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    Job Offer - Programmer Payed

    Hello my names Chris aka Swiffty im looking for someone to help me with a game i am working on. What i would need is a few small systems such as weapon switch,damage,ammo amounts and a simple AI. It will be payed as coding is work and good hard work deserves it. If you are interested then...
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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...
  3. Gamerev147

    Released King of the Craze - Released on Itch.io!

    KING OF THE CRAZE I know many of you have already seen my game, but I've updated the thread. I completely restyled my website and this thread to make it easier to understand and how off the latest updates. This will be the last major update I will be showing. I'm looking for honest, complete...
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    GML Destroying previous instance of object when new instance is created.

    Hello, I had recently asked for help on my game (topdown shooter) and I have a hopefully easily answered question. When my enemies die, they leave a bloodstain. I thought this would be cool to just have it stay there but when I'm fighting a crap ton it can be annoying. The bloodstain is an...
    • OneExalted
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    (Solved) Player death on enemy death

    Hello all. I have been searching for a while and cannot seem to find an answer. I am having an issue with my player dying when a enemy dies. The player code: Create event: health = 100 Step event: if health <= 0{ instance_destroy()}; I have the same code for the enemy I have tried using...
    • Pegmis
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    Job Offer - Programmer TDS Scripter Needed

    Hello! I am trying to make an Top Down game similar to overwatch and I need an extra scripter for assistance. I have about 7+ years of experience but I don't have time like I used to :( . He/She will be needed for: Rank System Overwatch like menu system Abilities and Ultimate system AI System...
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    Legacy GM [SOLVED] AI advanced aiming, no idea where to start

    I have a top down shooter, where there is an enemy that will calculate where the player is going to be by the time his bullet reaches the player. He needs to aim in front of where the player is so that his bullets are harder to dodge. I want to use the player's move speed and direction, along...
    • Pablo Reese
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    • Forum: Programming
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    Help With Smooth Top Down Shooter Collisions

    Hi, My current project is a top down shooter set in space, I would like a collision system between the player and asteroids where, instead of the player just stopping and getting stuck next to the asteroid, I want the player to be able to slide against the asteroid, if that makes sense...
    • bluGecko
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    [CLOSED] Help With Top Down Shooter Collisions

    Hi, My current project consists of a top down shooter set in space. I wanted to make the room seem infinite, so i set it up in a way where the player doesn't move, but everything around the player moves instead. This has worked really well and has produced the desired effect. The issue comes...
    • bluGecko
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    Can't fire at diagonals. Baffled. (Fixed. Thanks.)

    Hi. No idea what I'm doing wrong here. Putting together a top down type shooter. Right now I'm at the very basic, bare bones level of development. Just moving and shooting. No enemies, no nothing. And already I've managed to (smurf) it up. They guy can shoot vertically and horizontally. It...
    • Selva
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    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Programming
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     TDS Online Project

    Hi, I've been working on a project for a while. It's going to be a top down shooter with pixely sort of graphics. Multiplayer is allready in development, but still quite alpha, and I'm mostly just working on other things. The point of this thread is to get some advice from the community...
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    Legacy GM [SOLVED] Checking for Solid Objects in a Line

    Hello all I have a bit of a problem and I need a some help with it. I'll explain as well as I can. I'm currently working on a top-down shooter for fun where you can at shoot enemies over furniture and non-solid objects but not through walls and solid objects. In the game when you click (shoot)...
    • IzzieBlu
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    • Forum: Programming
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    Networking...

    Hello guys! I would like to make an online top down shooter game... And i was just wondering if anyone could give me a quick rundown on how the networking works, thanx in advance!
    • albin andersson
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    Legacy GM Enemies are getting stuck because knockback

    Hello, I'm making top down shooter game and sometimes enemies get stuck because I have knockback "effect" when the player shoots them. (Enemies are solid) I use knockback code in collision event with bullet. I know that I have to use place_meeting etc. but I don't know how :( Knockback code...
    • CornerLord
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Programming
  15. Gamerev147

    Character Skins

    My game is kind of dull. I was wondering how I could have skins for the character. The main issue is that I have a sprite for 3 different guns as well as a reloading animation for each gun sprite. So is there something I can do that is similar to a "mask", where it draws a texture over the...
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    Android Zombie Infested Areas [Android]

    This is a zombie shooting game that I have made a lot of improvement in. From upgradable guns to random perks, I have added a lot of stuff in the game. It is basically a top down 2d game with guns and zombies. However, this is also my biggest completed project till now. Please play it and review...
  17. Gamerev147

    3D Top Down 3D

    Hello! I know i've been blowing up the forums with questions, but I am clueless on how to do this. I'm terrible with 3D. I know only the basics of an FPS game. I've tried finding tutorials, forums, and anything related to this. All that came up was outdated videos with no explanation or things...
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    Legacy GM Top Down Recoil

    Hello! I have a few questions about a recoil system that I want to implement. Here is a diagram of what I want to happen. More explanation and code is written below the diagram. Ok so when the player fires, i want the sprite to either snap a few pixels right, left, up, or down depending on...
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    GML Top Down Headshots || How Would it Work?

    Hello! I'm having trouble thinking of a way you can have headshots in a top down game. If I have a sprite and the collision with the bullet, how could I make headshots? Any ideas are appreciated. If anyone needs more explanation, I can give you some. Thanks!
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    Legacy GM Help! I need the help of an expert in views and ports!

    Here is the current build of my game: Everything is working except the most crucial part: I would like to keep the player graphic at the bottom center of the screen at all times and move the world around the player--but my understanding of views/ports is limited and I'm having a difficult...
    • greentiger
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    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Programming
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