A step-by-step guide to making a platform game in GameMaker: Studio
Contents Summary:
Chapter 1 Design
Introduction
Brief
Design
Level Select Sprites
Shop Sprites
Player Sprites
Player Weapon Sprites
Enemy Sprites
Enemy Weapons
Game Object Sprites
HUD Sprites
Explosions and Effects
Parallax Backgrounds
Chapter 2 Game Objects
Fonts
room_splash_loading
room_how_to_play
room_level_select
room_shop
room_level_1 & room_level_2
room_boss_level
room_level_complete
room_level_fail
room_exit
room_credits
room_purchase
room_game_complete
Chapter 3 Scripts
First Script
Chapter 4 Setting Up Rooms
Setting Up
Creating Rooms
Adding code to the rooms
room_splash_loading
room_how_to_play
room_credits
room_level_complete
room_level_fail
room_exit
room_game_complete
room_level_select
room_shop
room_level_1 & room_level_2 & room_level_boss
Chapter 5 Loading Sprites And Adding To Objects
Intro
Sounds
Sprites
Notes On Objects:
Setting Sprites and Objects
Chapter 6 Designing First Level
Temp Set Up For Testing
Designing Level
Chapter 7 Enemies
Setting Up
Enemy 1 Blob
Enemy 2 Bomb Dropping Bat
Chapter 8 HUD
HUD Design
Chapter 9 Player Object
Setting Up
Player Bombs
Player Bomb Explosions
Player Set Up
Chapter 10 Boss Level
Testing
Zooming Script
Motion Script
Sprites and objects
Player object
Boss Object
Bonus Object Spawning
Level Design
Testing
Chapter 11 Audio
Music
Sounds
Chapter 12 Effects
Blood
Parallax Scrolling
Chapter 13 Extra Things To Try
Try And Do The Following, You Should Now Have The Required Skills
Appendix A – Level 1 Design 95
Appendix B – Boss Level Design
Appendix C – All Sprites Used In The Game Reference
Appendix D – Some Initial Sketches
Includes resources & project files.
