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How to Create a Platformer with a Story GameMaker Studio 2

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  • May 13, 2025
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How to Create a Platformer with a Story – GameMaker Studio 2, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.85, with 30 lectures, based on 98 reviews, and has 794 subscribers.

You will learn about Build a platformer with tile collisions Use finite state machines for input & AI Use surfaces & data structures Use marketplace assets to speed up development This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone new to GameMaker or Anyone who wants to learn how a platformer is made in GameMaker or Any user with basic GML knowledge It is particularly useful for Anyone new to GameMaker or Anyone who wants to learn how a platformer is made in GameMaker or Any user with basic GML knowledge.

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Summary

Title: How to Create a Platformer with a Story – GameMaker Studio 2

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 4.85

Number of Lectures: 30

Number of Published Lectures: 30

Number of Curriculum Items: 30

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 30

Original Price: $49.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

  • Build a platformer with tile collisions
  • Use finite state machines for input & AI
  • Use surfaces & data structures
  • Use marketplace assets to speed up development
  • Who Should Attend

  • Anyone new to GameMaker
  • Anyone who wants to learn how a platformer is made in GameMaker
  • Any user with basic GML knowledge
  • Target Audiences

  • Anyone new to GameMaker
  • Anyone who wants to learn how a platformer is made in GameMaker
  • Any user with basic GML knowledge
  • The Course

    Welcome! This course is about?creating a platformer in GameMaker Studio 2, using GameMaker Language (GML) coding.

    It covers many topics, from platforming with tile collisions and finite state machines to data structures and surfaces. Using the skills learned in this course, you can build?a complete platformer with your own story!

    Not only that, but the knowledge you gain through my lectures will benefit you in making any kind of game, no matter the genre!

    GameMaker Studio 2

    GameMaker Studio 2 is an amazing 2D game engine, made by YoYo Games. It is easy and effective to start with, and great to work with bigger &?advanced projects.

    About Me

    I have been with GameMaker for a long time, and I love making games. But more than that, I?love teaching others how to do so. I have been an instructor on Udemy for 2 years. I also have a website (GameDev Palace) and a YouTube channel (GameMakerStation). My courses have a 4.5+ star rating.

    Bonus

    With this course, you also get a free link to my pop-up textbox asset, which is a paid asset on the GameMaker?Marketplace. In the course, I also show you how to use it. It can prove very useful while making games!

    So, check out the trailer and the preview lectures to see if this course is for you.

    See you in the course!

    Course Curriculum

    Chapter 1: Introduction

    Lecture 1: Introduction

    Lecture 2: Important Notice About Reviews

    Chapter 2: Game Essentials

    Lecture 1: Section Intro

    Lecture 2: Update: Script Changes in GMS 2.3+

    Lecture 3: Platformer Movement & Tile Collisions

    Lecture 4: Camera & Animation

    Lecture 5: Attack State

    Lecture 6: Enemy AI

    Lecture 7: Enemy Knockback & Death

    Lecture 8: Fix: Enemy Falling

    Lecture 9: Lives & GUI

    Lecture 10: Player Hurt & Dead States

    Lecture 11: Coins & GUI

    Lecture 12: Sounds & Music

    Chapter 3: Building The Game Further

    Lecture 1: Section Intro

    Lecture 2: NPCs & Messages

    Lecture 3: More Levels

    Lecture 4: Debug: Score & Lives Reset

    Lecture 5: Platform, Detail & Water Tiles

    Lecture 6: Inventory Using DS List

    Lecture 7: Inventory GUI & Pause

    Lecture 8: Pause Surface

    Lecture 9: Boss

    Lecture 10: Locked Path

    Lecture 11: Boss Music

    Lecture 12: Main Menu

    Lecture 13: Text Intro

    Lecture 14: Saving & Loading

    Lecture 15: Parallax Background

    Chapter 4: Conclusion

    Lecture 1: Conclusion

    Instructors

  • How to Create a Platformer with Story GameMaker Studio 2  No.2
    Gurpreet Singh Matharoo
    GameMaker Mentor
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  • 2 stars: 1 votes
  • 3 stars: 7 votes
  • 4 stars: 34 votes
  • 5 stars: 54 votes
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