Game Making on a Budget: A DIY Success Story
I'm Dale Turner; a game and web developer from Australia. I’ve recently released my first game, Astronarch , which I took from a concept to full...Read More
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Hacking Stronger Enums Into GML
What are enums? GameMaker users might be familiar with enums as numerical constants. They are nothing more than a “find and replace” trick the compiler...Read More
Coding GUI Elements Using Structs
Hi, I’m Zack Banack, developer of the Shampoo framework. Shampoo changes the GUI-development workflow familiar to many GameMakers. You can use Shampoo to create...Read More
Writing Efficient Code: Reusability and Extensibility
Gurpreet S. Matharoo creates GameMaker courses and is known on YouTube as “GameMakerStation”. He has joined us on this blog to share tips on writing...Read More
How I Use GameMaker To Make a Living For My Family
Below is a picture of me (the one on the left!). I am a game developer and go by the name Nerdook (twitter @nerdook)....Read More
Precise Tile Collisions by Pixelated Pope
Hey GameMakers! Pixelated Pope here, and today I want to show you a method for building your game's collision using a blend of tile-based collisions...Read More
CSD: Sequels II: Return Of The Franchise
David Galindo, creator and developer of the game series Cook, Serve, Delicious!, returns to our blog to tackle sequels and creating a multi-game franchise...Read More
Buttery Smooth Tech: Inputs
Hey, GameMakers! Seth Coster from Butterscotch Shenanigans here, with another BUTTERY SMOOTH TECH BLOG! This time, we’re going to dig into something many of us...Read More
Making Fast & Beautiful Grass
Matharoo, the instructor of “Building a Crafting Game” on Udemy, is here to share a neat graphical technique in GameMaker that makes your game...Read More
Finishing Your Game: Neat vs. Messy Code
Gabe "lazyeye" Weiner is a Programmer / Producer who is active in the GameMaker community, developing a variety of content from tools, jam games,...Read More
Utilizing 3D Cameras in 2D Games
Matharoo makes games, tutorials and courses using GameMaker. He has joined us on the blog to share the following quick and exciting use of cameras...Read More
Visually Striking Minimalism With TAWBS
DT Mark is the creator of TAWBS, a minimalistic, trial-and-error, top-down-shooter. The game features a great visual style that displays in slick UI and menus...Read More