GameMaker Studio Book Tips & Tricks

Ben Tyers

Copyright 2014 Ben Tyers GamePublishing.net

ISBN-13: 978-1495947384

ISBN-10: 1495947386

DEDICATION

Many thanks to Mark Overmars, creator of the original GameMaker

CONTENTS

Contents

Advert System ..................................................................................................................................................... 1

Basic AI ................................................................................................................................................................ 2

Blood Effect ......................................................................................................................................................... 4

Blood Effect 2 ...................................................................................................................................................... 6

Change Size.......................................................................................................................................................... 8

Cheat System ....................................................................................................................................................... 9

Check Point System ............................................................................................................................................ 13

Car Drift ............................................................................................................................................................. 14

Circular Health 2 ................................................................................................................................................ 16

Circular Text ....................................................................................................................................................... 17

Clickable Text ..................................................................................................................................................... 19

Countdown Bar .................................................................................................................................................. 20

Countdown Clock ............................................................................................................................................... 22

Day Night Engine................................................................................................................................................ 24

Disappearing Platform ....................................................................................................................................... 27

Do-until ............................................................................................................................................................. 28

Dragging Object ................................................................................................................................................. 29

Draw Array Contents in Boxes ............................................................................................................................ 30

Dual View .......................................................................................................................................................... 31

Ellipse Movement .............................................................................................................................................. 33

Fire Effect .......................................................................................................................................................... 34

Flashing Sprite ................................................................................................................................................... 36

For ..................................................................................................................................................................... 39

Glowing Sprite ................................................................................................................................................... 40

Grid Slowly Move ............................................................................................................................................... 42

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Health As Bars ................................................................................................................................................... 44

Heat Seeking Missile / Bullet Example ............................................................................................................... 45

Jet Pack ............................................................................................................................................................. 46

Keep Object In Room ......................................................................................................................................... 47

Key and Door ..................................................................................................................................................... 48

Keyboard On Screen .......................................................................................................................................... 49

Keyboard Simple Movement Code Multi-Directional ...................................................................................... 56

Laser Effect........................................................................................................................................................ 57

Line of Sight....................................................................................................................................................... 58

Load / Save System ............................................................................................................................................ 60

Local Time - Real Time Clock Example ................................................................................................................ 62

Marquee Effect ................................................................................................................................................. 63

Map .................................................................................................................................................................. 64

Mist Effect ......................................................................................................................................................... 65

Motion Trail ...................................................................................................................................................... 66

Mouse Over Button Effect ................................................................................................................................. 67

Mouse Over Button Effect 2 .............................................................................................................................. 68

Mouse Pointer Point Direction .......................................................................................................................... 69

Moving Background ........................................................................................................................................... 70

Moving Cloud Effect .......................................................................................................................................... 71

Moving Platform 2 ............................................................................................................................................. 72

Multi Key Press .................................................................................................................................................. 73

Move and Rotate ............................................................................................................................................... 75

Moving Platform ............................................................................................................................................... 76

Multiple Collision .............................................................................................................................................. 77

Multiple Press (Devices) .................................................................................................................................... 78

Nested if-else .................................................................................................................................................... 79

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Path Finding ....................................................................................................................................................... 80

Platform & Change Direction ............................................................................................................................. 82

Platform Jumping ............................................................................................................................................... 83

Player Lock .......................................................................................................................................