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Daedalus
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Hello community members,
I am rather new to GameMaker, at least on a professional level. I purchased Gamemaker 6 several years ago when I was still experimenting with game design in my freshman year of College and later upgraded to GM8, but haven't had much experience with it. Now I work for an engineering / electronics manufacturer of educational material kits and want to convert some of our products into playable games for children. My only problem that I have come across so far is the wiring portion of the game where the students/players would click on two components (let's say a switch and an L.E.D.), which would span a colored "wire" between them.
Does anyone have any resources or references on how to do this? I've tried scouring google, but it hasn't yielded many results...
I have uploaded a very rough example of the end result of what I would like to accomplish (drawn in Inkscape, imported to MSPain(intheass)t to lower filesize). The students would click the wire color, then proceed to click the circles to start / end a wire. IF possible, I would like for them to be able to create joints or bends in the wire by clicking in blank spaces. Wires should ONLY by bent at 90-degree angles. Lastly, I would like to be able to connect similar wires together if students click on the wire itself when starting a new wire -- or to even start a new wire from the body of an existing wire...
I know this is a bit of a tall order, however, anyone who is willing / able to help me accomplish this whether by example or reference (one that actually helps, and is specific... not generalized) will have their name entered into the in-game credits in the "Special Thanks" section. We sell our products worldwide.
Thanks in advance,
Daedalus (Jason)
I am rather new to GameMaker, at least on a professional level. I purchased Gamemaker 6 several years ago when I was still experimenting with game design in my freshman year of College and later upgraded to GM8, but haven't had much experience with it. Now I work for an engineering / electronics manufacturer of educational material kits and want to convert some of our products into playable games for children. My only problem that I have come across so far is the wiring portion of the game where the students/players would click on two components (let's say a switch and an L.E.D.), which would span a colored "wire" between them.
Does anyone have any resources or references on how to do this? I've tried scouring google, but it hasn't yielded many results...
I have uploaded a very rough example of the end result of what I would like to accomplish (drawn in Inkscape, imported to MSPain(intheass)t to lower filesize). The students would click the wire color, then proceed to click the circles to start / end a wire. IF possible, I would like for them to be able to create joints or bends in the wire by clicking in blank spaces. Wires should ONLY by bent at 90-degree angles. Lastly, I would like to be able to connect similar wires together if students click on the wire itself when starting a new wire -- or to even start a new wire from the body of an existing wire...
I know this is a bit of a tall order, however, anyone who is willing / able to help me accomplish this whether by example or reference (one that actually helps, and is specific... not generalized) will have their name entered into the in-game credits in the "Special Thanks" section. We sell our products worldwide.
Thanks in advance,
Daedalus (Jason)
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