Game Maker Tutorial # 1

[mjosh6]

Yo nintendopower ur a maniac! u just wrote me a letter to go fuck a granma!for that heres the bad coments! fuck you fuck you fuck you and go fuck with your mother and suck your dads dick u suck!

[PurpleCheeseMan]

You know what? never mind. I tried it, and got it to work for 5.3! You're a miracle worker! I'm ready to make some awsome games!

(Maybe I should watch a few of these first!)

[nintendopower123]

Glad to see it.

[cmcbrien]

thanks

[nintendopower123]

Glad I could help.

[froganny456]

i cant move left

[nintendopower123]

Strange, recheck your code. :)

[froganny456]

do you have to type in the code

[nintendopower123]

Well if you want it to work, then yes.

[maat1996]

i dont get it *crying* it wont work

[DOODLEboy93]

This is cool, thanks! The only problem i have is he doesn't jump.

if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_up) && !place_free(x,y+1) {vspeed =-7}

is that right?

[nintendopower123]

Yes, that's correct. :)

[DOODLEboy93]

Oh ok. But he doesnt jump when I press up.

[nintendopower123]

Strange, check the code again, you may have missed something.

[piwoot]

When my player touches the wall he just disapear... why?

[nintendopower123]

Check the collision code.

[bonecrushr2]

what song is this?

its awesome!

[nintendopower123]

It's DragonForce - Soldiers of a Wasteland

[Zaktheripper999]

thanks...I was about to give up trying to make a simple game(I have little patiance)now Im reinvigorated...

[nintendopower123]

Glad to hear I brought you back from the deep unknown.

[lijasssss]

Arrrgh...I mark the "solid box" but the sprite does not get solid....Why?. pLease help! =(

[nintendopower123]

Hmmmm, that shouldn't happen, make sure you follow the code correctly

[nintendopower123]

Thanks for the replies. *sobs with joy*

[HourOf]

when i followed ur other tutorial (#2)

i got this:

______________________________­_____________

FATAL ERROR in

action number 1

of Step Event

for object object_hblock:

COMPILATION ERROR in code action

Error in code at line 3: if place_meeting(x,y-1,obj_player­){obj_player.x+hsp}

at position 49: Assignment operator expected.

[nintendopower123]

if place_meeting(x,y-1,obj_player­){obj_player.x+=hsp}

 Obviously not correctly

[HourOf]

thank u

i love u!!!!!

[augis1996]

can you make a first pirson game tutorial? or a 3D game tutorial

[darshu18]

Great Tuto o.o

I'm totally new to Game Maker itself, but I already have some programming knowledge, lets see how I work it out.

Thanks a lot for the video, made things easier than expected.

[sonicex]

waching the video capy and paste is super lazy and plus you can't learn anything

[shakira1698]

that is a great totorial. The codes look extremely hard.

[soulsafloat]

help me it says error at position 56 assignment operator expected and position 56 is right after {move_contact[270]}

[nintendopower123]

Yes, you made an amateur mistake :

it's move_contact(270)

not move_contact[270]

[piggybankvillan]

Through Fire & Flames? Is it like, in a different language?

[laughingfurry]

Wow, this is alot better then most other tutorials. Good descriptions as well.

[nintendopower123]

LOOK !! If you know anything, you will know that the code after the "//" Are not needed, sheesh !! And NO !!!! I will not out all the code in a comment, you gotta LEARN it, not just Copy & Paste !!!

[HyouriV3]

could u please put all the codes in a comment?

[HyouriV3]

what do you have to put after the // ?

[krntacoface]

I read it but it's very confusing can you tell me exactly what you put in the box word for word? Then I might be able to understand. And thanks for helping.

[nintendopower123]

Goto the help tab, then goto contents.

[krntacoface]

how do I look at the manual?

[nintendopower123]

Well, that's why I am making these videos. If you take a glance at the manual, you will see what functions exist in GM.

[krntacoface]

so how do you know what codes gm understands? How am I supposed to know how to set the gravity and how to make the people jump. It's so confusing!!

[nintendopower123]

The reason you cannot do that is because you either have to define your own variables for "left" and "right", or you have to use language GM understands. For instance, to go left in a different, more buggy way, you would set hspeed to -4, so it'd look like this : hspeed = -4

Hspeed is a built in GM variable. :)

[krntacoface]

I just downloaded game maker and i want to make a platform game but I really don't get the codes can you show me exactly what to do? Because I don't get all the stuff you put in. Why cant you just do this, left speed = 4

[nintendopower123]

Well, that's why I made these videos, so that you do understand it.

[SickorangxD]

i dont know how to do that code :O

[nintendopower123]

In the step event where it says :

if keyboard_check(vk_left) && place_free(x-4,y) {x-=4}

Replace the number "4" in there to the number of pixels you wish the player to move, but 4 is the best to use.

[augis1996]

How do you make the player go faster to the left and right?????

[nintendopower123]

Via, do you not know English, via means, to do this, you do this. And for animation to be CONTROLLED, you need functions beginning image_* or sprite_*.

And what do you mean the speed, make the player go faster to the left and right?

[daterapedrug]

What is a Via Code O.o you told me you need it for the animation but i don't get it =[

[augis1996]

how do you get the speed higher

[nintendopower123]

Glad to see you figured out the problem, and the spaces? Do you mean the way I do this : image_index = 1 : This can also just be image_index=1 : But I like to set out my code well. Glad the videos are helping !

[daterapedrug]

nvm i got it now your vid are help full =] you should make one on how to like let animated sprites change from stand to run i kinda need help with that =[

[daterapedrug]

nvm i fixed it but now i cant move left and right but i could jump O.o so its some thing wrong with the code i put and any who (do spaces matter as in pressing the space bar) when your putting in the codes

[daterapedrug]

i like did it but my thing keeps moving to like the bottom left corner = /

[nintendopower123]

It does, make sure you are typing the code correctly. Add me on MSN for more help.

[makan95]

it dosent work for me??help me :(

[nintendopower123]

If you knew anything about Game Maker, you would know that the green text are comments that are irrelevant for you to know, I just put them in to remind myself what those strings of code do. Instead of having to re-read the code, and decipher it again, even though this is simple code, it saves me having to do it.

[oneminutekid]

What IS the green text you typed in? You didn't tell us.

=P

[oneminutekid]

Nice work! Of, course, there was only 1 sprite, but still, this was really fast. I cam make games, too! I have Game Maker 7: Pro. I'm making a Metroid game right now. Yes, it's a platform game.

=)

[nintendopower123]

No. I am doing a simple tutorial, so no need for sprites like that.

[nintendopower123]

Ok, that completely makes no sense, even if you did get confused, what the menu does is makes it easier, well, easier if you are not sure what function to use, as it shows functions beginning with the letters you put in, and considering I didn't use animated sprites for the player, I don't know where you got that from.

[Runermanyoyo]

put on google fx. Ryu Sprites and give credit if they want to the people that made it and then out them in it and voila!!!!!!!!1

[Dazsturbed]

My bad just got confused forget what i commented

[Dazsturbed]

But nice song choice dude!

[Dazsturbed]

Err sorry to burst YOUR bubble but you just got that code from applying say the sprite to move left through the menu way then youd just copy the code that the program automaticly puts into the script

[nintendopower123]

Technically, it was my code, not to burst your bubble or anything, but if you understand it, which you should, you will be writing code yourself in no time, well, a while. Took me a year to get me to where I am now, though I know some complex things like textures and surfaces and arrays, I may do a video on it, as they are confusing for new starts. Glad it helped! :)

[mailmanbam]

yay i did my first code eva (and it worked)

[nintendopower123]

Ok, you don't need to worry about the green text, they are comments to remind myself, and you, what the code does in the download. Also, glad you got it working, but what are you talking about Master Chief for?

[jmac11927]

nvm got it to work, master chief is my guy :D

[jmac11927]

o and when i did EXACTLY what u did, it says there is an unreadable code in it, so i took out the else in gravity, it works but now it wont jump... WTF plz help me

[jmac11927]

thx for the help nintendo, but when u put in the first code wat were the words in green at the top, i cant read it and u didnt mention it

[nintendopower123]

Goto control tab, right click the icon with the page on it and type it in there.

[xjayrman]

wait um how do you go in the code thingy?

[xjayrman]

where do you get this game maker?

[nintendopower123]

Not a problem, make sure you watch them all up to #6 so far, more to be added :)

[SomewhereinCambridge]

TY SO MUCH

[nintendopower123]

Deckorg : Look, I have the collision event IN obj_player and he is COLLIDING with obj_solid!! So how the hell do you expect it to go, add a collision event in the player with itself?? And if it's an error, how come it works?? Think before commenting, I know what I am doing!!

[thisworldwillumm]

Man this is good.I learnt lots from it.I was a newb and now I know how to do stuff.Can u make 1 where u jump on eneimies and it kills them.

[nintendopower123]

I will do that, now that you sent me a PM asking how it's done <_<. But I may add more to the enemy, moving etc and more perfect collisions with player. I need one more idea!!

[thisworldwillumm]

maybe you can make one where it has shooting.like you move your cursor and click somewhere and the bullet/anything moves towards there.Or stuff when u jump on them you get springed up or power ups.

[nintendopower123]

Did you make the obj_solid 'solid' ?? And with the update, make sure obj_fading has the obj_solid as the parent and is solid! If you copied the code correctly, there WILL be NO errors! So stop saying you copied it exactly, when obviously you didn't!

[SonicMario544]

Sorry, i forgot to put the obj_solid. My computer wasnt working so i tought that the comment didnt post so i posted 3 of them. Plus i did copy exactly wat u put and i didnt get any errors. So thanx!!! XD

[SonicMario544]

SOMEONE HELP ME WITH COLLISION!!! My obj_player goes through the obj_solid!!! HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IF I COPIED THE EXACT SAME THING!!! SOMEONE PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP ME!! IM BEGGING!!!!

[SonicMario544]

Hey can you help me do the collision thingy. Because my obj_player goes through the obj_solid! SO I CANT MOVE AT ALL!!! PLZ PLZ PLZ HELP ME!!! IM BEGGING YOU! REPLY ME AS SOON AS ANYBODY CAN OK?

[deckorg]

I told ya up there.. the video is all perfect but in the collision thing u gotta chose your character ( oject used as a character) and not the solid which ur collisioning with

[nintendopower123]

Thank you. I know what I am doing in Game Maker, and thanks for backing me up. :). Yay, yet again has been favored. XD

[spritefish]

Kudos on a very straightforward tutorial! I read a few comments on how it contained errors and decided to try it myself. there are no errors. the GML worked just as shown. congrats on a well put together tutorial. definitely going on my favorites.

[nintendopower123]

What are you talking about?? Error where? And if it showed an error (which it doesn't) I would have fixed it!!!!

[deckorg]

nice man :P!!!! u have only one error in the "collision" option you gotta select collision and then select the solid not the player :P!!!! thankz man

[SonicMario544]

i had a problem with collision too. but it wasnt for the reason that you deckorg said! My player goes through the solid. I DONT KNOW WHY!!!

[nintendopower123]

The green text is put in by typing '//' (without inverted comma's) and then typing. It does not matter what it says, it is just comments to remind me or whoever downloaded to .gmk what the code does.

[Quadunit404]

What does the green text say?

[Quadunit404]

And do you have to put in the green text?

[nintendopower123]

I assmue that my video helped you then Louke1990?

[Louke1990]

thanks!

[nintendopower123]

The song is DragonForce : Soldiers of the Wasteland! ;)

[Renaxu]

wats that song? o_O

[nintendopower123]

Indeed you can, I could've swore I used GM7. Yea, I ahve regestered both :P. Also, you don't need regestered atm.

[gamerdude40]

can you do that with game maker 7.0

[Fco317]

yes u can i have it

[Louke1990]

YES!

[nintendopower123]

Fco317, please at least put my username or top_hunter7 in your description, since i made the example, in turn, thought up the code, thanks. ;) still, good idea putting code in your description :)

[Fco317]

guys just go to my channel u can find the codes in my dipscreption

[org3332]

I tried making a platform but every time my person would move it would slow down and drag on the ground some one help me with this

[nintendopower123]

Fco317, if you looked at the sredits, you would see that I used Hypercam 2 (regestered) to do the screen recording. Also, randomguyexe1, your welcome :). Thriller645, normally code would not work for multiple reasons, 1, you are not writing GML correctly, 2, variables not initialized properly, or 3, you don't understand what you are typing, if you want further help, drop me a private message ;). Next video coming soon, with an important update!!!

[thriller645]

min never works with thwcode stuff!

[randomguy1exe]

thanks alot

[Fco317]

wat did u record with?

[nintendopower123]

Well, if you copy and paste all the time, you aren't going to learn anything, just using other peoples code won't help you be a better game programmer. It's extremely easy to memorize, I learnt that code in the video within my first week of using game maker. But the perfect collision code took a bit longer to learn. I will be uploading videos every saturday, as I am at work through the week, so it's the only time I will get to do it. Sorry for the long time in waiting. :)

[NDSMASTER9999999999]

also i like the band dragon force awesome!!!

[NDSMASTER9999999999]

how can you memorize that code crap??? copy and paste is what i do

[NDSMASTER9999999999]

how can you memorize that code crap????

[MushroomKingdumb]

Can you do me a BIG favor, and put the EXACT lines on the info for this video, I'm typing something wrong and I would like to just copy + paste. If you can THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. And then I can finally start my game! :D

[nintendopower123]

Well, when I upload the next video (#3) I am going to include a download for the .gmk and .gm6 file. So make sure you check those out, and download the file.

[nintendopower123]

as in bring up the textbox to start typing in code? soz, its me splittin the video into clips. If you click on the control tab, you will see an icon with a bit of paper on it (not the one with the paper an the arrow) double click it and the code box should appear!

[chazta555]

u skip how to get to code bit how?

[nintendopower123]

Well, this code is extremely basic! I mean, like I already said, the only moderately piece of code that is not basic is the collision code, but thats just for perfect landing. And glad to hear that it will help you! :)

[GalacticKnight]

Oh, gosh. code. I HATE code. How do you understand all that junk? (Oh well, this should help me out a BIT.)

[nintendopower123]

Well, I do know that colleges use this program for teaching, especially since I go to a college that teaches it, well, so far, only taught what I already know. So I could teach it so far, lol. Well, what did you think of the tutorial?

[Quakelord1991]

Something that you should know about this program is that a college uses this program for teachings.

[nintendopower123]

Thanks. @sonicjackaroo - Well, it's really basic code, the only moderately piece of complex code in the collision with the solid object, and it's pretty darn simple. And what I'm trying to do is get n00bs away from D&D, basically because, they ask for help, and its hard to help if they are using D&D. But thanks for the comment. @nintendopi - Well, a tutorial normally is created to help people out, lol.

[sonicjackaroo]

Nice tutorial. It could be a little complex for the noobs since they probably are used to D&D. But other than that good job.

[nintendopi]

Nice example, this should help some people out.