Using The Virtual Keyboard

Posted by Mark Alexander on 8 August 2018

In this tech blog we're going to give you an overview of a new and much requested feature that's ... More »

Playing With Collision Masks

Posted by Mark Alexander on 3 August 2018

The latest GameMaker Studio 2 update (2.1.5) has added a new collision mask kind to the Sprite Ed... More »

Release of GameMaker Studio 2.1.5

Posted by Ross Manthorp on 2 August 2018

GameMaker Studio 2.1.5 is available right now with some new features and a lot of fixes and impro... More »

Quick And Simple Lighting

Posted by Mark Alexander on 12 July 2018

In this tech blog, we're going to show you how to add a simple surface based lighting layer to yo... More »

GM48 Winners and Upcoming GameMaker Jams

Posted by Ross Manthorp on 10 May 2018

Check out these amazing GameMaker games from the results of the 26th GM48 and also get involved i... More »

Team DYO: How to make your game more CO-OP

Posted by Ross Manthorp on 5 April 2018

This tech blog is our second written by guest contributor Josia Roncancio, who is the programmer ... More »

Localisation and More With GameMaker Studio 2.1.4

Posted by Ross Manthorp on 4 April 2018

The next release of GameMaker Studio 2 sees the launch of the localisation into French, Spanish a... More »

Indie Attitudes to Digital Storefronts on Desktop

Posted by Ross Manthorp on 22 March 2018

We are committed to giving our Indie developers a greater voice in shaping the games industry of ... More »

Desktop Licence For Everyone During GDC Game Jams

Posted by Ross Manthorp on 14 March 2018

We love game jams and believe GameMaker’s super-efficient workflow is such a great tool for them.... More »

GameMaker Studio 2 To Launch on Nintendo Switch

Posted by Ross Manthorp on 8 March 2018

GameMaker Studio 2, the leading 2D game development engine, has signed a deal with Nintendo, mean... More »

The Long Journey of DYO

Posted by Andrew Turner on 21 February 2018

This post has been written by guest contributor Josia Roncancio who is the programmer and one of ... More »

Dynamic MP Grids

Posted by Mark Alexander on 6 February 2018

If you've ever had to make any type of enemy movement in a game (especially a top down game) the ... More »

Z-Tilting: Shader Based 2.5D Depth Sorting

Posted by Mark Alexander on 18 January 2018

Today's Tech Blog is courtesy of Hannes “Ariak” Schmieding, and it covers an interesting alternat... More »

Depth base mouse collision

Posted by Mike Dailly on 19 December 2017

We've been asked a few times about how to have the mouse only click on the topmost instance of a ... More »

Ghosted Parent Events and Object Variables

Posted by Mark Alexander on 14 December 2017

The 2.1.3 update to GameMaker Studio 2 is out and along with the usual batch of stability improve... More »

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