Game Maker Notes

Tutorials and Resources

Video Tutorials

Official YoYo tuts

Many YouTubers (myself included!) run channels dedicated to GameMaker tutorial content. These range from beginner introductions to specific topics. Here is a choice selection of content great for beginners:

  • Your First Game – A series from myself on creating an asteroids clone using your first GML code. More tutorials from me can be found on my channel or on our Learn page.
  • Make a game with no experience – A lengthy and thorough tutorial from Tom Francis, creator of Gunpoint.
  • Make an RPG – An ongoing 32 part series on building a full top down RPG game from tutorial maker Heartbeast. For those wanting something a bit more complex, but still aimed at beginners.
  • Making Games 101 – A channel with lots of great tutorials for specific subjects.
  • Let’s Learn GameMaker: Studio – For those wanting something more academic or systemic, this channel provides excellent content on fundamental concepts, coding and more.

Community Support

if you’re stuck on something specific you might be able to get some help directly from our thriving community:

Further Resources

  • Pixel Prospector – An online hub for game development resources and guides. Also covers topics like distribution and marketing.
  • r/GameMaker’s “GameMaker Handbook” – An enormous, more extensive version of this very list produced by the community. Covers art guides, audio development guides, developer resources and more.

 

Tutorials

Vector Sprites http://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/216755938–GMS-S-Vector-Sprites

Ad Support http://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/216754558-Ads-Google-Mobile-Advertising-v1-3-

Scaling for devices http://www.yoyogames.com/blog/66

RPG tutorial series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_4rJ_acBNMEGUMuO7IbivLgnvUxHklnj

Yellow Afterlife http://yal.cc/category/gm/