Game Maker Programming

Gamemaker

Do you want to develop computer games without spending countless hours learning how to become a programmer? Then you've come to the right place. Game Maker allows you to make exciting computer games, without the need to write a single line of code. Making games with Game Maker is a lot of fun.

Using easy to learn drag-and-drop actions, you can create professional looking games within very little time. You can make games with backgrounds, animated graphics, music and sound effects, and even 3D games! And when you've become more experienced, there is a built-in programming language, which gives you the full flexibility of creating games with Game Maker. What is best, is the fact that Game Maker can be used free of charge

 http://www.schoolgamemaker.rupert.id.au/computerclub/index.html , Gamemaker year 1 to 8

(source file mirror http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/file.php/81/clubs/Haileybury_Student_Games.zip )

(http://online.haileybury.vic.edu.au/sites/edrington  - original site - broken)

http://etrain.pbwiki.com/ Gamemaker, years 5 & 6

http://ahefner.com/game.html The Hefner Hideout, Gamemaker games

http://www.nhavenr7.sa.edu.au/students.htm  games made by 6/7 students using Gamemaker

 

   

Tutorials

To learn more about the creation of particular types of games a number of tutorials are available on this page. All tutorials have been rewritten for version 7 of Game Maker. They all contain a text document in pdf format, a number of example games, and often additional sprites and sounds.

	Tutorial: What is a Good Game? (zip file, 190 KB) This tutorial describes some of key ingredients in creating good games. The tutorial is general, that is, not restricted to Game Maker. Beginner.
	Tutorial: Your First Game (zip file, 850 KB) This tutorial is meant for people that have problems getting started with Game Maker. In very precise steps it helps you create your first game. Beginner.
	Tutorial: Creating a Scrolling Shooter (zip file, 1.8 MB) This extensive tutorial shows you how to create a scrolling shooter. It also treats a number of aspects of Game Maker like the use of variables, views, and time lines. Beginner.
	Tutorial: Maze Games (zip file, 1.4 MB) This tutorial shows you how to create a simple maze game. It treats such aspects as how to make a character move from cell to cell, how to display the score and the lives, how to create monsters, and how to add all sorts of special features like movable blocks. Beginner.

Gamemaker "how to" samples

this site

http://www.gamemaker.nl/tutorial.html

http://intranet.woodvillehs.sa.edu.au/kerrbi/g/d.htm Bill Kerr

http://www.mindtools.tased.edu.au/gamemaker Margaret Meijers

http://www.rupert.id.au/tutorials/gamemaker/ Rupert Russell

http://www.rupert.id.au/tutorials/gamemaker5/ Rupert Russell GM5

http://alupton.wordpress.com/learning/game-maker/ Al Upton

http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/file.php/81/moddata/forum/277/26013/Game_Examples.zip Yr 12, Ross Jardine, "examples are only meant to serve as starters for the students"

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