How Do You Code In GameMaker?

How do you code in GameMaker? Should you use GML Code or GML Visual?

This tutorial helps you consider what coding language to use in GameMaker, and the differences between visual coding and written code.

Chapters
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00:00 What are coding languages?
00:58 GameMaker's coding languages
02:00 What is GML Visual
02:56 Action blocks
12:04 GML code
15:22 What's the difference between GML Code and GML Visual?
18:11 Which language is better for you?

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What is GameMaker? 👀
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GameMaker is the industry’s premier 2D game engine, used by thousands of developers every day to create indie gaming classics like Undertale, Hyper Light Drifter, and Chicory: A Colorful Tale.

It’s completely free to download and keep forever, with dozens of written guides and video tutorials to help you bring your games to life.

When your project is complete, you can publish your creations to all major platforms, including PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

[Flippohoyyy]

I think now is a good time to remake starter guides in gamemaker as i predict gamemaker will gain more users thanks to Unity’s popularity comes crashing down like a meteor

[DrZiggy]

If you hold shift while scrolling with the 3rd mouse button you can scroll horizontally inside the action blocks screen

[fierorecensione]

Is it possible to have a tutorial to know how Spine and Game Maker works together? How scaling the sprites, how to move, how to use the json for the different states, thank you so much i really appreciate that! Love Game Maker ❤

[kcsnipes]

16:00 how can you flip back and forth between the 2 ? i can only see one on my screen based on what ive chosen initially

[LordZuip]

question... you can code with visual and convert it and can code the stuff you dont have an event/variable for yourself right?

[mavericbrycelmanzanillo]

How do I get started in GameMaker? I feel lost with all these tutorials. I don't know where to code, how to learn the basic codes, or even create assets

[DSLRFilmmaking]

How do you set up code for iOS to where you can move the player? My game needs an update for mobile phone so that I can control the player with swipe. Any code for that ?

[maxwell_eev]

i decided to use gml code because i have some basic knowledge about syntax in codes and it's understandable for me. is that the best choice or not?

[LevelUp-clips]

i had a gml visual game going for the first time but then i stopped bcs i realised that glm visual limits what you can and cant do way too much

[what-hqgl]

can i just use the code blocks to code an entire game because im too lazy to learn a whole coding language

[Pixelator]

i know GML visual is easier but personally im gonna use GML code because its more compact and less tidious

[Shadowthevampire]

I'd love to use GML visual but there's hardly any tutorials with it

[johnmjschannel]

I would rather spend time writing code and getting errors then having to solve the problems than trying to figure out how to use code blocks and not really learning much

[adyt]

how do I set a variable to anything :(

[TazkoHoZabit]

This visual coding in gamemaker is not good and is confusing and in this case code is way better. For visual you should focus how construct3 does it and advance it with bolt from unity, especially for states. This visual in gamemaker is really bad.