In a computer game a sprite is the name usually given to a two-dimensional bitmap computer graphic, designed to be integrated into a level, intro or exit screen. They can be static or animated. History of sprites Sprites were commonly used in 2D game design in the 1980s and 1990s, for designing player and enemy characters, before…
Tutorial 10: Collisions and Health Setup In this tutorial, we will learn how to setup your player and enemy health and how to destroy them based on some collision rules. Set the player collision mask Go to the Resources menu: Open Sprites. Open your player sprite, sprPlayer Find Collision Mask in the Sprite window. Open…
Tutorial 9: Spawning Enemies First, what does spawning mean? Spawning refers to a method in game design where your enemies automatically get created You will want to make your enemies appear at random in a top-down or side-scrolling shooter game, so that they do not become predictable every time the game is played. Placing hundreds…
Tutorial 8: Creating Enemy Lazer / Bullet Go to the Assets Browser resources area menu: Right click on Sprites and click Create Sprite or you can click on Resources menu at the top of GameMaker studio. Make sure you name your sprites correctly – always prefix your sprites with the letter spr Name the sprite…
Tutorial 7: Creating Enemy Sprite in Game Maker Studio 2 Go to the Resources area on the right of your screen: Right click on Sprites and click Create Sprite Make sure to name your sprites accurately for future reference Example: always prefix your sprites with the letters spr Name your first enemy sprite sprEnemy1 Importing…
Tutorial 6: In this tutorial we will explore different ways to add sounds to your game. Adding sounds to the lazer / bullet In the Asset Browser resources menu: Create a sound Asset Name it sndPlayerLazer Click on the 3 dots in the window that appears From your spaceshooter-assets, browse to sounds folder and choose…
Tutorial 5: Making your player shoot in GameMaker Studio 2 In this tutorial we will step through how you setup your player object to shoot lazers or bullets in GameMaker Studio 2 Create the player’s lazer / bullet sprite In the Assets Browser Resources menu (usually located on the right side of GameMaker studio 2)…
Physics in Game Maker Studio 2 The following is an introduction demo of how physics can work in Game Maker Studio 2. It will give you an introduction of how you could implement it in your game. Step 1: Create Sprites for Physics Objects The sprites you need for this demo can be downloaded from…
If you don’t have the time or skills to create your own game assets – such as sprites, backgrounds, tiles and sounds, there are a number of websites were you can download game assets for free from. Here is a list of websites that we recommend: https://opengameart.org/ https://www.kenney.nl/ https://itch.io/game-assets/free https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/browse/latest?filter=free If you want an asset…
Tutorial 4: Creating a Game Room in GameMaker Studio 2 Change the Room size In the Assets Browser menu, double click the room that you want to add a background to. The default room is Room1 If you don’t see the Layers panel for the room appear on the left side of GameMaker, go to…