Making Games with GameMaker





What is a good game?

From GoT 2005 ladies: A game is ...: Congratulations ladies! You have discovered some of the main ideas of what a game really is! According to the GameMaker What Is a Good Game? Tutorial, "A computer game is a software program in which one or more players make decisions through the control of game objects and resources, in pursuit of a goal." (emphasis added).

Let's get started!

Now we're going to build our first game.
  1. Open the www.gamemaker.nl website.
  2. Download their First Game Tutorial from here, or by clicking on "Tutorials" and then "Tutorial: Your First Game".
    Save it to the DESKTOP!
  3. The tutorial is in a ZIP format. To unzip it, double click on the file on the desktop, and then click on "Extract all files" and save the new folder, named first to the DESKTOP.
  4. Open the first folder, and double click on "first game" to open the tutorial instructions.
  5. Open GameMaker. There should be a shortcut on the Desktop which looks like a red ball with a gray hammer in it.

    If NOT, then open "My Computer->C: -> Program Files -> Game_Maker6 -> Game_Maker".
  6. Follow the instructions to:
    1. Add the sprites and sounds.
      • Add a clown sprite.
      • Add a wall sprite.
      • Add a bounce sound.
      • Add a click sound.
    2. Add the objects and events.
      • Add a wall object, associate the wall sprite with it, and make it solid.
      • Add a clown object, associate the clown sprite with it.
      • Add Create, Collision, and LeftPressed events for the clown object.
    3. Add a room, and add walls to the edges of the room, and place the clown in the center.
    4. Test & Save!
      • Play the game and make sure it's working!
      • Save the game.
      • Save an executable of the game.
    5. Add the extras!

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