Tutorials
All of our Game Maker tutorials were written either with Game Maker 7 or Game Maker 6.1. With very few exceptions, these tutorials will be valid for both versions. Those few exceptions will be noted.
Beginner's Guide
To get a good start in using Game Maker, look at the Game Maker Beginner's Guide.
Tutorials
Start Your Own Tutorial
To start your own tutorial page:
- Type the tutorial name into the box below and click Create a Tutorial
- Follow the instructions from there.
Tutorials By Subject
Video Tutorials
- Object Movement video tutorial
- noob Beginner video tutorial
Complete Novice Tutorials
These tutorials are suitable for the complete novice who has been using Game Maker 7 for less than two weeks and has never programmed or used a game design software package before.
- Create a Sprite
- How to create a sprite resource. This is the first step in getting Game Maker to show a sprite to represent an object or to be drawn using draw_sprite().
- Make a Game
- How to make a game with Game Maker.
- Create a Variable
- How to create a variable using either GML or drag and drop actions.
- Introduction to Game Maker
- An introduction to what Game Maker is and a general idea of how to use it
[ More Complete Novice Tutorials ]
Beginner Tutorials
- Create and Set a Custom Health Variable
- How to have objects with their own health.
- Easy bullet time
- An easy way to do bullet time using the room_speed.
- Easy explosions
- An easy way to do explosions using Pro features.
- Explosion
- An introductory tutorial about what an explosion actually is in game programming terms.
- Depth charge
- How to make things go boom at a certain height or depth. Also covers anti-aircraft fire.
- Animated Backgrounds
- Make an animated background.
- Getting Started with GML
- Want to learn GML? Start here!
[ More Beginner Tutorials ]
Instance Tutorials
Object Tutorials
- Set an Object's Default Sprite
- Set the object's default sprite so that it can be seen without having to set the sprite during game play.
Room Tutorials
- Create a Room
- Before you can use rooms, you have to create one.
- Change the Window Caption
- Self-explanatory.
- Add an Instance to a Room
- Part of the pre-run game setup.
- Set the Background Color of a Room
- Something other than dull gray.
Variable Tutorials
- Create a Variable
- Limit the Value of a Variable
- Make a Variable Negative
- Swap the Values of Two Variables
3D Tutorials (some)
These tutorials are being written. You can jump in and help write them.
- Make a 3D Shape : Make a simple 3D shape. -Written by Martin_727
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