Learn How To Use GameMaker

Learning How to Use Gamemaker

GameMaker Manual

This online game maker manual could be really helpful 

GameMaker Tutorials




Work your way through these simple help sheets to complete your first game maker game


Tutorial 1 - Click on the fruit


Download the resources you will need from here
Play the game you will make from here

R1 - Intro
R2 - Task1 Adding Sprites
R3 - Task2 Adding Objects
R4 - Task3 Creating A Room
R5 - Task4 Adding Sound
R6 - Task5 Adding Bombs
R7 - Task6 Adding Instructions

Tutorial 2 - The Basic Platform Tutorial 

Complete this tutorial if your are planning to make a platform game for your unit5

Click here to play the game you will be making 
Click here to download the resources that you will need

R1 Intro
R2 Task 1 Adding Sprites
R3 Task 2 Adding Objects
R4 Task 3 Moving the character left and right
R5 Task 4 Making the character jump and fall
R6 Task 5 Standing on Platforms
R7 Task 6 Making and changing levels


Tutorial 3 - The Advanced Platform Tutorial 

Only complete this tutorial if you have completed the basic tutorial above

Click here to download the resources that you will need

R1 Intro
R2 Making the character face the way it's moving
R3 Improving the background and platforms
R4 Adding Monsters
R5 Colliding with monsters
R6 Shooting Bullets
R7 Bonus Pickups
R8 Climbing
R9 Lives and Score - Setting them at the start
R10 Lives and Score - Keeping them up to date
R11 Lives and Score - Displaying them on screen
R12 Bonus Lives
R13 Deadly Objects
R14 Views

Tutorial 4 - The Scrolling Shooter Tutorial

Complete this tutorial if you are planning to make a scrolling shooter game for your unit5

Click here to play the game that you will be making
Click here to download the resources that you will need

R1 Task1 Making the room
R2 Task2 Making Your Plane
R3 Task3 Making the first enemy plane
R4 Task4 Score, Lives and Damage
R5 Task5 Making the second enemy plane
R6 Task6 Making the third enemy plane
R7 Task7 Extension Tasks


Tutorial 5 - The Rapid Finger Race Tutorial

Complete this tutorial if you are planning to make a rapid finger race game for your unit5


Click here to play the game that you will be making

Click here to download the resources that you will need

R1 Intro

R1 Task1 Adding Strip Sprites
R2 Task2 Adding Main Character
R3 Task3 Adding Competitors
R4 Task4 Setting a Counter



DO NOT START THE SPB UNTIL YOUR TEACHER TELLS YOU TO