Game Maker Studio tutorials

This collection of Gamemaker Studio tutorials quickly covers basics before diving into programming concepts. As tutorials progress, they will take you through basics of programming using Game Maker as a tool to learn coding. These make very limited use of drag and drop features, but explain fundamentals of coding instead.

This entire series is meant for people with little knowledge of programming who are interested in learning coding. Content includes basic concepts, understanding common mistakes and aspects I found challenging when I learnt all this, and practice opportunities to build on each tutorial’s content. It assumes no prior knowledge of programing of any kind.

Articles in this collection

Gamemaker Studio Horizontal Shooter - Basics - Creating sprites

In this tutorial, we'll learn to create sprites for a side scrolling space shooter game in Game Maker Studio.

Par Cornelia,Cornelia le 2021-04-01

Gamemaker Studio Horizontal Shooter - Basics - Creating a room

In this tutorial, we'll learn to create a room for a side scrolling space shooter game in Game Maker Studio.

Par Cornelia,Cornelia le 2021-04-02

Gamemaker Studio Horizontal Shooter - Basics - Creating a player character

In this tutorial, we'll learn to create a player object that the player can move around for a side scrolling space shooter game in Game Maker Studio.

Par Cornelia,Cornelia le 2021-04-03

Gamemaker Studio Horizontal Shooter - Basics - Prevent the player from leaving the screen

In this tutorial, we'll learn to add some code so the player character can't move outside of the room boundaries in Game Maker Studio.

Par Cornelia,Cornelia le 2021-04-03

Gamemaker Studio Horizontal Shooter - Basics - Scrolling backgrounds

In this tutorial, we'll learn to create a background image and using as a scrolling background in a side scrolling space shooter game using Game Maker Studio.

Par Cornelia,Cornelia le 2021-04-03