1. GAME:IT Intro to Game Maker Studio

2. GAME MAKER STUDIO  This course uses a program called Game Maker Studio  Game Maker Studio is an “open source” software which is free & available for everyone to use  Game Maker Studio is for beginner programmers & includes great tutorials and wonderful forums and Help documentation.  Game Maker Studio let’s you do much of the programming just by clicking on icons (like using Windows). NOT all game programs work like this. GAME:IT - Game Maker Studio

3. GAME MAKER Studio  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 one of these three languages) GAME:IT - Game Maker Studio

4. Game Maker Studio is a free version of the program. You will see the following screen when you first open Game Maker Studio. If this is a new project you'll want to click the New tab at the top. Project directory is your file path to where you will be saving. Project Name is your creation.

5. You have all these choices Game Maker Studio

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

7. Edit tab contains these menu selections.

8. *The Resources tab contains these menu selections.

9. *Scripts 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. Run in Debug Mode--Run the game in debug mode 7. Stop Web Server--Cancel compilation of your game 8. Clear project asset Compile cache--Will clear the current asset compiler cache 9. Sprite--Create a sprite 10. Sound--Create a sound 11. Background--Create a background 1 2 3 456 7 8 91011 1213 14 15 Quick Toolbar 16171819 20

14. 13. Create Script--Let's you add custom code to the game 14. Create Font--Creates a custom font to reference 15. Create Time Line--Create when something happens at a exact time 1 2 3 456 7 8 91011 1213 14 15 Quick Toolbar 16171819 20 16. Object--Create an object 17. Room--Create a room 18. Change Global Game Settings--Customize game settings 19. Select Extension Packages--Easy access to any extensions you have 20. Help--Show help on Game Maker 12. Create Path--Creates a path for object(s) to follow