⚂ I can draw a variety of dinosaur-looking things.
Once in a while you might want to get a resource index out of it's string name, like so:
instance_create(x, y, 'obj_item' + string(irandom_range(1, 3)));
But, resource indexes aren't strings, so that wouldn't work.
You could add indexes into an array, or have a little switch-statement, but take a bit to set up.
So let's see what else you can do about this,
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I do not know the exact name of this visual effect (angular/clockwise fade-in/fade-out?), but it is one of the most common things that you can see in interface of RPG and RTS games, displaying progress of construction/upgrade/ability cooldown. So, to the point...
You can read how this is actually being implemented, or just scroll down to the bottom of post and grab the code and/or GMK file.
Implementation of such is actually pretty simple,
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If you are working with GameMaker, you might have wandered, how to make paths similar to standard ones but in 3 dimensions, or how to efficiently draw path of non-1px width, or other things not covered by path functions.
For this reason, I have made the following function:
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HaxeNME version. Love2d version works equally to this.
Click and drag different parts for interaction.
By user request on Love2d IRC channel, yesterday I've made this nice function to do intersection/collision check between a ray (for clearance, here, a ray is a infinite line with starting point but no end point) and a circle.
Underlying code is fairly simple, though it does not even require understanding to use the function.
Love2d version takes advantage of multi-return values.
Haxe version has slightly longer code due for more optimal implementation of interface.
A very rushed Haxe version to demonstrate how it looks in motion.
Does not necessarily represent features of love2d version in this post.
This was originally going to be a short reply-fix for a topic on love2d forum, but it seems that author did get somewhere with figuring that out on ones own, and I've quite overdone it in terms of a simple answer, so I formatted the code nicely, added several more features, and made this example.
Just in case above demonstration does not work, this example demonstrates a specific approach to game dynamic, where game logic occurs once per interval, while things are drawn and receive input at higher rate. I do not recall any actual platformer games that would use this principle, but a good example of such game is Snake (original grid-based version).
Example includes grid-to-point collision checking, actual specific platformer behaviour (with adjustable values), and value tweening (to make player movement nice & smooth).
This example demonstrates creation of a basic "flawed" AI, that uses a rather plain method of finding path. Such will still make it reach destination in many cases, but will also allow player to "fool" the AI, making it stuck in dead ends or T-intersections (if player is standing right behind the wall).
To illustrate simplicity of concept, example is largely made in Drag & Drop.
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A 15fps preview of lightning
This is a little post about making a lightning/electric arc effect in GameMaker.
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This is an example of a circular ('wheel') menu in GameMaker.
Example is well-commented, easy to configure, and will automatically adapt to given number of menu items.
Among other things, it demonstrates 'binding' of menu actions without using dynamic functionality, making it compatible with GameMaker: Studio.
It's like drifting. On a spaceship. In space.
