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Announcements

1. Forum Rules

In this forum you can find all the official announcements from the community administrators, as well as the rules of the forum.

The Community

1. Challenges,
2. Suggestion Box,
3. GMCJam

The Community forum is for discussions relevant to the GameMaker Community only. This includes news, publications and media as well as anything dealing with the GMC in general. Technical or programming questions should not be posted here.

Off Topic

1. Games Discussion Forum,
2. Forum Games

This forum is for introductions and open, friendly discussion of anything not related to GameMaker, and that is not against the forum rules.

Studio

1. GameMaker:Studio Development,
2. Android,
3. iOS,
4. HTML5,
5. Mac,
6. Windows,
7. Windows Phone,
8. Windows 8 (JS & Native),
9. Ubuntu (Linux)

This forum is for discussing technical problems related to GM:Studio and its different target modules.

Legacy GameMaker

1. Windows,
2. GM4Mac

This forum is for discussing technical issues regarding legacy versions of GameMaker for Windows and Mac.

Extending GameMaker

1. Extensions [GEX],
2. Scripts [GML],
3. Libraries [LIB],
4. DLLs [DLL],
5. DyLibs [DYLIB],
6. Javascript [JS]

Members may post questions about extending GM, and make requests for new extensions. Members may also post their own GEX extensions, GML scripts, DLLs and Libraries in the appropriate sub forums.

Questions and Answers

This forum is for posting questions, whether just asking for help or getting advice, when using GML or the Drag'n'Drop actions. More experienced users will help you.

3D Game Techniques

1. 3D Editable Examples

In this forum people can ask questions regarding the creation of 3D games with the 3D features available in GM from version 6 onwards. This forum is for advanced users only. If you are new to 3D, try the Questions and Answers forum first.

Advanced GML Discussion

This forum is for discussing advanced GML coding techniques and resolving complex programming problems. This is NOT a place to request code or examples.

Programming and Mathematics Discussion

This is a discussion forum -- NOT for posting simple questions. Discussion topics should involve GameMaker, general programming techniques, mathematics, and physics related to game making.

Teaching

Discuss and create courses, programs, and materials for teaching with GameMaker.

Student Area

School and university students

Projects

Promote and participate in scholastic competitions, science fairs, conferences, games, and videos.

Tutorials and Examples

1. Staff Choice,
2. Rejected Tutorials

This forum is for good, clear, concise and efficient tutorials and well documented examples that can be of great use to other GameMaker users. This forum is for resources answering frequently asked questions, NOT for questions.

Resources

1. Graphics,
2. Sound and Music

Want something? post here! Got something? Post in the sub-forums.

Game Ideas and Design

Develop existing game ideas or discuss more general design issues.

Distributing Games

Discuss techniques and strategies for distributing freeware, shareware, and commercial games.

Reviewer's Choice

GMC Review Team members post selected reviews of noteworthy GameMaker games here.

Sandbox

Discuss all things related to the YoYo Games Sandbox.

Completed Games

1. Windows Creations,
2. Mac Creations,
3. HTML5 Creations,
4. Android Apps,
5. iOS Apps,
6. Windows Phone

Announce and discuss finished GameMaker creations in these forums.

Works in Progress

1. Windows WIP,
2. Mac WIP,
3. HTML5 WIP

Discuss games that are incomplete and still under major development. Topics posted here MUST include a playable demo.

Web Site Announcements

Announce personal GameMaker websites here. No forum announcements allowed.

Team Requests

Request help from the GMC community for GameMaker projects. Members may also advertise their "skills for hire".