game maker tutorial: how to make a top down shooter

[MegaArkade]

use C++ dont be fags

[iamthehackerxx]

is that a penis.

[THECRYTON]

help!!! how can i make your player stop when it has reached the mouse. i used this code image_index = direction-90

direction = point_direction(x,y,mouse_x,mo­use_y)

speed= 0

if keyboard_check(vk_up)speed=3

to make my player move towards were my mouse is but here is the problem when my player gets there he spazes out if you now what i mean. is there a code that will make him stop, if there is then what is it please thanks. the code also makes my player shoot at the mouse :)

[samgh1995]

yes, this is amazing. Thanks so much :)))))

[fanciepanzie]

Oh thanks! X) I wanted to make a shooter so much.

[Minecraft4EverPro]

thank man!

[ploxkid]

great tut!

[jacoby8077]

it only shoots once

[blooflazh7]

@jacoby8077 you did it wrong then... it worked just fine for me.

[pivotpro28]

i thought the point thing was a dick!!! xD

[Panshjo]

Can you make a tut on ho to make a enemy?

-Panshjo

[catfacechimp]

@Panshjo Sorry mate, I don't do game maker tuts anymore.

[alexguayyy]

THANKS !!! But... Can I replace the mouse by a point ???

[catfacechimp]

@alexguayyy yep! by making the mouse invisible n the options, then creating an object that follows your mouse position (using jump to). if you have pro you can just use the mouse changing function though :p

[rupert484]

Thanks.

[TheNerdyDavid]

Mine only shoots one bullet imbox me how to fix please

[TheNerdyDavid]

@TheNerdyDavid Nvm I fixed it

[woross1]

my character fires automatically! what to do??

[kupokrupter]

Thank you so much. I will kiss you in gratitude.... jk jk

[Mikhel10]

yoyogames(DOT)com lol it doesnt let you type in . com

[brandonw2010mlg]

tsk tsk trojan? Always make sure ur sources for free porn r secure! lol

[riftage]

2:03 EPIC LOLZ!!!!! Great tutorial.

[MrJimmy1460]

dude thanks this was a great tutorial

[IKEA12345678900]

Thx dude! maybe you're 10 years old but I do like your vid!

btw: can somebody give me a good player sprite? Mine sucks! I would like to have a human, not a tank and possibly holding a gun.

btw2: search youtube for "game maker 8 pro free" and you can get gm8 pro free in a few minutes!

[MrJimmy1460]

@IKEA12345678900 here give me ur email i have a pretty good one

[IKEA12345678900]

Thx dude! maybe you're 10 years old but I do like your vid!

btw: can somebody give me a good player sprite? Mine sucks! I would like to have a human, not a tank and possibly holding a gun.

[IKEA12345678900]

Thx dude! maybe you're 10 years old but I do like your vid!

[TheMetalification666]

Aw..another 10 year old with no mic

[catfacechimp]

@TheMetalification666 aw... another idiot who thinks that it's physically impossible that anyone over the age of 10 wouldn't have a mic. Run along now and troll elsewhere.

[TheLazz123]

What's the name of the first song? ps. Good video!

[TheMegagamer530]

i have pro so i don't have to worry and thx man i can finally make my newest top down shooter game with out the help of my friend.when i'm done with the game demo i will give you the link to the demo

[xFurryHunterx]

SON OF A BITCH... I need pro now...

[MrCandlish]

somebody has trojan's!

[TDTFilms]

guys you can get pro free. if u dont beleive me watch this guys vid

youtube.com/watch?v=qfJqDnUfKK­s

[robloxdude010]

Love the tutorial thanks!

[Sccar3]

nnnnooooo YOU NEED PRO!!!!!!!

[Spunkdude73]

hey wheres p2?? :(

[Spunkdude73]

thanks so much dood this helped soo goodely i subbed ;)

[XxJoxJoxJordanxX]

Hi! (reference to the beginning of the video, btw) Um, so, with GameMaker, can I upload my game to other websites, or not??

[catfacechimp]

@XxJoxJoxJordanxX yup, yoyogames is the website were you an upload all your games and download other peoples games. lol youtube won't let me type the dot com properly

[ashleyphoenix1]

lol the first guy looks like he's holding his dick at 1:00

[kvsfan8]

Im trying to make a TDS game as well, but I don't know how to make melee weapons (Like swords, knives, etc.) Think someone could help me out?

[loosstef]

its unpossible to do it withuit pro,

becus than his says that its unpossible.

[joakimk100]

NICE its work's whit Game Maker 8 Pro but how i move and make Enemys

[WaveShok]

what part of this tutorial requires Pro?

[catfacechimp]

@WaveShok the angles

[WaveShok]

@catfacechimp So it's virtually impossible to do without Pro then? :(

[catfacechimp]

yah, the bullets need that pro code aswell to face the direction they're going.

[vaishnavable]

wats the song?

[RobertArsenalFan]

Thanks!

[xxdeadslayer]

i have game maker

:)

=)

[alessiothenewX]

i have game maker 8

[RabaShibaRabaSha]

@alessiothenewX Anything is possible if your man smells like old spice,

Im on a horse...

[superpika237]

@alessiothenewX cool story bro.

[rollhunter]

if you guys want mamby i gone make a acc for my gm games.... ent tuts for making top down realstic pc enemy's ^^ ent grenade... trowhing ent oder stuff

[gateblokker]

yey it worked:) But the backround on my player and my bullet showes, so im shooting out squers:P how do i change that?O.o

[Vendreka]

@gateblokker When your editing your sprite there should be a box that says transparent, tick that (:

[norton5315]

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH! I have been trying to figure this out forever!

[deathnotedo]

im gessing make a sprite of how you want the line of light and do what i said iv ya know how

[deathnotedo]

im gessing itl be something under checking the distance from the light etc iv u get that XD

[TehPhoenixOwnage]

Hooray !!!It works !

[TehPhoenixOwnage]

@ZaliUberPictures Nvm Find out =) TY !

[TehPhoenixOwnage]

@ZaliUberPictures Thanks =) Now i only need to have the bullet come out of the pistol =O

[ceh555]

haha bullet is a virus!! ;))

[graffinity]

thanx

[evilangelsora]

Hoping to get a quick response. Does this work for lite edition for GM?

[evilangelsora]

@evilangelsora - Nvr mind. Found out.

[jacklines1]

Ive made my first zombie game... How do u make the zombies chase after you ?

[pokedude444]

never mind i was holding ctrl instead of shift oops...

[pokedude444]

the code input wont let me input brackets!!!

[pokedude444]

never mind about the last comment i did. i figured out i did the code wrong hehe....

[pokedude444]

how do you make the code blue kike that?

[boogerhead911]

@pokedude444 that just shows the it regonizes the code

[PivotShowss1]

i cant move my person

[Hiquenegrello]

The best tutorial ever :D

[Simon87142]

omg

Hypercam2 unregistred  owned!

[Simon87142]

a Tip

use Hypercam2

i think it be better quality.

[ScaldedProductions]

No. And it's not cheap.

[Kossrifle]

He's talking about "CamStudio"

Not "Camtasia Studio"

Here is there website camstudio(dot)org

[ScaldedProductions]

I was replying to Simon87142, who suggested Hypercam

[MrMakeman]

Cam studio is decent and free

[lilwaltdh]

Do u no a script that makes an object follow another when it gets close to it. I had it once, but I accidentally deleted it a long time ago. Please Help Me

[Nickelfoxify]

whats that after 7:31

sorry i am a beginner^^

[d34thup0ny0u]

It's create a room

[sledger132]

excellent tutorial dude!!

thx for your help

[Snakeskull117]

Didn't work. Obviously, can_shoot is not a known variable.

[catfacechimp]

actually it is, it's used in the yoyo games GMK tutorials. you must have done something else wrong

[Sonnekalb]

As my new knowledge I think you need to go to the create event and type can_shoot = 0 or can_shoot = 1 or can_shoot = true or false.

[playedlikecards]

its called an rts. real time strategy game.

[catfacechimp]

What, this style of game? um, no. it's called TDS; top down shooter, because you look from the top of the view, downwards. An RTS, like you said, is a different kind of game completely

[plasticfavors]

lol the tags

[pongo817]

hey im trying to make a top down shooter, but im tyring to figure out how to make the bullet come from the person?

So ive made it that when i press the spacebar the bullet appears and moves but its only at a fixed position in room, so how do i get it to come out from the player?

(Ps i dont have the pro version)

Thanks.

[catfacechimp]

make sure that you have the shooting correct, so when you press space bar the object bullet is created by the player object (from the player's origin) and on the object bullet, you have it moving towards the mouse at speed 20 or whatever.

[pongo817]

thankyouu :)

[IsaProducitons]

i have done that with lite.. :D

[math110c]

where he put image_angle=point_direction(x,­y,mouse_x, mouse_y) in the create event only put image_angle=direction that do the same and its faster.

(sorry for my bad english) ;D

[catfacechimp]

that would meen you only look where you move, so when you shoot the bullets would come out your sides and back, unless you make the bullets go where the player is facing

[Q3o5]

step event

[SpikeSystem]

lol, um to do this Does NOT require PRO

look what i did in the response with lite

[CrazyAssDrumma]

Does anyone no how to make a sprite animation only run through once??? ive looked at everything but i dno how to =/

[catfacechimp]

try adding event animation end, then change the sprite to a non animated version of the sprite.

[MyBandNameWasTaken]

How do you make enemies, though?

[catfacechimp]

I don't know how to make enemies shoot directly at you, but I know how to make them face you and follow you until they are at a certain distance from you. I could either send the codes, or a video :)

[MrMakeman]

search how to make enemies! Casue i found a video that has good AI

[catfacechimp]

yeh, I'm not that great at enemy AI, so just watch flyingsausagepro's videos for that. also I can't be bothered to make a video that has already been done by a game maker genius :p

[bydnv]

can you make me a video I would apresheate that so much sorry for spelling

[FlabbahJabbah]

upon creation of the enemies bullet, move towards

x: (player object name).x

y: (player object name).y

speed: (mabye between 10 and 30?)

[ScarStarOfScoutClan]

ugh!! it,s only pro!! that's important to tell at the start i just wasted my time

[FlyingSausagePro]

Buy pro!

[goodpieX2K]

One thing you could do to make it cooler is like do something with the "Set Cursor" thingy and make a little more game-like cursor or something? Idk can you do that?

[catfacechimp]

yeah you can use that. just make a good crosshair/pointer sprite, and in the set cursor action set the sprite to that.

[Tails211]

Or you can make a sprite and then give it this sprite in step event " x=mouse_x; y=mouse_y; "

[LordHalo2]

hey dude, neat video but you need the pro edition. I can get you a TDS engine for the lite edition of GM. Just wondering if you would be interested...

[Malevolancy]

Don't worry- it's working now- very nice video!

[Malevolancy]

HELP please- when I shoot a bullet it constantly follows my cursor

[Billsmaniac2324]

Thanks works perfectly

[1Gadhan1]

hey! some ppl may be interested cuz u can have game maker 6 pro edition for free! just search game maker 6 pro edition no download! dunno yet does this thing work with 6 but i guess it does

[deathnotedo]

omg ur the best iv been trying to work that code out for months thanks allot :) ^^ :D

[GolyBlood]

Nice tut, man!

Only thing that wasn't working was the image_angle=point_direction(x , y,mouse_x,mouse_y) code, but fixd it. Now it works! Thx!

[mantasceponis1]

dude mention before you do this its a pro edition i took me 20 mins to do this and when i press play friction=0.2 sais that is a pro editon thingy

god make your videos good and with info

[catfacechimp]

it was in the description

[LachlanJG]

if you leave out the "image_angle=point_direction(x­, y,mouse_x,mouse_y) " it works on the lite edition. The only problem is the man doesnt face where you shoot.

[quinniedeslimmie]

@LachlanJG i had that problem to change the low border to a "Dot" so finally it looks like this mine:image=point_direction(x,y­,mouse.x,mouse.y)

yours:image=point_direction(x,­y,mouse_x,mouse_y)