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[General Leo]

• Title: GML Tutorial
• Description: Teaches D&D users how to use coding instead.
• GM Version: GM6, GM7, GM8
• Registered: Not needed
• File Type: .rtf ("notepad" or "write" file -- open with any text editor)
• File Size: ~191KB
• File Link: GM language tutorial

Additional Info

If you know D&D (Drag and Drop) or at least the basic structure of game making, this tutorial will teach to how to easily advance into scripting your own GML (Game Maker Language) scripts with no previous experience! Hundreds of people now have PMed me or emailed me their success stories. My Easy-to-Learn GML Tutorial is the best out there because I teach as if you have no experience which helps ANYBODY understand scripting. I guarantee if you have a basic understanding of game making, you'll learn GML by reading my tutorial! Keep in mind scripting GML can be learned in a matter of minutes but takes years to fully master.

Also, as stated in the tutorial, this tutorial is meant to teach scripting for GM6, or higher and may not be completely correct for GM5.3 or below.

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Edited by icuurd12b42, 22 April 2012 - 05:54 AM.

[General Leo]

updated to version 5.1 which has some small corrections and improvements. It really helps when people PM me and tell me what they think!


If I get many more PMs, I may even make a tutorial on d&d or maybe one for flat out first time users for GM. Tell me what you think.

[Dragonfist028]

Great piece of work! any chance you could explain the switch and loop statements? Tnx in advance!

[General Leo]

Great piece of work! any chance you could explain the switch and loop statements? Tnx in advance!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Maybe, I'll think about it.



Now updated to version 5.2. I added a few more scripts and made (what I think) to be the last grammer and spelling mistakes.

I've also updated my email address and site at the bottom. My new site is PixelPerfectGames.com which is getting a MAJOR facelift soon.

Enjoy the new tutorial version!

Edited by General Leo, 13 February 2006 - 04:40 PM.

[Dragon2007]

anyway u can add the tutorial in text or microsoft works format?

[General Leo]

Guess what people, I worked on it even more! I included an updated font_add_sprite sprites incase any of you are actually using the old one. I found out the rest of the symbols and stuff so all the most common ones are included now.

I also made a ton more changes all over the place. Soo glad this is helping so many people.

Keep those PMs and emails comin.

I've had many people ask me to add multiplayer and 3D codes to my tutorial. I want to remind you all this is a beginners guide to learning GML, adding things like that would only confuse people more then they are before reading my tutorial.

Maybe I'll make an advanced GML tutorial? PM me if you think I need to write one. I just might make one if I get enough requests.

[Sir Kildar]

anyway u can add the tutorial in text or microsoft works format?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

[COLOR=orange][SIZE=7][FONT=Impact][U][I][B]
Dear G-leo
This tutorial RULES!!!!
i am now able to progress on my game series (MOI, a.k.a Myths of Inkorta ) by adding arrow types and quantities, creating bars that when they reach a certain level can increase the players health, making enemy healthbars, allthanks to you! there is one problem.... i am not very good at text , i have looked around and not found 1 single thing that does codes as text, i will be able to make small text boxes but not very professional! please, please,PLEASE! put on something that could help me with my text problems,
S.Kildar
p.s. Did imention i couldn't understand GML language until now!

[jc84144]

anyway u can add the tutorial in text or microsoft works format?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

[COLOR=orange][SIZE=7][FONT=Impact][U][I][B]
Dear G-leo
This tutorial RULES!!!!
i am now able to progress on my game series (MOI, a.k.a Myths of Inkorta ) by adding arrow types and quantities, creating bars that when they reach a certain level can increase the players health, making enemy healthbars, allthanks to you! there is one problem.... i am not very good at text , i have looked around and not found 1 single thing that does codes as text, i will be able to make small text boxes but not very professional! please, please,PLEASE! put on something that could help me with my text problems,
S.Kildar
p.s. Did imention i couldn't understand GML language until now!

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Yeah could we have somthing on Text boxes please

[Sniffy]

Any chance I can get a list of functions?

[Bloodveld]

Woah. This is amazing. No, I haven't read it yet (XD), but I did skim it. What I really like about this tut is that instead of just saying "This code is the same thing as this D&D button" and leaving it at that, it explains a bunch of stuff with a good amount of detail, like arrays.

Awesome job. (Also, this forum needs a clapping emote.)

[Anubis208]

This is so awsome. I have been doing 3-d off of other people's scripts, but now I can actually make my own!!!!! This is the best, clearest tutorial on GM: that I have ever seen. I can actually understand it!!!!!!!!!

[RPG_fan_attic]

Nice, im going to read this coz my brother is the 1 that puts code into my game, its time i learn code

[cred13]

i used this to learn gml... it's very good!

[ideweever]

thanks alot for this tutorial it really helped me alot. ive been trying to learn how to write some scripts but didnt know what all symbols mean.

[Dany]

Ok,that's good,but AT ALL it not explains it!

[freaked]

thanks alot for this tutorial it really helped me alot.  ive been trying to learn how to write some scripts but didnt know what all symbols mean.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

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thanxthanx thanx *100000 I FINNALY LEARNT GML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :

[shomon]

Thanks

it's a good tutor ^ ^

[General Leo]

Thank you all for the replys. I made this tutorial a long time ago now and to this day, I still get people messageing me telling me my tutorial is the best and easiest way to learn GML.

THANK YOU ALL for helping spread the word. I love hearing that my tutorial has helped so many people start to write their own scripts. I'll see if I can't work on the tutorial some more sometime.

[Spector_Slayor]

This is the best free tutorial ever made in my opinion....

[General Leo]

hey guys, just uploaded version 6.1 of my tutorial. I noticed some of my links were going bad so I erased them and put my paid host to ensure it will work for a long, long time.

Glad my tutorial is continuing to help all of you.