Build a Side-Scroller Platformer game with GameMaker: Studio

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Course, Basic Player and Object Movements

Lecture 1: Download Course Files Here!

Lecture 2: Introduction

Lecture 3: Course Requirements

Lecture 4: The Challenge Ahead

Lecture 5: Creating a New Project

Lecture 6: Importing the Player Neutral Sprite

Lecture 7: Importing the Animated Player Sprites

Lecture 8: Backgrounds and Tilesets

Lecture 9: Creating Objects

Lecture 10: Begining the Level

Lecture 11: Adding the Level Background

Lecture 12: Building Levels from Tilesets

Lecture 13: Levels and Objects

Lecture 14: Preparing to Script

Lecture 15: Starting to Code Player Movement

Lecture 16: Completing Player Movement

Lecture 17: Refining Player Movement

Lecture 18: Looking Ahead…

Chapter 2: Advanced Player and Object Movements

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Overview

Lecture 3: Getting Started with Gravity

Lecture 4: Coding Gravity

Lecture 5: Refining Gravity

Lecture 6: Jumping

Lecture 7: Player States

Lecture 8: Completing Player States

Lecture 9: Collision Detection Overview

Lecture 10: Preparing for Collision Detection

Lecture 11: Generating Tile Collision Maps

Lecture 12: Configuring Bounding Boxes

Lecture 13: Completing Tile Collisions

Lecture 14: Making a Moving Elevator

Lecture 15: Colliding with Moving Objects

Lecture 16: Colliding with Powerups

Lecture 17: Changing the Player Weapon

Lecture 18: Moving Forwards

Chapter 3: Ammo, Weapons, and Health – Enemy AI and adding a Boss

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Creating Ammo Sprites

Lecture 3: Adding Polish to the Project

Lecture 4: Weapons and Firing

Lecture 5: Ammo Objects

Lecture 6: Robot Drones and Paths

Lecture 7: Refining Path Navigation

Lecture 8: Creating a Health Bar

Lecture 9: Dealing with Damage

Lecture 10: Enemy Deaths

Lecture 11: Introducing Enemy 2

Lecture 12: Configuring the Enemy

Lecture 13: Line of Sight

Lecture 14: Introducing the End of Level Boss

Lecture 15: Configuring the Boss

Lecture 16: Rotating Turrets

Lecture 17: Completing the Boss

Chapter 4: Debugging and Polish, Publishing Your Game

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Adding Music

Lecture 3: Powerups and Parents

Lecture 4: Introducing Debugging

Lecture 5: Debugging with Watches

Lecture 6: Debug Messages

Lecture 7: Getting Started with GUI

Lecture 8: End of Game Screens

Lecture 9: Mobile Input Widgets

Lecture 10: Drawing GUIs

Lecture 11: Responding to Input

Lecture 12: Handling Directional Input

Lecture 13: Building for Desktops

Lecture 14: Building for HTML5

Lecture 15: Getting Started with Android Deployment

Lecture 16: Configuring your IP Address

Lecture 17: Play testing for Android

Lecture 18: Troubleshoting Android Building

Lecture 19: Working with the Android SDK Tools

Lecture 20: Android and Sideloading

Lecture 21: Android and Resolution

Lecture 22: Conclusion

Chapter 5: Bonus – Creating Sprites, Tiles, Animations, and Texture Sets

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Course Guidelines

Lecture 3: Introducing Inkscape

Lecture 4: Preparing Inkscape Documents

Lecture 5: Creating Powerup Vector Graphics

Lecture 6: Creating a Shield Symbol

Lecture 7: Completing the Shield

Lecture 8: Using Layer Blend Modes

Lecture 9: Importing a Background into GIMP

Lecture 10: Making Seamless Textures

Lecture 11: Planning Tilesets

Lecture 12: Creating Tileset Details

Lecture 13: Assembling the Tileset

Lecture 14: Using Guides to Arrange Tiles

Lecture 15: Blocking in the Tileset

Lecture 16: Creating Pixel Buffers

Lecture 17: Exporting Tilesets

Lecture 18: Introducing Anime Studio Pro

Lecture 19: Exploding the Character

Lecture 20: Character Rigging