Learn to create a side-scrolling shooter game from scratch with GameMaker: Studio in this comprehensive beginner course led by industry expert Alan Thorn.
Dive into the fun of game development with this course that teaches you how to make your own old-school side-scrolling shooter. Alan Thorn, a seasoned pro, guides you through everything from the basics of GameMaker to launching your game on different platforms. It's gonna be awesome!
In this complete Intro course, we learn the entire process of building a side-scrolling shooter from start to finish!
In this complete Intro to GameMaker: Studio Course, instructor Alan Thorn takes us through the entire process of building an old-school, side-scrolling shooter game from start to finish! We'll cover everything you need from the ground up - all the way from first opening the software to deploying the game for iOS, Windows, or other mobile platforms! If you love retro, old-school video games, or are just interested in learning how to make your own, this course is for you!
(Students - please look under Section 1 / Lecture 1 downloads for the source files associated with the lesson.)
More about the Instructor:
Alan Thorn is a game developer, author and educator with 15 years industry experience. He makes games for PC desktop, Mobile and VR. He founded 'Wax Lyrical Games' and created the award-winning game 'Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok', working as designer, programmer and artist. He has written sixteen technical books on game development and presented ten video training courses, covering game-play programming, Unity development, and 3D modelling. He has worked in game development education as a visiting lecturer for the 'National Film and Television School', as a Lead Teacher for 'Uppingham School', and is currently a Senior Lecturer at 'Teesside University' where he helps students develop the skills needed for their ideal role in the games industry.
Learn how to build a side-scroller shooter game from start to finish
Learn all the basics of GameMaker: Studio to get you started making your own games
Use GameMaker: Studio to build and deploy your own games to iOS, Windows, or other mobile platforms
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Instructions are well described and demos are at a good pace.
I was quite disappointed with this course, chiefly because the instructor waffles on at such great length that I was able to have the videos running at 2x speed and still follow along without having to pause very often. Compared to another, and in my opinion much better, course on GMS I took (taught by Benjamin Anderson), it's somewhat unfortunate that this course often uses the drag-and-drop method rather than teaching the far more useful Game Maker Language (which the instructor here erroneously refers to as 'scripts', a different function altogether). There are also some rather dubious decisions made in creating the game itself; the main one I noticed was having to laboriously place the enemies in the room, meaning the game was the same every time, rather than using the quite simple method of having an enemy spawner, but there was also a complete lack of coverage on the parenting and inheritance system that's so useful in GMS, and certainly not beyond the grasp of a beginner. Finally it's a somewhat of a let down that several features (load/save, powerups) are hinted at by the assets supplied but not even the slightest clue is given as to how to implement these - the novice student is going to be put off by this lack of explanation.
I did enjoy this course and I made my version of this, however, you rushed it and you didn't finish some parts of the game like load game, save game, exit game, and how do you make transition from "mission complete" to next level and some other things. I would say this is an introduction to game maker studios and not so much of a game. When you say build a complete side-scrolled you should go through each step that you have created and you didn't.
Nice course that covers the basics of handling Gamemaker with the drag and drop interface as well as a tiny bit of scripting
This person is good at explaining what is happening, how it is happening, and when to use certain things. He, sadly, teaches you the MOST easiest way to do something. I say sadly because he uses certain tactics that can only be used in that certain area and is VERY difficult to implement other useful things. For example, I had to break my head for a couple of minutes to figure out how to reset the game when the player dies/wins. I have a decent amount knowledge is GMS, so it took me a couple of minutes to know what to do. For someone with a not a lot of knowledge would have a hard time knowing what to do. Also, this Course is incomplete, he DOES NOT teach you on how to implement code for the Save and Load button. Someone posted saying to show how to......that question/post was 2 years ago. 2 years ago!
TL;DR
So, that is why it is getting 3.5 stars because it is an okay course, but incomplete.
well explained
it is good
The instructor is very detailed in his explanation
Quick, easy to listen to, easy to understand, you'll get your game going in no time! Lessons end a little abruptly, though.
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