Sharing the Joy of Creation - Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Greg Lobanov is a well-known figure in the GameMaker community. His most recent game Chicory: A Colorful Tale, received a Game Awards nomination for the...Read More
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A Game Engine is a Magic Wand - Blazing Beaks
Applava are a two person studio, based in Vilnius in Lithuania, founded in 2014. Tomas Putanas is a coder and artist, while Eduardas Klenauskis is...Read More
Lessons Learned From Finishing a Game in GMS2
It's the upcoming game everyone is buzzing about. APICO is a laid-back beekeeping sim game which has already captured the attention of over 9000 players! The...Read More
Making 3D in GameMaker While Knowing Zilch About 3D in GameMaker.
Hey there! I'm Fábio Fontes and I’m making cars do funky stuff in Buck Up And Drive!, a procedurally generated endless driving game with all the speeds...Read More
Using Normal Maps to Light Your 2D Game
PolyCrunch Games are the developers of Pyramid Plunge, a cartoony rogue-lite, action-platformer with handcrafted pixel-art. They join us on the blog to share the way...Read More
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
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