Grog

Have you tried the move_and_collide function? Great entry point for collision in GameMaker that supports object and time collisions.

No problem! It's super dope and I rely on it a ton. I really enjoy laying out empty slots for my content in my sprite sheet and I can see my progress as I go along. Really easy to make micro adjustments and quickly update them vs painfully importing again.

GM Link - For Aseprite by Tore Lehmann (aka. pr0te) Sync your Aseprite sprites to GameMaker with one click, no extra programs needed.

You can take this up a notch by using GM Link, which directly imports slices and animations from Aseprite into GameMaker with one button press.

pr0te.itch.io/gm-link

You could put enemies that are in the same wave in an array, and then every x amount of frames remove an enemy from the array and spawn it onto your path.

Are you able to give a bit more insight into what you are trying to achieve? When mentioning patterns are you talking about enemy spawning, or their movement / behaviors, bullet patterns, etc.

Worth noting that GameMaker has a light mode, and is moving away from the workspace paradigm, so you rarely if ever have to use them (which is nice because they are awful).

solo'd the @gamemakerstoolkit.com game jam this year!
made a faced paced arcade game called "snakebutt" where you encircle enemies to destroy them!
check it out
jamierowan.itch.io/snakebutt
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Clean your project (brush icon best to the compile button)

Known issue right now but that should fix it

How we did procedural 2D animation for Rusted Moss
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Sara's tutorials are how I learned ages ago and are real good, just know that anything over 5 years old will not be taking advantage of some more modern stuff, though that doesn't necessarily invalidate the content.

I also really enjoyed Gentoo's iceberg series though it's on the more advanced end

Sam Spade has a GameMaker language fundamentals playlist on YouTube that's a great starting point!

Very cool game

GitHub - PixelatedPope/HelpfulGMLScripts: An open source resource for GameMaker scripts An open source resource for GameMaker scripts. Contribute to PixelatedPope/HelpfulGMLScripts development by creating an account on GitHub.

Hey, #gamemaker s! If you haven't checked out my Helpful GML Scripts Github Repo, you should! I always have the folder open to drag and drop random scripts into my project or Discord. Check it out here:
github.com/PixelatedPop...

Something built in would be really nice, but if you haven't checked out the Input library before it may be worthwhile, it can help bridge the gap

Relatable

This is actually a very recent feature from the last update, so you weren't missing out on much! But still a very cool feature

GrogDEV - Twitch Game Developer & Pixel Artist working on Desukupet, a desktop virtual pet device that lives on your screen! Follow development on Bluesky & Discord~

Streaming some #gamemaker #gamedev w/ @pixelatedpope.bsky.social, while trying not to be boiled alive D: Come yell at me to drink water

twitch.tv/grogdev

Two of my favs, the whips are really dynamic

Very cute!

I'd recommend following a tutorial for each and seeing which one speaks to you more. Both are incredibly powerful with pros and cons, no need to commit to either upfront if undecided

Happy to offer suggestions on the GameMaker side of things, the official space rocks tutorial is a good start point

Agreed, thank goodness they are moving away from workspaces, you can turn on the Code Editor 2 beta feature in preferences and basically never have to touch a workspace

GrogDEV - Twitch Game Developer & Pixel Artist working on Desukupet, a desktop virtual pet device that lives on your screen! Follow development on Bluesky & Discord~

It's actually kinda cool today, so good time to squeeze in a #gamemaker #gamedev stream 😎

Working on an overhaul of my sprite paper doll system, adding a bit more control over how I draw these sprites

twitch.tv/grogdev

Something so satisfying about a clean text box with nice sounds

That sheep is really good

Godot is dope if you're thinking about both 2d and 3d

As someone using 3d in GameMaker, it's totally doable, just not intuitive. Really cool engine for 2d tho

Since GameMakers room coordinates has 0,0 at the top left, you'll need to account for rooms at difference in room heights which is some not too bad math, but tough to get into here.

I'd recommend th GameMaker discord, they have really good help channels there, or feel free to send me a msg

Katana Zero!

Get your core gameplay loop in ASAP, start screen, gameplay, win/loss state. Once you have that you can polish and bug fix and start to think about bonus features.

Hit Idol is OUT! My cutesy pixel art puzzle game filled to the brim with story is out on #steam after two years of solo development in #gamemaker! store.steampowered.com/app/3580300/...

I definitely didn't wake up at 5:30AM today from excitement <.<

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Cursed/Beautiful