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Let's Make Click the Clown

Build a complete tiny clown clicking game in GameMaker. Play the finished version in-lesson first and then build your own copy!

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Tested with IDE 2024.14.4.222 / Runtime 2024.14.4.268

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Your First Hour With GM A friendly first course through projects, rooms, objects, events, sprites, and running your first tiny GameMaker project. Completed
Fundamentals of Code I Variables, conditions, comparisons, functions, and the core GML ideas beginners need to complete their first few simple GameMaker projects. Completed
Let's Make Click the Clown Build a complete tiny clown clicking game in GameMaker. Play the finished version in-lesson first and then build your own copy! Completed
Saving Your Work Properly Learn how to save your GameMaker projects effectively to avoid losing your progress. Completed

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Let's Make Click the Clown

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Introduction

Play the finished Click the Clown game before we start building it piece by piece.

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Getting the Project Ready

Create the project and make the first few assets.

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Finishing the Clown

Finishing up with the last few pieces for the clown.

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More Assets

Filling out the rest of the assets we need.

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Running the game

Pressing play for the very first time and clicking that clown.

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