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    Match 3 game

    GM Version: GMS 1.4.1 Target Platform: ALL ( it fits all platforms, but the main target is a phone game ) Download: N/A Links: to go to youtube playlist click here I can proudly say that this is the finest sample out there. There is a reason why I didn't provide project files. If you are good...
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    My first videogame

    Hello everyone! Let me explain my situation... I want to create a videogame, I've already downloaded GameMaker but seriously I can't decide how to start. My videogame will be a platformer, strongly based on the megaman series, and the story is almost complete (I don't want to think it all...
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    Graphics Pixel Art - Mini Tutorials

    I've been creating some really brief shareable mini tutorials for pixel art and animation, generally aimed for beginners: I'll be expanding on them. I plan to do some for other art styles as well but for now I'm focusing on pixel art.
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    Skill tree and changing player object

    Hi GameMakers! I've been looking all over for an easy-to-understand skill tree tutorial or something like that. I'm very new to GameMaker and still doing tutorials and trying things out to learn how to use it more efficiently and with more confidence. All this I do to gather resources and...
  5. Gamerev147

    Legacy GM [Tutorial] Automatic Update Checker!

    GM Version: Studio Pro Target Platform: Windows Download: NA (see video) Links: NA Hello everyone! Description: This is just a in depth tutorial on how to make a simple object that can download an INI file and check to see if a new version is available. If you have errors, please paste...
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    Legacy GM Tutorial Installation Directory

    I was wondering if it's possible to change where GM: Studio saves/installs tutorials as I've found that it places them in appdata\local\GameMaker-Studio, this being on my SSD drive. I was hoping that I could change this to my secondary HDD drive, but I'm not sure how.
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    YoYo Tutorial Feedback: Intermediate -> Scripting

    In the example code provided, there is a while loop which ends up in an infinite loop because it's missing an "exit". The game quietly hangs and it's not an easy thing to troubleshoot so new GameMakers will likely get hung up on it. The problematic example code is on page 7 of 7. // Easy...
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    [SOLVED] Problem with "Physics Basics 2" tutorial

    Hello there, just working through the "official" tutorials included in GameMaker.. I guess there's a problem with the "Physics Basics 2" tutorial. In order to create a fixture with concave elementes, the text explicitely states to code something like that...
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    Tiles - Avoiding Tearing

    GM Version: GameMaker: Studio Target Platform: ALL Download: N/A Links: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsZZ1y6G3tOi4bzomr-W1uQ Summary: This tutorial covers tiles, what they are, and how to use them. It also covers properly making tiles to avoid tearing in your game. Explained in the simplest...
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    10 - Monetisation Tutorial is somewhat broken

    I'm new to Game Maker. I'm just following along in the tutorials and this 10 - Monetisation was next and the steps aren't easy to follow and things seem broken. Issues: 1. I believe the Preferences -> Profile tab was moved and is now found under Marketplace - Beta so the instructions are wrong...
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    Missing profile tab in Preferences dialog

    I'm following along in the 10_Monetisation tutorial and was following these instructions. "The first thing you will need to do is set up your GameMaker: Studio profile certificate. This will be used later to create a special extension package which we will need to save and import into our game...
  12. Sabnock

    Suggestion Tutorials

    Any chance that the tutorial section could be sub-sectioned into genres? this would help a lot :D
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    "Ensure Windows8 SKD settings are all set OK"

    So basically, I recently got Game Maker Studio Pro from the Humble Bundle thing going on, I used to use Game Maker 7 and 8 way back, but when this new one booted up, I immediately started looking around and found the tutorials. I tried to run one and got this message when I tried to run the...
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    global variable on mulitplayer

    so in frustrations ive scrapped my old character customization design and decided to refrence a tutorial. specificly this one- for the TLDR's here- basically he uses global variables to know what sprites to use in his character. if i were to use that method, would it be multiplayer...
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    Easy-to-learn GML Tutorial

    GM Version: GM6 or higher Target Platform: ALL Download: HERE (about 300kb, open using any word program including notepad) Links: original post Summary: Originally created Aug 2005 Staff choice since Feb 2009 Thousands of downloads since release 1,613 downloads recorded, just from 12-23-15...
  16. Spam1985

    Doom-like shooter examples?

    What happened to all these? It's been a long time since I've used GameMaker and I've forgotten how to make a basic fps game. There used to be a first person shooter tutorial included with every version of GameMaker, not to mention tons of shooter examples that could be downloaded and modified...
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    Windows I Need Help Please (Should be easy)

    hey, im very new and trying the breakout tutorial, trying coding, yknow but i got an error and i cant fix it, its the exact same as the code. i need help pls! if go == false; { x = obj_bat.x; } else { if y > room_height { room_restart(); } } ERROR at line 5 pos 2 Unexpected symbol in...
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    Legacy GM Shaun Spalding's 8th Tutorial for Begginers

    var randomAngle = random(360); var o; o = instance_create(x, y, obj_deadplayer); o.angle = 0 + randomAngle; o = instance_create(x, y, obj_deadplayer); o.angle = 120 + randomAngle; o = instance_create(x, y, obj_deadplayer); o.angle = 240 + randomAngle; with (obj_deadplayer) { direction =...
  19. Freddy Jones

    How to post question to GMC?

    Today I will show you how to post question. All in the good will to help those who are lost.
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