game Maker tutorial: Platform shooting

[jfb112697]

when i shoot with the variable stuff it shoots in both directins ugh

[hollowsoulreaper]

When my character is shooting to the left, the bullet is a lot slower than shooting to the right.

would you know the cause of it???

(I use the drag n drop variables)

[enerener12]

Link is dead!:-/

[ogybogybear]

is it right if my character is fireing in both directions?

[MrXthemusic2]

you spelled his name wrong he said DKC1001when its DKC1011 written thumbs up if didn't notice it

[C0DBl]

Really really cool where did you learned all that?

can you make a vid about directional attacks like in super smash bros?

[G4merGuy]

Plz make a vid of you saying "Hands to the sky I am like totally robbing you"...you sound just like snake : )

[Draiko1111]

what if you have a left and right sprite

[kakarot535]

cheeseburgers mmmmmmmmmmmm

[lazicful]

How do you get make the guy turn against the left side when he jumps, because of he's standing on the left side?

[pidku8]

dude 0 is right you got that wrong

[pikmin1231]

I have one problem. My charecter shoots backwards. Like when im facing right i shoot left. please help

[pikmin1231]

@pikmin1231 found out by reading the comment down 4

[nicjo1]

HAHAHAHA LOL!!!!

 i always wanna poop bullets XD

BTW great tutorial!!!

[rupert484]

Just a quick tip: 180 if left, 0 is right.

Great video though, helped a ton :)

[pikmin1231]

@rupert484 Thank you. I was wondering why i was shooting backwards

[SumocatProductions]

Can someone explain to me why the first bullet is changing direction when I am shooting in another direction than I did first time before.

[kittycatgirl47]

how do we make a platform shooter game when the players arm and bullet gos toward the mouse, the arm is a separate sprite the stays on the player but follows the mouse, how do we do that ???

[CCV334]

why don't you test it!

[RhintReymear]

i have the code

if keyboard_check(vk_space) instance_create (x,y+5,bullet)

for a shooter im working on, but i can't figure(aka too tired to) out how to limit the amount of shots fired

ex. 1 shoot every 2 seconds

[drums4woodstock]

it says unknown variable false -_-

[YourComputerExpert]

LOL!  DKC1011

"This is a request from DKC1001"

[oxodunk]

I HOPE FOR THE LOVE OF MY ANUS THIS WORK, I HAVE TRIED ALL THE DAY TO FUCKING MAKE MI PLAYER SHOOT BUT NOT ANY TUTORIAL ON YOUTUBE WORKS, MY LAST CHANCE GOES ON THIS ONE! ):

[llS2639ll]

thank you so much :p

[mrbrentx]

i can jump on my bullets when i press up and space at the same time

[adscomics]

DUDE THANKS! I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED HOW YOU DID THAT WITHOUGHT MAKING ANOTHER OBJECT!

[owenator66]

Hey man thank you very much, this worked perfectly.

[DaytonaEggnog]

I'm making an IWBTG Remake, can anybody give me the code on how to do a double jump?????

[jjbob4]

@DaytonaEggnog Get i wanna be the engine

[DONCamHardy]

what programs are you using ???????????????/

[Ersand93]

@DONCamHardy It's a game maker tutorial 'Facepalm'

in case you still don't know, the program is called 'Game Maker'

[Snyphen356]

umm.. 0 is right, 180 is left. Might help i figured. and u only need to center the origin when u want it coming from the middle if in the bullet making action u dont put x and y + (half the width and height of the player sprite)

[andrengo23]

I already Got a Platform Game But I need A SHOP To Finish It please Help Me!!! i Neeed To know How To Create A SHOP AT MY PLATFORM GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO EQUIP WEAPONS AND STUFF REPLY ME PLEASE!@!!!

[Fira777]

@andrengo23 Coming right up I replied on Wednesday September 8, 2010 2:01 A.M. ask me in about 8 hours from then or I will just Private Message you or both.

[Superking890]

OMG Thank You Stevmay!!!! NOw my guy can shoot!!!

[pupustinki]

thank you so much man

[codyjos3ph]

Wtf the bullets are shooting the rong direction

[TheBlokStudios]

@codyjos3ph

It's cause 180 is actually left and 0 is right =P

[SPCSlayer]

how come my character is facing the opposite way of the shot?

[MrBenzig]

does this require pro



[zigaton40]

When I choose a new event,the variable deletes itself.

[fattyvid]

Every time I try to shoot the bullet, the room resets. When I try to land sometimes, I float just one 16x16 block above the ground. I have no idea what's going on. The only thing I can think that could be the problem is the reset function of the health bar when you lose all your HP.

I need help!

[umadepoop]

it dosent work i did everything u did

[benitofinito]

what about a bomerman or super pang clone?

[AmericanPieKid]

how do i get to sprite proporties?

[HyMyNameIsMatt]

So for direction, is it possible to make it go at a curve? Go straight for a short time and then fall.

[Stevmay09]

you add gravity to the bullet.

i don't see why you would want that because only Chuck Norris can curve a bullet.

[HyMyNameIsMatt]

true.

Me and some friends wanted to make an 8-bit platform shooter, kinda like Metroid, but mostly like Cave Story, (if you havn't heard of it, look it up. I had an idea for a powerful gun with a limited range, (hence the curve shot) I needed to know if it was possible with Gamemaker.

Thanks for the help!

=D

p.s. There's a chance that well drop it dut to frustration.

[brazothegr8]

and he shot a german fighter with his finger by yelling: BANG!

[thefallensaint5887]

@Stevmay09 i am chuck norris so let him curve the bullet

[Edje1953]

@Stevmay09 how do i make a moving player with a free shoot direction like on shooting game

[MajorAlbo]

@Stevmay09 lmfao chuck norris curve bullets ahhhh

[TonymadiCP]

@Stevmay09 ha good one

[thedarklordx]

@Stevmay09 what if the character is chuck norris?(or those guys in wanted)

[XriderFTW]

@thedarklordx or the chick in wanted.... or judge judy :P

[jokom12]

@Stevmay09 the bullet could be a stone from a sling shot

[BionicleStudios347]

@Stevmay09 wat if you want a grenade to do this

[BionicleStudios347]

ok i can shoot my bullet right when i start but then when i go 1 step forward all i can do is shoot left and not right again please help it very confusing :(

[MrXthemusic2]

@Stevmay09 maybe he is trying to make a cannon or a bomb or a grenade there many reasons

[JakobRobert00]

but although you switched left and right in the direction its a good tutorial and helped me a little bit

[JakobRobert00]

no its wrong

0 is right

not left

easily remember

you start at 0 degrees, thats right, and then go on anti-clockwise

[hazzmando]

on mine it shoots above the player and if im moving left it goes down and if im moving right it goes up :-(

ITS NOT WORKING

[LetsBlob]

you have to show the result ^^

[BebopThePig]

YOU'RE ALL BEING BRAINWASHED

[AllternateLP14]

is there a way that i can make it shoot only once when i press it so it doesnt spray a bunch of bullets, i want to make a pistol

[GameMaster337]

remember to add PRESS space

[AllternateLP14]

Ok thanks man it works great

[GameMaster337]

yeah, I knew something was wrong! He added press in the video too :D

[DaLegendScion]

Can u show me how to shoot in 4 directions from a maze game plz

[AIG0801]

aww... this sucks the download only works for Gm8 =P

[crazimator]

i have a question... what is outside room in gml?

[rexfurry]

All I can say is this screwed my game. -_-"

[39venom]

how can i limit the distances the bullet travels?

[GameMaster337]

im not sure, but try "vk_left"

[lalabEsjen]

how can I add ammo to the guy?

[oleedvard]

your voice reminds me of snake in the simpsons

[NewLineBricks]

This tutorial realy helped me out thanks for making this vid.

[tolunay123]

can you make him shoot on your click and towards your mouse please tell me

[StopaMotion]

will this work with a top down shooter?

[thehaloman96]

why do you have a step event there ?

[QuarstyAndZack]

I'm trying ot make a player change into his die animation in a code. Instance_change(obj_player_die­, what comes next? Please tell me!

[Stevmay09]

instance_change(obj_player_die­,true)

[QuarstyAndZack]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[alexs1835]

thanks it works perfect

[ziberteck]

Cool, but how do you make it so they can only shoot once per like say... 3 seconds.

[XgrimXrockerX]

damn trolls thumbin down some good comments down there

[videonfan]

hey where can i find bowser sprites?i will make a flare shooting claw punching

[leafinmilo]

it should be in ur game maker file

[brazothegr8]

I had to put if variable right true direction is 0 and left 180

[Sailing10cjm]

Good tutorial, but there's no need for both a left and right variable. "Dir = 0" or "1" is good enough for me. But either way, that was a good tutorial for anyone who doesn't know how to create moving instances and etc.

And for everyone with problems:

Ok, look, you NEED a collision mask if you're using complex sprites, so that's why you get glitches with collisions. If you don't know what that is, stick with box sprites untill you figure it out.

[FrozenSprite7]

This works great but I have an odd shaped sprite (it's a llama lol) and when he shoots the bullet fires from way above his head. I tried to fix this by centering him like you said in the video but when I center him he glitches out and he just disappears at the start of the game. How can I fix this?

[ShoenenJumpLuffy]

Make sure the bottom is equal to the bottom on all of the other sprites first of all (if he disappears when he's moving then this is probably the problem),second make sure he has a collision set with the ground he's going on, that's all I can say about it since you didn't get into detail, I'm guessing the first thing I said is your problem because sometimes when centering sprites, also if you only centered one of your sprites that could be the problem but make sure all bottoms are equal

[FrozenSprite7]

No the collision with the ground and the gravity is fine, it just glitches when I center him. So I was wondering how to make the bullet apear like its coming from him instead of way above him without centering.

[ShoenenJumpLuffy]

Okay, wherever you set the middle line after clicking center is where the bullet should come out, so when you click center try move it higher, second, make sure your character isn't in the ground in the room you put him in, because when changing that stuff when he's perfectly set on the ground he'll get stuck in a bit, which is what I'm guessing was your disappearing problem, but anyway try that and if it doesn't work you'll have to modify the bullet rather than the character most likely

[BebopThePig]

how come you say his name like dkc1001 when it's 1011, not just once, twice

[DKC1011]

Don't mind him saying it wrong, its just a small mistake :)

[legend1211]

thanks , btw you should demonstrate it working .

[cleaner88HPi]

Can you do one on acceleration and deceleration and if necessary, sprite changing on acceleration and deceleration (platformer)?

Also, why the hell are the older, neutral comments rated bad? I'd like to see how many thumbs down this comment can get for no entire reason.

[edyneedstp]

huh?? direction 0 is right 180 is left

not dir 0 is left and dir 180 is right...

[KrosTutorials]

LOL thats wat i said to BUT Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo one commented back. hey just have to say good job awesome and stuff.

lol no offence sev

[BagboyTim]

Exactly, i found tht out too

[ShoenenJumpLuffy]

yeah and he was even reading it right in front of him and he cant get it right

[dragonalex155]

could u make a tutorial on how to make characters jump about, and run while there sprite is changing. like in mario, as his running, theres a sprite_change

[DKC1011]

man thanks for making this video. i was really glad to find you did. i rated the vid 5 stars :)

[blackman767]

lol did he make this vid for u???

[DKC1011]

lol, cuz i personally requested it :)

[theonlinegamers]

u dont need variables like left & right. just test variable and use sprite_index

[ChubbaBubba1026]

dude i was wating for this for a looong time, but you never made it. so i ended up figuring it out on my own, but its probably way more complicated than it needs to be. thenks for making it! 5 stars!

[alternateshadow300]

Making these games are complicated, I've tried it myself lol

[ESAMMEX]

This guy makes ugly and simplistic sprites.

[Stevmay09]

You're an ugly and simplistic sprite.

[ESAMMEX]

How mature...

[Stevmay09]

of course you have to leave a comment as an excuse to rate the video 1 star without watching it.

[EderRedfield]

i rated it 5 star : /

[pivotman999]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH­AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH­AHAHAHAH

ESAMMEX guess what come suck my balls u ugly simplistis sprite

[olddiademmaster45]

Can't suck what doesn't exist

[Gamemasterj97]

You know that tutorials like this one don't need to have the best sprites ever.

They are just showing coding demonstrations,

NOT Pro spriting.

[olddiademmaster45]

The effort for sprites in a tutorial has a reason?

[ItIshMehXD]

didn't you do the same tutorial, titled

"How to shoot in 2 or 4 directions" or whatever

[Stevmay09]

This is a sort of remake of that tutorial.

[ClubPenguinScatman]

It would be nice if you had a example at the end..

[RandomPro2000]

HUZZAH! I've been dying how to make this! :D THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

[EderRedfield]

dang it :/

[olddiademmaster45]

YAYZ

[tretey]

Thanks!!!

[Thislooksgood]

Lol... Congratz Stevmay :P You were first

[joseph3112]

Horray!

[Stevmay09]

FIRST

[olddiademmaster45]

CHEATER