Level 1
Hello Game Maker! Build me a Level!
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Intro and Install
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Draw a Player
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1. Start A Project
Let’s get this going! Start a project.
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2. Draw A Sprite
Use Game Maker drawing tools to draw something cool.
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3. Create An Object
Create an Object to hold your Sprite.
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4. Make a Room
Let’s create a Room for your Objects.
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5. Tabs
Let’s looks at what “Tabs” are.
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6. Asset Browser
What is the Asset Browser?
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Computer Science 101
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Activate Physics
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Draw some ground
Make some ground for your room.
Start by making a Sprite.
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Create ground object
Let’s make an object for our ground, and assign it our new ground sprite.
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Ground Object Settings
Turn physics on and set the density, so it doesn’t fall down with gravity.
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Room Gravity
Turn physics on for the room and put some players in.
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Play this Thing
Let’s see if our physics set-up worked.
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Player Movement
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Grab and Go
Forget all this coding right now. Just copy and paste it, and let’s go!
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8. Code It From Scratch
If you’re feeling brave, let’s code all the movement from scratch! I’ll take you through it step by step
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9. Code Problems
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Move Right
Make the player move Right.
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Move Up
Move up, or jump I suppose.
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Move Down
You need this if you’re going to do a top down Zelda type game.
Anything without room Gravity.
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Gravity to Zero
Turn Gravity off in the Room, and check that out.
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11. Code Explained
What is the movement code doing? How does it work?
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Game Level One
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Sprite Block Edit
Your first Game Level! But let’s change the block a bit first.
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Clean the Room
Let’s prepare the Room a bit for a nice Level Build.
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Build the Maze
Learn to manipulate blocks in all sorts of ways. Now build your Maze!
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Final Check, Run It
Make sure the gravity settings are all good then play this thing!
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The Platformer
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Platformer Gravity ON
Let’s turn gravity On and make this Level more Platformer like.
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Room Reshuffle
Let’s get this room better suited for a platformer. You can just sit back and watch.
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Tweak Room Gravity
Let’s teak the Gravity settings of the room physics, so the player controls feel better.
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Rotate Off
Let’s finally turn the player rotating off… if you want! Also last few tweaks and we are done!
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Tweak Jump Height
Tweak the Jump Height settings to get the player really feeling right.
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Some Room Stuff
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Challenges
COME TO AN OPEN CLASS!
ZINEB
OSKAR
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