This is a blog post outlining the various formats that emerged over the two decades of GameMaker history (there being few dozen of them now) and instructions on how to open them in various GameMaker versions.
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GameMaker: GMMOD/D3D file format explained
A sample model from GameMaker Model Viewer and its raw data
This is a blog post about the structure of GameMaker's (now-legacy) 3d model format.
Continue readingGameMaker: a buffer pretty-printing function
Output sample
Ever work in GameMaker and find yourself thinking "I wish I could log the contents of this buffer without pausing and staring at it in the debugger"?
Continue readingWeighted “choose” function
A little post about a little GameMaker script to randomly return one of the values while minding their "weights" - in other words, a "biased" version of choose.
Continue readingGameMaker: Fixing “%22http[s]” in url_open
If you've made a game with GameMaker during the past decade that opens web pages on some occasion, you might have been recently hearing complaints from players about the game no longer successfully doing so. This is a tiny post about what is that all about and how to fix it.
Continue readingGameMaker: Fixing errors with buffer_get/set_surface in GMS2.3.1+
If you've been trying to import older extensions into GameMaker Studio 2.3.1 or newer, you might encounter these error messages time to time:
wrong number of arguments for function buffer_get_surface wrong number of arguments for function buffer_set_surface
This is a small post on how to get rid of that:
Continue readingGameMaker: Smooth pixel-perfect camera
This is a mini-tutorial and an explanation of an approach that allows you to have fluid sub-pixel movements with pixel-perfect cameras in GameMaker!
Continue readingGameMaker: 2.3 syntax in details
With GameMaker Studio 2.3 update out for a bit now and 2.3.1 beta just released, it seems like a great time for a blog post going over the numerous syntactic additions.
This covers the syntax itself, how it works, and what you can do with it.
Also included is a list of breaking changes and how to get around them.
Continue readingGameMaker: smart floor/ceil functions
GameMaker: Supporting high-density screens in HTML5 games
While developing HTML5 games using GameMaker Studio, it may eventually come to your attention that the game does not render at native resolution, depending on the device, looking variously blurry as result. This small post is about fixing that.
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