Your First Game in Gamemaker

Your First Game in Gamemaker, available at $84.99, has an average rating of 4.85, with 47 lectures, 12 quizzes, based on 57 reviews, and has 274 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn the basics of working within Gamemaker, one of the best tools for making 2D games Code a player character that moves, jumps, shoots and can jump on enemies heads while collecting powerups and coins Create enemy creatures which have specific behavior allowing some to chase and damage the player Produce a complete game with a title screen, multiple levels, room intro names, transitions, particle effects, checkpoints and sounds This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone with an interest in making or playing video games It is particularly useful for Anyone with an interest in making or playing video games.

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Summary

Title: Your First Game in Gamemaker

Price: $84.99

Average Rating: 4.85

Number of Lectures: 47

Number of Quizzes: 12

Number of Published Lectures: 47

Number of Published Quizzes: 12

Number of Curriculum Items: 59

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 59

Original Price: A$84.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn the basics of working within Gamemaker, one of the best tools for making 2D games
Code a player character that moves, jumps, shoots and can jump on enemies heads while collecting powerups and coins
Create enemy creatures which have specific behavior allowing some to chase and damage the player
Produce a complete game with a title screen, multiple levels, room intro names, transitions, particle effects, checkpoints and sounds

Who Should Attend

Anyone with an interest in making or playing video games

Target Audiences

Anyone with an interest in making or playing video games

Have you ever wanted to create your own game? Well this course will show you how to create a small platform game using Gamemakers super intuitive GML Visual codeblock system. You can have a cool game up and running in a matter of hours, and you can then export it as a stand alone game to share with friends, or upload it to Gamemaker’s community GX games website for the world to play.

You will learn how to create a player character and implement a simple collision system so they can then run, jump on enemies, break blocks, shoot their wand, collect powerups and break mystery blocks in order to complete the level. You will learn how to add multiple enemies who will chase and challenge the player.

You will then learn how to create multiple levels and how to set up smooth fading transitions between those levels. We add player lives, checkpoints, particle effects, sounds and then finally we then add a title sequence, to give your game a professional feel.

The course is presented by Peter Morgan, who has been using Gamemaker for over 10 years. He created the highly rated Udemy “How to Make Tile Based Games in Gamemaker” course, and which is still one of the highest rated Gamemaker courses on Udemy. He also creates tutorials directly for Opera’s Gamemaker Youtube page, as well as his own successful Slyddar channel, and is also an official Gamemaker Coach with Opera’s Gamemaker coaching program.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Getting Started

Lecture 2: Capturing Input

Lecture 3: Rooms

Chapter 2: The Player Character

Lecture 1: Moving The Player

Lecture 2: Solid Objects

Lecture 3: Horizontal Collisions

Lecture 4: Vertical Collisions

Lecture 5: Player Jumping

Lecture 6: Player Sprites

Lecture 7: Acceleration and Drag

Chapter 3: Camera and Tiles

Lecture 1: The Camera

Lecture 2: Adding Tiles

Chapter 4: Enemies

Lecture 1: Enemy Caterpillar

Lecture 2: Caterpillar Movement

Lecture 3: Damaging Enemies

Lecture 4: Enemy Death

Chapter 5: Entity Management

Lecture 1: Health Bars

Lecture 2: Flashing Damage

Lecture 3: State Machines Part I

Lecture 4: State Machines Part II

Lecture 5: Dead State

Chapter 6: Player Functions

Lecture 1: Projectiles

Lecture 2: Macros

Lecture 3: Collectible Coins

Lecture 4: Spawning Powerups

Lecture 5: Applying Powerups

Lecture 6: Mystery Blocks

Lecture 7: Advanced Blocks

Chapter 7: Enemy Bee

Lecture 1: Enemy Bee

Lecture 2: Bounce Improvements

Lecture 3: Dust Effects

Chapter 8: Title Screen

Lecture 1: Title Screen

Lecture 2: Menu State

Chapter 9: Room Basics

Lecture 1: Initial Checkpoints

Lecture 2: Room Transitions – Fades

Lecture 3: Room Transitions – States

Lecture 4: Game Restarts

Chapter 10: Game UI

Lecture 1: Player Lives

Lecture 2: UI Design

Chapter 11: New Levels

Lecture 1: Level Checkpoints

Lecture 2: New Levels

Lecture 3: Room Transitions

Chapter 12: Final Touches

Lecture 1: Particle Effects

Lecture 2: Sequences – Game Over

Lecture 3: Sequences – Level Names

Lecture 4: Sounds

Lecture 5: Completing Your Game

Instructors

Peter Morgan
Game Maker, Mobile Developer and Teacher

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