta Q-YO BLASTER v0.5

    About Q-yo Blaster it's a frenetic retro style Shoot em up with explotions, weird enemies, bullets, drama and more. History It was a normal day and a Guinea pig was eating peaceful on his cage, suddenly a noise in the sky breaks the Calm, the local news talk about a small meteorite that...
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    Alpha Dead Range top down Doom inspired Area shooter

    Hello everyone I have been hard at work on a game of mine and I thought that I would go ahead and post some screens shots and some details so that I can get some feed back from the community. I wanted to keep the game simple but well polished at the moment its still in its alpha stage and there...
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    Windows (SOLVED) Object follow object on same position?

    Been having this problem on multiple projects and always left it in, but I've had enough and it's something that can't be left in to this game or it looks retarded. How can you make an object for example the gun of a player, be on the EXACT same x and y position as the player. I've always...
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    Steam Lil Tanks [Steam for Windows/Mac/Linux]

    Lil Tanks is now available on Steam (PC/Mac/Linux) for only $7.99 (20% off). The game will return to its original $9.99 pricing after one week (April 11). Steam URL: http://store.steampowered.com/app/495820...
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    GameMaker Using tiles as event triggers for an horizontal shmup in GMS2

    Hi everyone. My game (traditional old school horizontal shoot em up) uses a time based spawn system for enemy waves and all other events in general. I prefer to keep a fixed view and make everything scroll towards the player. But designing levels this way is very time consuming and boring...
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    iOS Pixel Craft-Space Shooter(Featured by Apple)

    Hi, I am Xie Yunbin, a Chinese Game developer. Here is my 2nd game on iOS and Android named "Pixel Craft-Space Shooter". It's a shoot-em-up game with pixel art.Fortunely it was featured by Apple on Feb 2nd and got a good revenue.So I am very thank of the Yoyo Games.Because of the Game Maker...
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    3D 3D Background...

    Hi, I'm making a Shoot'em up game that needs 3D backgrounds in constant movement (That loop every now and then). I have tried everything, but I can't make it work... So, starting from zero, any advice?
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    Windows Shattered Stars (New Playable Boss)

    Download Here is the latest version of Shattered Stars. There are some significant changes in this version as well as the start of some new optimization methods. I would like to know if anyone experiences framerate/slowdown issues as well as the usual constructive criticisms etc. Most...
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    Basic Movement Controls...

    Hi! I'm making a Shoot'Em Up game, but I'm not here to advertise it, I have one single thing that doesn't let me sleep at night. (There's still lots of development sprites.) As you can see, there's a ship. You can move it with the mouse, and shoot with the left click button. The thing is, you...
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    Galaga Clone

    I have been working on a Galaga clone in between other projects and thought i'd share where i am with it. Pics && link http://www.mediafire.com/file/asqomo731y3yk4v/Galaga_AW_15112016_1_1.exe
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