A game does not feel like a game until the player can actually move. Whether you are creating a top-down adventure, a puzzle game, or a fast arcade shooter, movement is usually one of the first systems you need to build. Fortunately, creating basic player movement in GameMaker does not require hundreds of lines of … Read more
Writing your first line of code can feel intimidating. You may worry about strange symbols, complicated commands, or accidentally breaking your entire project. The good news is that GameMaker Language, better known as GML, is designed to make game programming relatively approachable. GML lets you control almost everything that happens in a GameMaker project. You … Read more
Making a video game involves more than drawing characters and designing levels. The game also needs instructions that determine how the player moves, when enemies attack, how points are calculated, and what happens when someone reaches the end of a level. In GameMaker, many of those instructions are written using GML. But what is GML, … Read more
Choosing a game engine can feel like choosing a vehicle before you have learned how to drive. Some engines offer almost unlimited power but surround beginners with complicated menus, unfamiliar terminology, and technical systems they may not need. For anyone interested mainly in making 2D games, GameMaker provides a much more focused starting point. GameMaker … Read more
Have you ever played a platformer, pixel-art adventure, or top-down game and thought, “I would love to make something like this”? Game development can seem intimidating when people start discussing code, animation, physics, and publishing. GameMaker is designed to make that first step easier. So, what is GameMaker? It is a game development engine focused … Read more