I checked these two settings:Ĭhecking these two settings simplifies the structure of the JSON object I’ll be working with inside GameMaker.Īs you can see, leaving this setting unchecked creates another layer of nesting. I used Export Sheet Data to export my items as a JSON object. Some of them are restricted to certain classes, and Google Sheets lets you restrict choices in a particular field to a predefined list of options so you don’t make typos or introduce inconsistencies where you didn’t want them. The items are arranged in rows, and they have a collection of stats. The runtime powering your games is insanely fast allowing you to develop your ambitious ideas. Creating the items spreadsheetįor the items themselves, I created a spreadsheet in Google Sheets. Construct 3 can leave other engines in the dust. There’s quite possibly a better/easier way to do this than the method I’ve cobbled together here. It's Newgrounds Zero Hour, been through 3 programmers that basically flaked or hardly. I may need a programmer to help with the game.
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I'm working with Drag and Drop and some code but it's quite confusing. Learn how to program games using GML (Gamemaker Language).Note: I’m pretty new to GameMaker, and I’m documenting my findings as I go for future reference and ease of sharing with friends who are also using GameMaker. (edited Dec 5, 2020) I'm trying to learn Gamemaker Studio 2, but the creators keep changing things and have outdated tutorials. This feature calls for two separate data structures: one to hold all of the game’s items, and one to hold the items the player has in their possession. The game itself might have hundreds or thousands of items (in theory), but the player is likely to have just a small selection of the available items in their inventory. – that grant stats and can be won via quests, managed in an inventory, and assigned to individual heroes. I wanted to add the concept of “items” to my game – stuff like swords, armor, etc. I’ve been building a hobby project in GameMaker Studio 2 for about a month now. In this article: creating a Google spreadsheet of items for my RPG-style GameMaker game, exporting the spreadsheet as JSON, importing the JSON into GameMaker Studio 2, processing the item data into a usable format, and managing the player’s collection of “owned” items.
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