Gamemaker - A brief intro to gml and scripting
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This document provides an introduction to scripting in GameMaker, including an overview of variables that can store data in memory, the difference between objects and instances, built-in variables like room dimensions and sprite position, how to execute code inline or through scripts, and how scripts allow bundling common code for reuse across objects. It concludes with contact information for further resources.
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- 1. GameMaker Scripting Intro GameMaker Series jhealy@Microsoft.com @devfish
- 2. Variables ? Place to store ¡°stuff¡± in memory ? Could be numbers, object instances, whatever ? Global, local, or ¡®other object¡¯
- 3. Objects Versus Instances ? Object = blueprint ? Instance = creation ? Car plan = object, joe¡¯s red truck=instance
- 4. Built-in variables ? Room_width, room_height ? X, Y ? Hspeed, vspeed, speed, direction ? Score ? Lives ? Health ? Mouse_x, mouse_y ? Many more, hit F1 dig around
- 5. Code Actions ? Execute Code ¨C code it inline ? Execute Script ¨C from scripts folder
- 6. Scripts ? GML code allowing you to bundle common code and use it across multiple objects ? Built in editor ? Color coding ? As you progress you will use scripts more and more
- 7. SCRIPT DEMO Draw Square Around Sprite
- 8. Joe Healy / jhealy@Microsoft.com / @devfish Thank You http://www.yoyogames.com http://dfwiki.devfish.net ¨C search GameMaker
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- #8: var x1,y1,x2,y2, spr_width, spr_height; spr_width = sprite_get_width( spr_Clown ); spr_height = sprite_get_height( spr_Clown ); x1 = x - ( spr_width/2 ); x2 = x + ( spr_width/2 ); y1 = y - ( spr_height/2 ); y2 = y + ( spr_height/2 ); draw_set_color ( c_green ); draw_rectangle( x1, y1, x2, y2, true );