In this third-of-a-series post, I go over existing issues in GameMaker's data structure functions (some of which you might not have been aware of), and how to fix them.
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A summary of my GameMaker assets
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This post serves as a collection of descriptions and links to various GameMaker-related assets and extensions that I have published over time.
Back when publishing it in 2017, I thought it was longer than expected, but it had since grown about twice in size. At least the blog has that "navigation" sidebar now.
Also should answer the "how do I support your work" question that some readers have.
Continue readingGameMaker: Loading bar + animated image in HTML5
Mouseover to view animation (note: mild color cycling)
A year and some ago, I published an extension that allows to use custom logos for HTML5 games made with GameMaker: Studio. Since some functionality has been added since then, I made an updated version with more options.
Continue readingGameMaker: Window commands extension
Yesterday I made a GameMaker: Studio extension that provides a bunch of utility functions:
- Allows to minimize/maximize/restore the window on demand.
- Allows to disable/enable minimize button, maximize button, close button, and window movement.
- Allows to override behavior for when minimize/maximize/close buttons are clicked.
It is available for free via itch.io; Some examples of uses follow.
Continue readingGameMaker: Flash window / taskbar button
Today I wrote a tiny GameMaker extension that allows to "flash" the game's window and/or it's taskbar button.
This is most often used to notify the user of something happening in the game while they don't have the window focused - for example, if you have some sort of matchmaking system in a multiplayer game, you'd want the user to become aware that someone joined their game even if the game window is currently minimized.
The extension is incredibly straightforward (a single function with "flags" for options), is documented, and includes C++ source code for ones curious about it.
GameMaker: Extended INI functions
Today I have published an extension that offers a wide variety of functions for working with INI files in GameMaker.
In doing so, it also does a better job than the built-in functions in many aspects.
This is a blog post detailing the advantages and technical details.
Continue readingGameMaker: Loading bar + logo/image in HTML5
(or see by yourself here)
Someone on forums has asked if there's an example/extension that would allow to display a logo or image alongside with the loading bar in HTML5 module of GameMaker: Studio, and I did just that.
Continue readingGameMaker: Windows-specific functions for Studio
While working on one of recent projects, I've stumbled upon few common issues that many meet - even if you are only targeting Windows in GameMaker: Studio, you cannot access files outside the game's AppData directory (not even in program directory). Neither you can order system to open a file, meaning no external "readmes" to be easily hooked up with game, nor portable configuration files, and some other limitations.
So I took an evening and made a simplistic DLL library to bring equivalents to some functions (sleep, execute_shell, non-sandboxed I/O) back for Windows target. Function list is as following:
Tululoo: Analog Control extension (updated)
Today I've updated my Tululoo example for analog controls.
If above image isn't very illustrative, these are small on-screen circles, that can be used in applications and games to convert user input from on-screen coordinate to a vector.
In contrast to not very documented example that I've made last spring, this is now presented as an extension.
That has detailed documentation, quite cleaner structure, and more functionality (for example, now it's possible to check if a specific analog control element was pressed, similar to keyboard keys).
As one can probably guess, it also handles touch input on mobile devices accordingly, allowing multiple controllers to be interacted with at once.