awesome-gamemaker
Game development library
A curated collection of libraries, snippets, guides, and projects for creating 2D/3D games using the GameMaker engine
A curated list of awesome libraries, snippets, guides, and projects for GameMaker.
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Awesome GameMaker / Getting Started | |||
| GameMaker Manual | |||
| GameMaker Release Notes | |||
| GameMaker Marketplace | |||
| Beginner GameMaker Tutorials | Tutorials from Shaun Spalding. A comprehensive introduction to basic features of the IDE. Highly recommended to check out the full playlist if you're a complete beginner | ||
| Advanced GameMaker Tutorials | Tutorials from DragoniteSpam that dive into more advanced topics related to the GML language. They also have comprehensive 3D and shader introduction videos | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Getting Started / Recommendations | |||
| Aseprite | For pixel art, is a popular alternative to the native sprite editor. 💸 | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Getting Started / Recommendations / Aseprite | |||
| Aseprite's source code | 29,492 | 8 days ago | can be compiled for free |
Awesome GameMaker / Getting Started / Recommendations | |||
| Git LFS | Schedule routine backups for projects. If you are dealing with larger media files in your repo, try | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Utilities | |||
| gm-core | Foundational utility suite and a great starting point for new GameMaker projects. Comes with quality of life methods, networking tools, testing framework, delta timing, and more | ||
| FAST | 30 | almost 3 years ago | Flexible Assistant Toolkit. Similar to gm-core but comes with input and resolution handling |
| Stitch | Pipeline Development Kit. Includes cross-project imports, batch-creating/updating sprites and sounds, texture page management, and more. Tested on Windows only | ||
| DDDEditor | 33 | 4 months ago | General purpose game editor |
| handytools | 63 | about 1 month ago | A collection of Juju's libraries in one convenient project |
| GameMaker Scaffolding | 10 | 11 months ago | Another cool all-encompassing template with a focus on building low-res, tile-based games |
| Iota | 38 | about 1 month ago | Lightweight timestep library |
| Stopwatch | 5 | about 2 years ago | GameMaker alarm replacement |
| wTimer | Robust alternative for alarms | ||
| FrogAlarm | 3 | over 2 years ago | Another easy alternative to GameMaker alarms |
| fuwafuwa | 6 | over 2 years ago | Easy-to-use timer system |
| Timer | 3 | over 4 years ago | Timer methods based on setTimeout and setInterval from JS |
| Broadcast | 13 | over 2 years ago | Event handling library |
| Polarca | 10 | 9 months ago | Interpolation functions |
| Twerp | Easing function similar to lerp() | ||
| Coroutines | 75 | 3 months ago | Asynchronous functions for GameMaker |
| GML-OOP | 28 | 7 days ago | A constructor library for operating the primary functionalities of GameMaker |
| GML-Classes | 13 | 7 months ago | Another project that adds OOP functionality to GameMaker |
| Map | 2 | over 4 years ago | Hash table implementations |
| Matrices | 4 | 9 months ago | A collection of matrix handling scripts |
| gm-stream | 7 | over 2 years ago | Data structure manipulation |
| Promises | 22 | over 1 year ago | An adaptation of JavaScript Promises |
| Destructors | 22 | about 2 years ago | Allows you to use ds_* types such as lists and maps inside of structs |
| SNAP | 89 | about 1 month ago | Easy data format saving and loading. Please note that newer versions of GameMaker contain and . However, if you are converting csv, ini, xml, etc, you may find this very useful |
| Dynamo | 31 | about 1 month ago | Dynamic data loader |
| LWO | 8 | over 3 years ago | Lightweight objects using structs |
| Gumshoe | 9 | 9 months ago | Simple deep file search function |
| Lock And Key | 8 | about 4 years ago | String and file encryption |
| Mathematical Scripts | 13 | over 1 year ago | A collection of math scripts |
| Seedpod | 26 | over 1 year ago | A collection of scripts to improve the GML programming experience |
| Trixscript | Juices up your game with useful functions | ||
| CoreExtension | 10 | almost 3 years ago | A collection of CC0 programming libraries. (archived) |
| Voxeledphoton's FreeGMScripts | 2 | almost 2 years ago | Additional GML helper functions. Some may be out of date with 2.3+ syntax |
| ForEach | 20 | about 4 years ago | Adds a foreach implementation for arrays, ds_lists, ds_maps, ds_stacks, ds_queues, ds_priorities and structs |
| DeepCopy | 12 | over 1 year ago | Deep clone class instances / constructed structs, anonymous structs and arrays nested in any order! |
| Motion Scripts | Provides replacement methods for built-in motion variables | ||
| Cottonwool | 14 | 4 months ago | Safe surfaces without memory leaks |
| Canvas | 13 | 5 months ago | Another great solution for surface management |
| zlib functions | Simple compression/decompression functions | ||
| Window Taskbar | Windows only. Flash the game window border and/or its taskbar button | ||
| GMSDLL | 14 | 5 months ago | A template project for building DLLs for GameMaker |
| Extension Collection | A suite of various extensions | ||
| GMLodash | 23 | almost 3 years ago | Functional programming in GML |
| Autoframer | 5 | over 3 years ago | Automatically handles resizing the game view across different display and window sizes |
| gameframe | 14 | 2 months ago | Custom window caption and border for Windows |
| GML+ | A script collection with a goal to "fill the gaps" in GML. 💸 | ||
| GMLive | Livecoding / interactive programming. 💸 | ||
| GMEdit | 314 | 21 days ago | Code editor to use in conjunction with GameMaker |
| YYP Maker | Makes files for you | ||
| Rubber | 30 | almost 4 years ago | Compile GameMaker projects via the command line. Here's a on how to use it |
| gml-highscorer | 6 | 3 months ago | Highscore and trophy system |
| SSave | 33 | 11 months ago | Simple file saving system |
| GMD3D11 | 19 | 7 months ago | A DLL for interfacing with Windows Direct3D |
| GMTimeLine | 3 | about 2 years ago | A pure code alternative to GameMaker timelines |
| Catspeak | 93 | 12 days ago | Cross-platform programming language for modding support |
| GMBenchmark | 24 | about 1 year ago | A tool to benchmark GML code |
| Agenda | 2 | over 1 year ago | Schedule and delay the execution of callbacks |
| GMSnip | Experimental tool to define unlimited code snippets in the IDE | ||
| Airkiver | 0 | about 1 year ago | Game file archive tool |
| OKColor | 42 | about 1 month ago | An okay color manager for implementing OKLab/OKLCH colors |
| Exception | 11 | over 1 year ago | A base class for custom exceptions |
| ArrayList | 14 | almost 4 years ago | The most complete list class. Garbage collected, fast sort function, [] accessor and referencing as an array |
| GM Sysinfo | 8 | 12 months ago | Cross-platform extension for getting system information and resource usage |
Awesome GameMaker / Debugging | |||
| rt-shell | 78 | over 1 year ago | Easy to use in-game shell. Create your own commands, command meta data, command suggestions, history, etc |
| Olympus | 16 | 6 months ago | Testing Framework |
| Crispy | 39 | 4 months ago | Unit testing in GameMaker |
| Snitch | 31 | about 1 month ago | Crash and logging system |
| DeerLog | Small log writer | ||
| gms2-test | 24 | almost 2 years ago | Unit testing framework |
| Meta | 7 | over 4 years ago | Runtime asset inspector |
| FPS Speedometer | Pretty framerate display | ||
| Duck | 12 | 10 months ago | A fast GML analyzer to enforce code styling and detect errors |
| Gobo | 23 | about 1 month ago | An opinionated code formatter for GML |
| Inspectron | 6 | 5 months ago | A fluent API for easily creating GameMaker debug views |
Awesome GameMaker / Input Handling | |||
| Input | 2 | 3 months ago | No nonsense gamepad/keyboard library |
| XeroInput | Another library to handle multiple inputs for a single action | ||
| InputCandy | 13 | 5 months ago | Similar to Input as it acts as a wrapper for SDL, but also provides testing, on-screen diagnostics, and some other UI components related to peripherals |
| Good Vibes | 18 | almost 2 years ago | Device vibration |
| Mouse Queue | 6 | 4 months ago | Tracks the Windows mouse pointer with high precision |
| Native Cursors | System-level custom cursors. 💸 | ||
Awesome GameMaker / User Interface | |||
| Scribble | 343 | 16 days ago | Efficient multi-effects text renderer |
| Scripture | Another easy to use, highly compatible text renderer | ||
| Chatterbox | 130 | 19 days ago | Narrative scripting tool |
| Textboxy | 65 | over 1 year ago | Simple textboxes |
| Crochet | 69 | almost 3 years ago | An interactive dialogue editor for writers and programmers |
| NotificationSystem | 34 | 11 months ago | Notifications in GameMaker |
| YUI | 51 | 17 days ago | A UI system with live reloading, template system, data binding, and a drag and drop feature |
| Guido | 23 | over 5 years ago | Simple immediate mode GUI framework |
| GMUI-Framework | 27 | over 3 years ago | A pure GML solution to structure and control your menus, drawing parallels to .NET UI |
| GMS2-UI-Library | 14 | almost 7 years ago | A Library Full of useful scripts for implementing your UI designs in GameMaker |
| Emu UI | 40 | 6 months ago | Common UI elements (text input, checkboxes, radio buttons, dialog boxes, etc) |
| Easy And Fast Menu | Simple implementation to have a menu up and running in seconds. Seems like a great fit if you're not looking for a bigger solution like GMUI | ||
| Pause Menu | Another smaller implementation but has a cool animation between menu options | ||
| Magpie | Generic Inventory System | ||
| ImGuiGML | DLL/GML wrapper of Dear ImGui | ||
| GUI Framework | GUI implementation from Niris Games | ||
| Menu Tutorial | FriendlyCosmonaut | ||
| Smart Clickable GUI | Pixelated Pope | ||
| zitk | 5 | over 2 years ago | Another interesting, Dear ImGui-inspired GUI toolkit. In development, but worth keeping an eye on |
| gooey | Sprite-based UI Library for GameMaker LTS | ||
| SimpleUI | 8 | 7 months ago | Minimalistic UI framework |
Awesome GameMaker / Localization | |||
| polyglot | 22 | 10 months ago | Localization library |
| gm-i18n | 14 | almost 2 years ago | Internationalization of texts simply and quickly, using JSON files |
| lexicon | 38 | about 1 month ago | Another localization solution focused on simplifying implementation |
| GMLocalize | 4 | over 2 years ago | Not a full localization solution. Extracts text strings for localization from a GameMaker Studio 2 project and saves it to a JSON file |
| Small Pentapop Localization Tool | 10 | over 2 years ago | Similar export tool to GMLocalize but exports to a csv |
| gms2-mofile | 3 | 11 months ago | Mofile reader used for localization |
Awesome GameMaker / Physics | |||
| Loj Hadron Collider | 38 | about 2 years ago | A robust, pixel-perfect collision engine |
| On Slopes and Grids | A tutorial to implement 45° slopes | ||
| GMS2 Platforming System | GameMaker implementation by Ben Allen and an expansion on Shaun Spalding's original 1.4 platformer tutorial | ||
| Inverse Kinematics Extension | 2 | almost 7 years ago | A library for working with inverse kinematics |
| Verlet Integration Library | Verlet integration by Sarek Lambert | ||
| GMVerlet-Integration | 10 | over 3 years ago | Verlet integration example used for visuals |
| Top-Down Movement & Collision | Robust object-based collision system from Pixelated Pope | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Sprites | |||
| AESnips | 9 | over 3 years ago | A sprite playback system |
| phgen | 2 | about 3 years ago | Placeholder asset generation |
| Disarm | 22 | over 1 year ago | A spriter skeletal animation at runtime |
| Spritely | 119 | 14 days ago | Image correction and cleanup for 2D video game sprites |
| PixelUpscaler | 26 | almost 3 years ago | Pixel art upscaling shader for awkward resolutions for GameMaker |
| ASESync | Automatically syncs aesprite files in GameMaker | ||
| conveyorbelt | 6 | about 1 year ago | Similar to ASESync. Export Aesprite files to GameMaker sprites |
| Collage | 21 | 3 months ago | Texture page builder and image manager. Mimics GameMaker's texture page packing while offering higher flexibility |
Awesome GameMaker / Audio | |||
| FML | 8 | almost 2 years ago | GameMaker bindings for the FMOD Studio API |
| FMODGMS | 62 | 9 months ago | This doesn't support everything FMOD has to offer and the project itself has been put on-hold |
| Echo/Delay Effect | Optimized delay effect. 💸 | ||
| wavload | 6 | about 4 years ago | Demonstrates how to externally load .wav files |
| audioExt | 4 | over 2 years ago | Sound External Loader/Unloader Manager |
| ExternalAudio | 0 | over 5 years ago | Load external .wav files at runtime |
| Phonix | 5 | over 2 years ago | Compact audio system. Great for dynamic music! |
| Vinyl | 46 | 19 days ago | Live updating audio system |
| LineAudio | 4 | about 1 year ago | Audio helper functions |
| Bard | 38 | 2 months ago | An engine for desiging and implementing good audio in GameMaker. Updated to make use of the more recent GameMaker audio effects |
Awesome GameMaker / Levels | |||
| LDtk to GMS | LDtk Importer | ||
| LDtkParser | 49 | 3 months ago | Advanced LDtk Importer |
| Room Data Inspector | 8 | almost 3 years ago | Collects room data and stores it into a JSON for later use |
| Random Dungeon Generator | 7 | over 4 years ago | Combines user-defined chambers to create a dungeon |
| Random Level Generator | 51 | over 6 years ago | A random level generation example (similar to Nuclear Throne) using GameMaker |
| Wave Function Collapse | Generates a random tile map but not production ready in its current state | ||
| Destructible Terrain | 29 | over 1 year ago | An example of collidable, destructible terrain in GameMaker Studio using surfaces and grids |
| Cellular Automata Caves | Generates huge caves in a few hundred milliseconds | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Particles | |||
| Particle Editor | Create particles with an easy UI and export into GML code | ||
| Particles Wrapper | 6 | about 2 years ago | A simplistic particle system wrapper that is designed to make creating particles fun and easy |
| Advanced Particles | A particle implementation that comes with it's own delta timing methods | ||
| Pulse | 17 | 11 months ago | A library to create more complex particle emitters, systems and particles |
| Burrn | 16 | 5 months ago | Built-in particle system that uses the particle asset built into the IDE |
Awesome GameMaker / Lighting | |||
| Bulb | 87 | about 1 month ago | 2D lighting and shadows |
| Lighting System 2D | 68 | over 3 years ago | Requires GameMaker 2.2+ according to the repo |
| GameMaker Lighting Engine | 27 | almost 6 years ago | Tile-based Lighting Engine that projects shadows |
| Lighting Systems | Very fast dynamic 2D lighting implementation from GrizzliusMaximus using shadow casting | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Shaders | |||
| TransFX | Transition Library | ||
| Post-Processing FX | 50+ high-quality, customizable effects. 💸 | ||
| BJRTFX | Zik's CRT Utility Shader | ||
| bktGlitch | Glitch shader | ||
| H O R R I - F I | VHS Shader | ||
| Depth Sorted Sillouettes | Example project to demonstrate shader-based depth sorting sillouettes. Tested on PC, Mac, HTML5, and Android | ||
| GMShaders.com | Shader tutorials from Xor. Originally hosted at "xorshaders.com" | ||
| 1PassBlur | 9 | over 1 year ago | Blur Shader with adjustable radius |
| Bokeh Blur | 13 | 9 months ago | Extension of the 1PassBlur which provides a different look. Similar to a real lens blur. Although it's much slower than 1Pass or Dual-Kawase |
| Dual-Kawase | 8 | 9 months ago | Blur Shader that limits radius but is very efficient |
| Xor's Halftone | A wonderful, versitile halftone shader. Lots of tweakable settings | ||
| Voronoi | 11 | over 2 years ago | Sampled pixels on a Voronoi diagram |
| Fire-Fun | 10 | almost 3 years ago | Some fun magic fireballs |
| Jump Flooding | Jump Flooding Algorithm for GameMaker made with shaders | ||
| Outline Shader | 20 | about 1 month ago | Outline shader |
| Chameleon | 15 | about 2 years ago | Palette Swapper |
| Xpanda | 14 | about 1 year ago | Include code from external files in your shaders |
| Shadertoy to GameMaker | Convert shadertoy.com GLSL shaders to run in GameMaker | ||
| Shader Tutorials | Gaming Reverends | ||
| Shader Tutorials | DragoniteSpam | ||
Awesome GameMaker / 3D | |||
| 3D-2D | 48 | over 1 year ago | Official tool to turn 3D models into 2D sprites |
| BBMOD | 91 | 8 days ago | 3D Rendering Solution. Comes with several modules to import obj, 3D camera setup, integration with ColMesh, and more |
| ColMesh | 3D Collision Library from TheSnidr | ||
| BSP 4 GMS | Import BSP files into GameMaker. Currently just a demo but worth keeping an eye on | ||
| dotobj | 40 | 9 months ago | Lightweight .obj/.mtl 3D model loader written in native GML |
| Bronze Box | 1 | over 2 years ago | Example of how to build 3D world models from a 2D grid |
| Camera3D | Simple 3D camera setup | ||
| Blender to GameMaker | A collection of scripts to export and import Blender models to and from GameMaker | ||
| DmrVBM | 28 | about 1 month ago | Import/Export tools to load vertex buffer data out of Blender and into GMS |
| Penguin | 3D model conversion tool | ||
| Three Mice In a Trench Coat | 9 | over 3 years ago | Source for a GameMaker 3D game |
| sPart | 3D Particle System from TheSnidr | ||
| Terrain Editor | Terrain editor. Exports to gm models, obj, or vertex buffers | ||
| Cardboard | 24 | 5 months ago | Isometric 3D Renderer |
| Snowy Snow | 3D Snow Shader | ||
| 3D Fragment Point Lights | 3D point lights using shaders. 💸 | ||
| 3D GameMaker Playlist | DragoniteSpam | ||
| 3D Collisions Playlist | DragoniteSpam | ||
| 3D Optimization Playlist | DragoniteSpam | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Sprite Stacking | |||
| Beginners Guide to Sprite Stacking | A primer on sprite stacking from Avis. Check out part 2 from dev_dwarf as well | ||
| Fauxton3D | Sprite stacking engine | ||
| Sprite Stacking Tutorials | Gizmo199 | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Networking | |||
| Warp | 132 | 21 days ago | A feature-rich framework for multiplayer games, written in GameMaker and Node.js |
| EZ Networking | Host/client implementation with a chat feature | ||
| Patchwire-GM | 32 | about 4 years ago | The network library from gm-core if you want to use this implementation without the entire gm-core suite |
| GMHandshake | A Gist demonstrating a network handshake | ||
| HTTP GML | 15 | 15 days ago | Recieve GET requests and upload files in GML |
| GMNest | 1 | about 2 years ago | Socket.IO extension for HTML5 games |
| MultiClient | 22 | 3 months ago | Non-dll, multiple client launcher for network development |
| Multiplayer Networking Tutorial | Wizirdi | ||
| Good GameMaker Rollback | Rollback netcode library | ||
| GM Networking | 2 | over 1 year ago | Very simple network code demonstration |
| Boomers Networking | 2 | over 1 year ago | Network library which mimics pre-GM:Studio favorite networking extension 39dll using GM native functions |
Awesome GameMaker / Integrations | |||
| DHook | 4 | 7 months ago | Discord integration |
| GMS2_RPC | 7 | 28 days ago | Another Discord integration |
| NekoPresence | Oops, all Discord integration | ||
| Steamworks.gml | 85 | over 1 year ago | Various expansions to Steamworks SDK support in GameMaker: Studio |
| Parworks | 3 | over 2 years ago | Additional functionality for the YYG Steamworks extension |
| GOG.gml | 11 | over 1 year ago | A native extension for GOG.com SDK support |
| GMTwitch | 68 | almost 3 years ago | Twitch integration |
Awesome GameMaker / Camera | |||
| GameMaker Cameras: As Simple as Possible | Pixelated Pope's guide on GameMaker's camera system | ||
| Camera System Guide | Getting started with cameras in GameMaker | ||
| Pixel Perfect Smooth Camera | 35 | almost 4 years ago | An example of pixel-perfect yet smooth camera |
| Dynamic Splitscreen | Local multiplayer split screen implementation that merges the camera when players are close | ||
| STANNcam | 34 | 6 months ago | Camera and resolution manager |
| Camera All-In-One | Editor, screenshake, view-resizing, follow modes, screen effects, etc. 💸 | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Sequences | |||
| Sequences Tutorial | Shaun Spalding | ||
| Making Splash Screen Sequences | Mash Arcade | ||
| DuplicateSequence | 12 | 3 months ago | Make a deep copy of sequence assets/structs for editing at runtime |
Awesome GameMaker / State Machines | |||
| SnowState | 145 | over 1 year ago | Robust finite state machine |
| FastSM | 6 | 9 months ago | Lightweight alternative to SnowState |
| wFSM | Another Easy-to-use Finite State Machine library | ||
| True State | Feature-rich finite state machine to handle complex objects | ||
| Pinocchio | 7 | 9 months ago | State-based animation system |
| BehaviorTree | 8 | 11 months ago | A simple behavior tree system |
| FSM AI | 3 | about 3 years ago | Finite state machine for NPC AI |
Awesome GameMaker / Pathing | |||
| Aquila | A* Pathfinding implementation | ||
| A-Star-Pathing | 7 | almost 4 years ago | Another A* pathfinding implementation |
| Grid-based Pathfinding Scripts | Flexible pathfinding system with 3 different algorithms | ||
| Pathfinding in graph | 4 | over 1 year ago | Shortest pathfinding system in (weighted) graph, using Dijkstra algorithm |
Awesome GameMaker / Useful Extras | |||
| Animated Flag | 9 | 6 months ago | Vertex-animated flag |
| Video Player Extension | Play videos. However, the latest version of GMS has video support | ||
| GMESCAPI | Webcam capture | ||
| Danmaku Project | 12 | over 3 years ago | Bullet hell engine |
| OrbinautFramework | 105 | about 1 month ago | Accurate framework to make classic Sonic games |
| Mouse Trail Effect | Shows how to trace a line with primitives to create a colorful trail | ||
| Starfield Generator | 27 | over 2 years ago | A script to generate starfields in GameMaker's GML language |
| CleanShapes | 39 | about 1 month ago | Antialiased primitives library for GameMaker |
| GMLScripts.com | Dozens of helper scripts, organized similarly to the official documentation | ||
| GM48 Resources | Free resources from the community to become better at GameMaker Studio, game development and game jams | ||
| GameMaker Kitchen | Another great resource for open source libraries, assets, and snippets | ||
| obj_podcast | Gamedev-centered podcast featuring members of the GameMaker community | ||
| Dracula Theme | 77 | 4 months ago | A dark theme for the IDE |
| Gruvbox Theme | 15 | over 2 years ago | A retro groove theme for the IDE |
| 2.3 Syntax in Detail | A full guide of the syntax features/changes in GML from Yal | ||
| GameMaker Garbage Collection | How garbage collection works in GML | ||
| GitHub Yacc to GML Fix | Tell GitHub your repo is all GML, not Yacc | ||
| GameMaker Repo Badges | 11 | over 3 years ago | Fancy badges to add to your README files |
| GameMaker Discord Community GitHub | Have you made a gamemaker tool you want to share? Consider submitting it to the official Discord's GitHub | ||
| Source Control with Git & GameMaker | FriendlyCosmonaut | ||
| Game Resolution & Aspect Ratio Management | Pixelated Pope | ||
| Setting up a Virtual Machine for GameMaker | MicahTheManiac | ||
| Making Attacks Feel Good | Blobfish | ||
| vim-GML | 6 | about 2 years ago | High quality Vim syntax highlighting for GameMaker |
| Rousr Release | Unmaintained projects from the Rousr team (in case anyone asks where OutsideTheBox/Dissonance went) | ||
| Tome | 7 | 5 months ago | Automatically generate documentation sites from GameMaker projects |
| Piano example | 8 | almost 2 years ago | Example of playing intrument notes by changing pitch, using only one audio file |
| Compatibility scripts | 1 | over 2 years ago | Scripts that are used by GM when importing GM:S 1.4 projects, taken directly from runtime files |
| Pause example | 4 | about 3 years ago | Simple example of a pause screen without using surfaces |
| Build Automation, CI/CD | Tutorial on using GitHub Actions as a CI/CD pipeline to automate building games | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Blogs | |||
| RefresherTowel | Contains several posts on level generation | ||
| Tony Str | Some great articles on working with JSON, regular expressions , and drawing circles in GML | ||
| Katsaii | Some articles on more advanced GML topics | ||
| Meseta on Game Dev | Seasoned GameMaker dev's thoughts on GameMaker concepts and libraries | ||
| Thoughts On GameMaker | 31 | 11 months ago | Not a traditional blog but has great info on different GML techniques |
Awesome GameMaker / YouTube | |||
| Jordan Guillou | Hobbyist indie dev with a few GameMaker-related tutorials | ||
| DragoniteSpam | Covers highly technical elements of GameMaker with a focus on 3D | ||
| Shaun Spalding | Previous community manager at YoYo Games. Has a wide variety of beginner-friendly GameMaker tutorials and helpful updates on new GameMaker features | ||
| FriendlyCosmonaut | Great playlist on building a farming RPG in GameMaker with several other tutorials | ||
| Pixelated Pope | Guides on GameMaker resolution management, cameras, GUI, and more | ||
| Xor | Tons of shader demonstrations with a focus on 3D | ||
| GamingEngineer | A GameMaker developer that has been in the community for many years. They have a wide variety videos showcasing what GameMaker is capable of, with a focus on 3D | ||
| TheSnidr | A lot of awesome 3D showcases and tutorials for GameMaker | ||
| Peyton Burnham | GameMaker tutorials for top-down shooters and RPGs | ||
| Gaming Reverends | If you want to learn foundational material regarding GameMaker shaders, the "Shaders for Hobby-Programmers" playlist is definitely worth checking out | ||
| Let's Learn This Together | Small indie dev company with a focus on providing GameMaker guides | ||
| Matharoo | Tons of free GameMaker tutorials and news about GameMaker | ||
| GravityShift Games | A couple of genre-specific GameMaker tutorials, integrating databases into GameMaker, and more | ||
| Slyddar | A channel dedicated to both DnD and GML tutorials | ||
| SamSpadeGameDev | In-depth coding tutorials for the hobbyist game maker | ||
| gentoo's iceberg Playlist | Series based on iceberg to display advanced programming ideas in GameMaker | ||
Awesome GameMaker / Footnotes | |||
| GameMaker Libraries | 2 | over 3 years ago | This is based on a list from and from Gleb Tsereteli with additional links/details |
| Awesome Gamedev | 2,423 | 7 days ago | If you need more general game development resources, check out or |
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