Making a Platformer in GameMaker Tutorial

[lineriderrulz]

You use(d) Game Maker? And have Robot Arena 2? And make good Amensia mods/custom stories? Instasub.

[saska123321]

um it works but i dont want people to be able to fly becuase you can tap up multiple times and they will just keep going up is there a way to fix that

[harperj106]

@saska123321 ok, this kinda annoyed me so here goes. create a new script. paste this into it set=false if place_free(x,y+1){ set=true } else set=false; if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_up)&­& set=false{ vspeed=-10; set=true } if keyboard_check_released(vk_up)­{ vspeed=0; } if place_free(x,y+1){ set=true } else set=false; now thats done go to your player object, change the press up and release up to run script and make them run this may be abit buggy 

[harperj106]

i cant get it to space properly so i will put a # where the line ends

set=false# if place_free(x,y+1){# set=true# } #else set=false;# if keyboard_check_pressed(vk_up)&­­& set=false{# vspeed=-10;# set=true #} #if keyboard_check_released(vk_up)­#{ #vspeed=0;# }# if place_free(x,y+1){# set=true #} #else set=false;#

[saska123321]

@harperj106 i already figured it out but thanks for the replie :p i also fixed wall sticking

[DatenshiZ]

thumb me if studying computer science at UMU brought you here!

niblets

[GameGuyG]

@DatenshiZ your in collage? i'm only 13 and i can do most of this stuff

[killjoy8918]

i use 8.1

[DARDAMC]

It work's perfect .

I love you man <3

[NOTYURBISNESS]

it didnt work for me once i started downloading it said an error occurred and it gave me three options:Abort Retry Ignore i kept pressing ignore but then i tryed to run and it didnt work please reply

[Tstar98]

thanx a lot ;D

[CasanovaXtreme]

what´s the name of the song ? it´s cool :D

[TheSonnyworld]

Wow I didn't really realize that you can make a platform game without all the coding stuff.

BTW nice tutorial

[Snipeshot286]

nice! can u tell me how to make it so i cant double/triple jump?

[osbysweden]

@Snipeshot286 you gotta add all the gravity stuffs too. there's good videos for it on youtube.

[iskaj1]

my character keeps fallimg to the floor

[SqueezyCheetah]

i use game maker 8.1

[BayDragon1]

@SqueezyCheetah It's highy protected for hacks, I use 8.0 O:)

[sourhead100]

Am i the only one that noticed that he skipped step 7 :O

[sonicfanyeah]

thnx it works puuurfectly

[SuperOcarinamaster]

dont see my character! halp



[MG4everReach]

@SuperOcarinamaster go to it's sprite and at the left you can chose if its visible or not

[sharkguy101]

thanx man this really helped alot

[purplecracka]

@bnlpmasters You prolly didn't add in a movement script. Its very simple to make rly.

[bnlpmasters]

hey why cant i move my character? on floor

[craztnesfanboy]

@wightybvb i tred again the caractor did come up but it fell through the platform i made :(

[craztnesfanboy]

@wightybvb i'm having the same problem

[dannejaensson98]

@DragonsLord101 jag är också svensk :P

[MrBlueWyvern]

i dont whatch this your idiot i dont need help you suck

[RonTheRectum]

@MrBlueWyvern If you don't need help, then why did you watch this video?

[TheBloodmonkey123]

@MrBlueWyvern Learn to spell watch dumbass 

[BradiB0Y]

thanks. =) 1st tut. wich worked. :-D

[kickbikexaupro]

du är från sverige

[asuma1105]

dude need your help im planing to make.. like 16 pad drum but i dont know.. 16 button that you can play a song...someone do that.. and i hve 1 of it want to see? send in my acnt here it .vertual_1105@yahoo.com

[zaphirus21]

Thank you

[brotherjames10]

if i hold space, my character flies infinitly, how do i make it fall after about a second or 2 of jumping

[midakskyblast]

@brotherjames10 Try key press instead of keyboard.

[456comandermalander]

do you know how to make a game where it's online and you can battle others.

[bluechase12]

how do u make the page move like when u move the screen moves 2?????? how do u do it like that???? it like lv1 then lv 2 how do u do it like that

[Skyru55]

When ever I quickly change my direction the charecter stops moving

(I move left, then I quickly release and press right)

is there a way to fix this?

[warandmorewar]

Thanks

[cassidcw]

Whenever I play my game the player just ignores the platforms and falls through them. What do I do now?

[Skyru55]

@cassidcw U need to add the collision event,

he shows u how at 3:34

[Nadim13344]

i have Game Maker 8

[Lol2Girls]

go on region and set full screen for better videos

[SuperCyberus]

What's the name of this awesome techno?

[TheConnon2003]

hehehe I found a fix for all the problems :D

[Computersoup]

I saw your text for desktop and such, your swedish! :D (I think) lol

[brotherjames10]

@Blue2Scripter

can you help me?

when i start my level, i character automaticly falls through the floor

i need help

[brotherjames10]

@brotherjames10 my*

[PDro211]

@brotherjames10 i need to make the floor solid

[TheMarkComedyShow]

@brotherjames10

For the player object, add "Check Collision" with the brick/wall you want it not to fall through, then at the "Check Collision" add "Set Vertical Speed" to 0 and that's all.

[GTAMyth2311]

@brotherjames10 make colission with floor

[MrBlueWyvern]

you suck

[lava1o]

@MrBlueWyvern he dont suck! he helped me alot! well not alo but he helped me get my character moving.

[pajokamikaze]

Damn, this music s so cool hehe :)

[grymmatarmar]

how to do a finish?

[xFDtLx]

the jumping is very stiff and you can not only doublejump, you can unlimitedjump/fly

xD

plz tell me if there is a way of making him NOT be able of jumping if hes in the air..?

[flamesdemon19]

@xFDtLx if you don't want unlimited jumps then set the vertical speed to 8 or 10 on the release up button event.Then,once you release up button he drops from the air back onto the ground.If I helped,send a message and tell me.

[OLBproductions]

Hi blue2scripter! is there a way to make them jump only once and dont jump in air? ty.

[Total90Football4]

That song is annoying as hell.

[SPcopyright]

thank you! you are a life saver!

[FunEComixInc]

gravity 1 is way to low. Gravity 3-5 is better.

[sew44sew44]

0:32 ha ha ha man ser det på svenska

[justin12399]

Thanks!!!

[triplegreenfire]

i have a problem. i added collision and and it didnt fall and stay on the wall it fell of the screen

[khortonworld]

i read the description well listening to the awesome music =3

[xpxd47]

Sorry for the bump but if you are watching this an year after it got release and you don't want your kirby thing to jump in the air then where he does... Add new event, click keyboard press-up and drag the speed vertical to actions meny.

vert. speed -10 first add that dotted circle called check collision and check y= -1 and then the vertical speed

[khortonworld]

subscribed. but i dont want him to fly.

[supersquad100]

sooo... how to you make it so he can't double jump?

[choco123blue]

thx this helped me a lot A++++++

[caiokbf000]

endorphin !!!

[dominater5]

i made a game with a width of 3000 and it wont let me make it so it just follows my guy and doesnt show the hole lvl at once and i have it set as the object following my player can someone help me

[louderalexis]

This is a horrible tutorial. You're zoomed waaay too far in for anyone to understand what's going on.  And if you tap up repeatedly, you just float around like you're under water.

[Ticyman]

Why use the room start event when you can use the create event?

[eman9606]

thanks so much i really thank u alot coz i coodent figar it out!

[CheeseYoshi]

Your character keeps going up forever if you hold jump. How do you change that?

[chadowofdarkness]

I think i get what your doing with the gravity thing: If key press right, then move at a horozontile speed of positive 5 which is moving right, vice versa. Am I right?

[gmodman999]

I know how to add deadly things...

1. Find something you can use as a hazzard...

2. Make it into a object and a solid.

3. click add event, then collosion and find your player.

4. in your event, find jump to start, object, then you player...

5. then hit ok.

P.S i didnt know it would work when i tried it...

[Timmitous]

This sucks i got problems with the jumping and i got problems with that the player gets in the wall!!!!

[Carlocap11]

how to make enemys????? please make a tutorial



[macblaster10]

the frame rate is so cool

[MegaEpicDuck]

is it ok if no smooth edges coz i am using hmm... game maker 8

[Skelerexbogoss2]

i found the solution of your jumping problems, but i cannot explain them in a video... You have to create a variable only... When the character touch the floor, you've to set it at 0. When the player's jumping, you have to set it to 1. Then, program your jump only with the variable at 0

[CheeseYoshi]

@Skelerexbogoss2 Where are the variable actions?

[Skelerexbogoss2]

@CheeseYoshi The variable actions are in the question tab :)

[GenerationBryan]

aweosme :D btw where did u get the image from the brick from?

[sackboy024]

When i try this,my character wont move on the ground,he just runs on the spot.

He can jump and move in air fine tho please help!

[TheDexthrix]

thx cuz that really helps! :)

[refz1234]

HOW CAN I MAKE MY PLAYER PASS THE LEVEL?

[seb43654]

you have a retarded mouse

[jonte2000000]

Hi/Hej jag ser att du är från sverige det står "spara i:", "spara ", "avbryt " m.m.

[zeronthehedgehog]

thank u so much : )

[AmericanRiot571]

his mouse is deformed.

[hckanimatormagic]

help when i put collision on i open the object up again and its not there

[nixan82]

that´s the 6th tutorial i´ve watched, but the first one that really helpt me. THX

[nixan82]

by the way, i just found a way to make the player not jump if he´s in the air:

Events: press "your-jump-key" (up or whatever you choose)

Actions: check collision

set to "y=1" and "relative"

[bikerdude175]

i did what u did and my sprite just fell through the floor :(

[XTheDurialsX]

check that the floor is solid and your sprite's collision with the floor.

[hckanimatormagic]

@bikerdude175 me too

[danielallen12]

This Really Helped, you can make it look like your character has a jet pack XD

Just Put some Clouds in the sky and put the same settings as the platforms, and it will stop him going out the level.

[zingdav]

my guy was falling left instead of down

[EverythingMUNK]

Thanks for your help!

top noch!

[mrcontesty]

It worked for me 5/5

[DJSliqq]

wasup wit tha krusty cursor tho lmao...... it looks all weird........ tha jumping wit tha sprite looks just fine to me

[firemario10]

ya but i forgot

[XTheDurialsX]

Anyone know how to create a folder in Game Maker 8,0?

[MrCandlish]

that red circle is annoying

[MrTinkletoes]

omg this has runied my game... :(

[Artie111222333]

Can you help me? I need help how to make your character animated. Like Sonic that moves with his feet. Can you help me?

[SDGvideos]

dude i was dinken around after i wached your video and i found out the if you add, move to contact, before , set vertial speed, it kida fixes the jump problem

[Zei33]

i make a variable called jump that starts when you do key press it checks if the variable is 0 if so it changes to value = 1 when it hits the wall then it changes to 0. if it isnt 0 then u wont jump its complicated but its good. (you wont double jump)

[SDGvideos]

thats cool.

[Sora123Roxas]

Good tutorial but i know a better way of making a platformer. 5/5

[80644]

could u make a vid then?

[iamextra1]

XD kay.

[TheKaeguy]

or download on yoyogames

[inwworld]

??????????

[GameVultures]

i hate tutorials that have no talking

[TheMaowee]

@GameVultures be happy that he even made one..

[yopOhpop]

@GameVultures Same do I even With crap tuts

[freeFeild]

i have a bug i followed everything on here but whent my game starts my screen starts going up and wont stopand i dont know what im doing wromg PLZ HELP!

[ceh555]

send me ur cursor!! xD

[iamextra1]

I can send you some epic cursors.... I make them :}

[KB8LA]

Anoying cursor

[TheG2Z]

No, His Cursor's Tail Is Breaked..

Ouch..

That's Gotta Hurt Right, Cursor?

[Dsi1001]

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH

I couldnt find out how to make a platform game and this worked

5 stars!!!

[zertrax1]

haha cool cursor xD

good tuto

[DJ7394]

it helped me by heaps...really

i subscribed u!!!

[justusjamie]

thank you!

this video helped ALOT!

[EvoDude26]

how do you change the speed in wich the player runs?

[OMarkTheSharkO]

In your key press right event,u should either have "horizontal speed" or v_speed variable" then you just set the speeds

[EvoDude26]

ohh thanks, seems obvious but took me a while.

[daniel304kingkong]

vspeed, not v_speed

[HyperSonicIsAwsome]

umm hi i have a quetion, this works but im making a sonic game and when i push up and hold it he keeps going. Can somebody please reply on how to make him stop jumping and fall down to the ground?

[Koolerkii]

You need to edit the sprites you saved as objects in "Objects" and double click them, there should be a box called "Solid" check that for both of them and it should work.

[Eliittimies]

A little tip, put "restarts game" example. to shift key, and if u die, press shift and it restarts. :)

[joesking]

u need 2 explain it better i mean common rubbish

[demoleramera]

No problems.

[somehominid]

nvm

[somehominid]

my character falls through the floor

[blowstorm]

check the sprite and object for the wall and fllor froget wich 1 but if make object sollid isnt checked he will go threw it

[demoleramera]

You need to turn advance mode on. Go to file, and you will find a tab called "advanced mode".

[Dan12345678910PAL]

you can double,triple,quaddroople,cinq­uoople,

hexoople,septoople,octoople jump, and fly

[papermarioTTYD12345]

lol yea i was gonna say that :P

so its not a good platformer...

considering that you can fly around...

[Walkthroughnator]

fail the up key release is useless cause even if u didnt jump just fell and press up a and release again u can use it to save urself -.-

[PS3joecheatle]

aids

[RDissidia]

didn't completely help but thanks.. i somewhat understand it.

[icebeam999]

did you set some gravity

[AEROSOFTproductions]

Dude slow down icant see anything ur doing its hard for new people to learn

[Blue2Scripter]

That's why i added a step-by-step tutorial in the description :)

[boolykbol]

well I'm gonna test it right now because,i'm getting hard making a game

[jaif14]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!

[isoneter]

thanks it was really usefull

[redkevin25rs]

can you upload the .gmk

[pepsirocks321]

hey if you press up really fast you will keep going up can somebody please reply ad tell me whats wrong

[KitsuneGIRL1111111]

my character keeps falling of the stage, i did put a collision with the wall, but he just fell thru!

[sitsolve]

make the wall solid

[KitsuneGIRL1111111]

i did, it was the first thing i did

[StkBot]

make the player a solid

[jaasce]

OMG THANKS! :D

[wrylie188]

i can finally gut my viking to jump! but the thing is, how do i get it so that he can only jump a certain hight? if you hold down the up key, the character just continues tto go up :(

[Tydoskus]

make sure its key press "up" not keyboard "up"

[coolbut12]

Where did u get the model from?

[nosajb23]

how do you make a wall solid? I have a sprite that can move up down left and right but it just goes through the walls. i have the walls and the sprite checked for the solid box. do i have to use a collision event?

[CoD4MajorPlayer]

yes you do, because even if they are solid, the game won't recognize that you don't go through walls unless you tell it to check for a collision against the surface that you don't want to go through.

[nugget1233]

do you now how to make something appear on mouse click

[pepsirocks321]

ur so slow you just go to keyboard event and then go to create object and thats it

[PG84GM7]

Goto my vid for a real, non-switch-during-game-play, pro edition of game maker 7. Its clean and it only creates folders called softwrap (idk why, but w.e.)

Also as game developers you guys should but "s_" before the name of your sprites and stuff, otherwise when you compile and you have a sprite called "player" and object called "player" the game can glitch up really bad.

So put either prefix on sprites: "s_" "spr_"

and these for objects: "o_" "obj_"

[Joeyblannn]

this sucks i dont have pro i only have lite :(

[rickchardet01]

i cant see the obstacels