We're also going to learn how to write scripts for commonly-used or important code. It may take a little longer to implement one (especially if you're drawing your own from scratch), but the results are well worth it. Fortunately, Game Maker supports sprite fonts. You also run the risk that the player doesn't have the font installed on their computer or their computer renders the font slightly differently. You can easily use Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Verdana, or some other standard system font, but it looks cheeseball and people will notice. Unfortunately, as a game developer you can spend a lot of time working on them. The player might not spend much time thinking about them when they're done well, but they stick out like a sore thumb when they're done lazily. these are really important aspects of a game. Okay, text boxes, menus, user interfaces.
This time, we're dealing with some REALLY interesting stuff. Introduction Last time, we made the screen scroll and added stars to the background and other boring junk like that. We're also going to learn about scripts, which are player-created functions. In this fourth part, we're going to add a simple title screen with some text on it and add a HUD to the game. Abstract: We're making a simple, one-level side-scrolling shoot 'em up using Game Maker and GML. Game Maker For Beginners: Part IV Main Topics: Sprite Fonts, HUDs, Scripts Level: Total newb to Game Maker (that has read the previous tutorials).
