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Game Engine Starter Guide: GameMaker [2024]

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Are you interested in using GameMaker to develop your first indie game? Where should you start? In this video, we’ve gathered some great tips and helpful resources to help you get started on your gamedev journey with this awesome 2D game engine.

As a disclaimer, before we start: This is not a sponsored video, and does not contain any paid promotion.

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► Resources:
►► https://gamemaker.io/en
►► https://gamemaker.io/en/tutorials
►► https://www.gamedeveloper.com/design/postmortem-loop-hero
►► ‘Chicory’ Marketing and PR Postmortem | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Gb7tQRIQw
►► The Sound and Music of Hyper Light Drifter | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1b9xKRC74E
►► David Galindo: A Game Developers Journey | GameMaker | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twOcURfrf44
►► Ojiro Fumoto: Everything Went Down Well (Screenshake 2016 keynote) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12vimsFtKPU
►► Hotline Miami: The 10 Year Anniversary Interview | GameMaker | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7TCjSAHKjQ
►► Toby Fox Camp Fangamer Interview July 2015 (Part 1) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwampY_jIdg
►► https://www.youtube.com/@ShaunJS
►► https://www.youtube.com/@1upIndie
►► https://www.youtube.com/@Slyddar
►► https://www.youtube.com/@GameMakerStation

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44 comments

@AskGamedev September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Thanks for watching! Do you use GameMaker? Tell us about your game! For more Ask Gamedev, check out this playlist of game engine game showcases: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqlV9u4jszMdDxWROv2EUmtczoXgIcnls
@alandunaway3000 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
One question, @GameMakerEngine
Why is the professional version more expensive than the enterprise one?
@alandunaway3000 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
GameMaker, back in the 8 era could make games with Parallax 3D, full 3D, fake, sprite-based 3D like Doom and isometric games.
@WesleyReichart-z3y September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Aylin Crest
@dynaProTV September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Is hollow knight also made with gamemaker?
@GreenHyman-c7n September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Hernandez Barbara Perez Donald Martinez Jason
@thadz2493 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Can I make a strategy game with this game engine?
@FrozenFlame-Chess September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
it's been 7 months since their last upload, this channel gives a vibe of 2018, The good-looking animation and good quality of videos.... miss those days
@rodrigoherrera8875 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
how can i download gamemaker studio 2?
@rfgnmf-nmesofuehsdjfnrmeowfsdz September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Ai voice ew
@will6671 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
was kinda hoping this was an actual starter guide, and not just an overview
@jackkern8693 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
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@hotcoco2413 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
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@lucidgiraffe3862 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
If you just use "if" statements instead of "else if" statements it allows diagonal movement in any direction
@joshelguapo5563 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
I loved Gamemaker in middle school and highschool but since they removed the free version, I don't see a reason to keep going with them when Godot is a thing. But I do have some great memories I gotta say.
@AHBANAZAR_GA September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Yeah Facebook has great Gamemaker communities they help alot in my development
@autismandgaming4532 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
I have Gamemaker to thank for one of my favourite games of all time - Pizza Tower. Serving as a spiritual successor to the Wario Land quadrilogy this is one of the most unhinged and Delightful 2d Platformers ever released. It's one of those games where everything just comes together. And paired with an iconic development and Loyal modding community, and you have a recipe for one of the defining games of the Gamemaker engine
@Phodis September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
I wish I could use a GM1.4 interface on top of GM2 .. I hate GM2's interface, it seems bloated to me.
@web_shivam September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Would love to watch a video explaining how you edit and create your videos
@Z3r0XoL September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
gamemaker is what got me into programming back in the day, nowdays i use c++
@BunnyNotFound September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
I really liked these sources and once I saw hotline miami my ears perked up, going through everything will be a breeze.
@Kazihirom September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
i use to make rpg's and weird games out of age of empires 2, i imagine if you try to sell those though microsoft will sue the pants off you
@ZnamTwojaMama101 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Can you make a fighting game in GameMaker? I have an idea for a game I wanna make that's a mix of fighting game and rpg.

Like there's an overworld and you can take some enemies out without having to fight them or beat them directly.
@SwowChowsk September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Whoa- at 3:28 this video activated the haptics on my iPhone. I had no idea this was possible 🤯
@pagina_1316 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Great video, thanks for all the info, I'm starting to learn about programming and it is very useful that you promote channels related to it!
@Yora21 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
I was hoping for some information what this game engine is good at and what considerations there are to chose this one over others for a given game project.
@lawtonkovac4215 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
💪 'Promo sm'
@godonholiday September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
You missed a great channel for new folks: Sky LaRell Anderson
@GameMakerEngine September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Amazing video!! Comprehensive and factual. Appreciate all the positive words about GameMaker. Hopefully, this inspires new people to join the community and start making games. Never been a better time! ❤❤
@marciomageskimarques6235 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Amazing video, I would like to see a video like this about Godot please.
@gryzlaw September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Welcome back, awesome video. Recently downloaded GM to use the 12 month licence I had hanging around of the old subscription model. Still undecided where to start do this is a great resource
@PanosGeorgiadis September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
So I downloaded it and ... I cannot even read or understand the UI window. I am using M2 Macbook and an external monitor and apparently, this works only on Windows? with one monitor? I have never seen so obvious quality issue. It's shocking they haven't fixed it yet, and it's not new from what I see.
@Twisted_Logic September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Another great GameMaker title is Rivals of Aether, which is one of the most successful platform fighters outside of Super Smash Bros. It also has Steam Workshop support and a large community of modders. The modfing is done entirely through GML code, so it's a great way to practice your GML programming wiyhin the environment of a fleshed out game
@josuegalindo7228 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Do Godot next please!
@DigitalCanineGamesStuff September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
ASK GAMEDEV US BACK!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@HelperWesley September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Awesome video!

Maybe one day we'll see something like this for GDevelop? It's a great engine that's been gaining popularity, and it's the engine I've been using for a few years now. 👍
@wilpuriarts5895 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Glad to have you back.
@billhomie September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
I literally just downloaded Gamemaker yesterday, it's a sign!
@-LightSmit September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Thanks for sharing. This is why I didn’t get Game Maker. The custom language is very limited in my opinion. Sticking with RPG Maker with JavaScript training and it’s a win win situation to make a game and learn something that can create or give you a job, in my opinion.
@N8-Squared September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
When the world needed him most, he returned
@FaceTimePolice September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
Gamemaker is so underrated. Graze Counter GM was my favorite shmup of 2023, and it was made with GameMaker (hence, the “GM” in its title). It inspired me to start working on my own shmup with GameMaker! 🎮😁👍
@fenekart September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
I made first game one year ago. Maybe this video is a sign to come back to GM
@alexanderscholz8855 September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
UHHHH back to life!!!! Yeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh
@hawkgamedev September 19, 2024 - 2:30 am
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