Heya guys, it's been awhile since I visited Sploder again, so I think a "blast from the past" would be nice. Here is my Sploder game. What do you guys think about it?
This isn't just any blog, this is a blog made by the man, the myth, the legend, Mr. Isaacs! It's a great resource filled with links to other sites, mostly about game based learning. Towards the bottom of the page you will find the Holy Grail to all Game Maker tutorials. There are literally dozens of tutorials, all created by none other than Sir Isaacs himself.
From YoYoGames Wiki Game Maker Scripts are used in Game Maker to execute code. A Game Maker script is basically a function, capable of taking arguments in, and returning a certain return value. The advantage of scripts over regular pieces of code is that they could be performed more than once, saving file size, memory, and also making the code simpler to read, understand, and edit.
This site contains a number of tutorials, some text based, some with videos to guide you through a number of skills and projects using Game Maker. The format seems easy to follow and most helpful.
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This Ben 10 game lets you build your own action games or play millions of games made by other players. The easy and intuitive level editor lets you quickly build awesome levels to challenge your favorite Ben 10 aliens.
Here is a brief list about different game development tools such as Construct2, StencylWorks, Adventure game Studio, among others.
This blog post is in Spanish.
Student game created with Sploder using the 3d mission game creator. Fun multi-level game with increasing challenge and ample weapons and powerups. The game incorporates the use of puzzles to open locks. Nice job.
Starting designers have often asked me what steps they should take in order to improve their projects and/or designs. A lot of the time it comes down to fundamental flaws that I see in a wide variety of projects.
This is a site informs about the different kinds of levels that you can create in your game. I think this is valuable because it tells you the basics of level designing.
The Scholastic Level Up program offers curriculum for grades 7 - 12 in video game design across the curriculum. The program focuses on the use of Gamestar Mechanic and Activate
Scratch is developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab, with financial support from the National Science Foundation, Microsoft, Intel Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Google, Iomega and MIT Media Lab research consortia.
Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.
Home of Fallen London and other Interactive Fiction based games. LIVE A STORY! CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY IN HUNDREDS OF INTERACTIVE WORLDS, ALL FOR FREE. You can also author your own text based games!