Fangame Mini-Tutorials Topic

Basically this is a topic where you can post tutorials open-source, written, graphical, or whatever format you feel like.

It's intended for things that are more complex (or less obvious in execution) than something like basic scrolling or lives or whatever, yet are too simple or short to be uploaded the main site. Your tutorials do not have to require a certain program; general tutorials that can help with any program or language are fine.

If you want to make a tutorial, but have no idea what to make, try the Overlooked Fangame Concepts topic

Hopefully this will cut down on some of the help topics, as long as people READ the FAQ, that is.

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So anyway, here are a couple of mine (which show the different explanation options):
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SMB-style scrolling (one-way) For some reason, I have the feeling something like this is already on the main site, but whatever
Target applications:

SMRPG Battle Menu Base Technically I could upload this, but hell if I'm going through commenting it
Target applications:
Event List for all versions MMF2/TGF2 open-source

This post has been edited by Xgoff on Sep 7 2008, 02:25 PM

I have one here

SMB/Seconds Timer Most of you must be knowing this, but just in case. Speed of timer is not exactly like SMB
Target Applications:
If it doesn't work on 5, please tell me.
Make a new object and call it objTimer (or whatever, your preference)
objTimer's Create Event:
Execute a piece of code

objTimer's Alarm 0 Event:
Execute a piece of code

objTimer's Draw Event:
Execute a piece of code

And finally, the reason I made this global.
Player who you want to kill when time runs out
Player's Step Event:
Either:
Execute a piece of code

or
If a variable has a value

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*drag_and_drop_killage*
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This topic will come in handy.

so anyway

Simplest oneway platform code:

Target Applications: Game Maker 6/7 (maybe 5)

To character's collision event with oneway platform:

replace "character" with the name of the main character object (Mario, Yoshi etc...).

IMPORTANT: ONEWAY PLATFORM OBJECT MUST NOT BE SOLID

To character's Step event:

This post has been edited by Ultramario on Sep 3 2007, 11:51 PM

Fastloops for fun and PROFIT!!! (ie ways to use them)
Target applications: (this can be done in TGF1 but it requires the Fastloop object)
REQUIRED: Overlay (preferably Redux but whatever)

Moving horizontal platform:

Target Applications: Game Maker 6/7 (maybe 5)

Platform's Step Event:

Character's Collision with Platform:

If Platform is solid:

If Platform is not solid:

this needs sticky

jump to position (self.x, other.y-character.sprite_height)>

ULtramario

It keeps asking for ")"

What do I do?

What would I need to do to make this work?

Character's Collision with Platform:

If Platform is solid:

If Platform is not solid:

I cant get this to work. Can you maybe write it in the code exactly

This post has been edited by Elyk19 on Jun 22 2007, 09:14 AM

Mario-Themed Enemy Movement
Creates a looping movement similar to that of a mario-related enemy.(Clickteam basic path movement tutorial)
Target applications:

Just give the enemy a continuing path movement and set speed. This serves really well in placing enemies in certain areas of levels.

Slash Commands for Online Projects
This is an example .mfa file that shows you how to make simple slash commands such as "/me" or "/help". Uses the String Parser 2 object and the IfElse Nest object to keep things tidy. String Parser 2 comes with the first MMF2 bonus pack, you can get IfElse Nest here.
Target Applications:

Attached File ( Number of downloads: 28 )
 slashcmds.zip

Hey this topic is useful >:(

oh and i'm working on another one right now so

Whats up with the sudden influx of good topics?!

Making animated tiles in GM


Create several new layers of tiles in the room editor for a room, one for each frame in the tile animations. Don't use any layers for this that are the same as ones you're using for NON-animated tiles, or else things will get messed up. For example, let's say you're not already using Layer 2000000 for other tiles or backgrounds; in that case you could make Layers 2000000, 2000001, 2000002, and 2000003 for animated tiles with 4 frames, if you wanted the tiles to be at that depth compared to tiles in other layers. (If you wanted them to appear in front of other tiles, you could use some smaller depths than other layers have, like 5000, 5001, 5002, and 5003, for example.) Anyway, in each layer put in all the tile "frames" that you want to put in, making sure to put a different frame in each layer. If you put a tile in one place on one of these layers, but don't put a different animation of that tile in the same place on another layer, then things will get messed up, just like if there were a blank frame of a sprite.

Now, in whatever controller object you're using to put the code for the tiles in, add several alarm events (the same number as the number of frames for the tiles). Add code similar to this to the Create event of the object:

Replace the depth values with your own depth values, of course, and replace the 5 with whatever number of steps you want between each frame change.

In the Alarm 0 event, put code similar to this:

In Alarm 1, put something like this:

In Alarm 2, something like this:

For a 4-frame tile animation, you would cycle back to the beginning at this point, in Alarm 3. So just put the same code you put in the Create event.

Naturally, for different numbers of frames you would do things differently; the above example only applies to 4-frame animations. If you wanted only 2 animations, only Alarm 0 and Alarm 1 events would be necessary, as you would cycle back to the beginning after that. And obviously, you would change the number of lines of code for showing/hiding layers depending on the number of layers/frames.

Also, you can extend this to make sets of tiles in the same room that have different numbers of frames and loop at different times. Simply add completely different layers for each frame of each set of animating tiles (so that codes for the separate sets don't interfere), make more than one controller object to control the different sets (or use the same one with a lot of alarm events), and use different alterations of the code samples posted above in the different objects.

Basic Level Editor: Probably too simple to be really useful, but it at least gives you an idea of how to make one
Target Applications:
http://star.walagata.com/w/supermetalmario/leveditor.rar

Jumping in Game Maker 6/7

We need two objects for this. Object A jumps and Object B is solid ground (therefor Object B should be solid object).

Object A Step Event:

Object A Collision Event with Object B:

Object A Key Press Event for "Insert jump key here" Key:

This post has been edited by Ultramario on Oct 20 2007, 04:26 AM

Someone make a Mini-Tutorial for game maker 6 or 7

That would require far more than a mini-tutorial. Besides, there are plenty of resources for learning to use those programs (like the Help file included with the programs themselves, as well as tutorials on the GM site), and you have to take the time to read extensively about how to use the programs if you want to be any good with them.

SMW-style fadeout
Target applications:

Objects needed: Active Overlay ("Fade"), Overlay Redux ("Overlay")

1. Move Overlay outside the frame, and resize Fade to the window's size and position it at 0,0

2. In Overlay's Setup menu, make sure the Transparent Mode radio button is selected

This post has been edited by Xgoff on Sep 1 2007, 05:24 PM