1. GAME:IT Intro to Game Maker

2. GAME MAKER  We will be working on software called Game Maker  Game Maker is an “open source” software – that means it’s free & available for everyone to use  Game Maker is for beginner programmers & includes great tutorials and wonderful forums and help documentation.  Game Maker let’s you do a lot of programming just by clicking on commands (like using Windows). NOT all game programs work like this. GAME:IT - Game Maker

3. GAME MAKER  You will program using GML language – which is unique to Game Maker  GML is an “object oriented” programming language which makes modifying a project easier  Java, C++ and C# are other common object oriented computer programming languages (most of the internet, games and mobile apps are programmed using 1 of these 3 languages) GAME:IT - Game Maker

4. Game Maker Lite is a free version of the program. You will see one of the following screens when you first open Game Maker. Simply click on the Continue Using the Lite Edition button if you see this screen Or click the red X in the upper right corner if you see this screen.

5. *Game Maker in Simple Mode *Limited to these choices

6. *Game Maker in Advanced Mode There are more options

7. *The game has in-depth menus and quick icons. *File tab contains these menu selections.

8. *Edit tab contains these menu selections.

9. *The Resources tab contains these menu selections.

10. *Run tab contains these menu selections.

11. *The Window tab contains these menu selections.

12. *The Help tab contains these menu selections.

13. 1. New Game--Create a new game 2. Open--Open an existing game 3. Save--Save the game 4. Stand Alone--Create a stand-alone executable for your game 5. Run--Run the game 6. Debug Mode--Run the game in debug mode 7. Sprite--Create a sprite 8. Sound--Create a sound 9. Background--Create a background 10. Object--Create an object 11. Room--Create a room 12. Information--Change the game information 13. Change the global game settings 14. Upgrade to Pro Edition 15. Help--Show help on Game Maker 1 23 4 5678910 11 121314 15 Quick Toolbar