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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.

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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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What is GameMaker?

Learn what GameMaker is and the mental model behind making games.

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Creating a project

Create your first GameMaker project.

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Objects and Events

Learn about objects and how to handle events in GameMaker.

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Your First Object

Create your first GameMaker object, add some simple GML, and use the Step event to make it move across the room.

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Sprites and Rooms

Learn about sprites and rooms in GameMaker.

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Running Your Game

Learn how to run your game, and then alter its behaviour a bit.

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