class 11- 4 directional movement

                                                              4 directions 

Today I continued on my test game, creating 4 directional movement on the player. To do this I drew a front,back,left,right views of the sprite. Then I coded each sprite to the a,d,w,s keys. I also played around with the physics, trying to create borders the player couldn't go past using collisions. Tomorrow I'm going to work on making the player movement more smooth and not so jumpy.



        

       

class 10

                                  Reading GML Code

At the moment my main struggle is learning GML code, I've never coded before so this is proving to be challenging but I am up to the task. My main source of learning to code is youtube theres tons of videos and tutorials on how to code with GML.so basically im just watching videos and testing out movement code. to test it out I'm not doing anything fancy I'm just making a basic room and placing block sprites in it to test the code out.

class 7 Animation

Today I worked on creating a walking animation for the character I created earlier, started with making a side view of the character. Then I made my first sprite into 3 images (front view,leftside view, rightside view). Then loaded those 3 into an animation but it sorta just turned into him spinning in circles very fast. I need to figure out how to bind each image of the animation onto a key on the keyboard.





 

class 6 Events

Basically I learned how to how to create events today through reading the info files in game maker.
The actions that game maker provides for the objects I create are being very useful but they limit what you can do, I've taken a look at the list of code, which to be honest looks a little overwhelming
but I'm looking forward to studying it and creating my own code in the future.

Tomorrow I will continue to read through the info files and learn more.
I'm starting to understand game maker and plan on starting an actual game of my own next week.

Now I have my own copy of game maker so my progression should speed up seeing as I can work on it a home.

class 5. More Reading

After starting the (side scrolling) GM game I ran into problems with creating scripts to control and interact with my game, so I've dug into the introduction folder of game maker and started reading all the info it has to offer. I am starting to build a better understanding of how to use this program and am confident that by the end of this week I'll be capable of continuing this game without anymore delays.

I also moved all my save data to my dropbox folder so there isn't any chance of it getting deleted.

Tomorrow I will be continuing studying all the functions of game maker.

Reading... Class 4

Today I began one of the GM tutorial games; which puts you through a step by step process and teaches you the basics of making the properties of a game. So far i have set a background and linked it to a new room, the sprites have been made and now im just working on setting their properties to suit my needs. This involves alot of reading to learn how to do.

Tomorrow i will be continuing with my reading and adding more to the tutorial game i have started.

class 3

Today i started my first game (it is yet to be named) at the moment its a learning curve, i was able to code movement and bind it to a key ex: x+=4.
I created a player model and was able to move him around a background.

My plan for today is to watch a couple youtube tutorials on beginner coding and opperating game maker studio.

After I watched an interactive video on building basic games in GameMaker I was able to build a simple background and add it to a room. 

Tomorrow my plan is to make sprite and add movement code to it so i can interact with it in my room.

Class 1

                                  It Begins 
Today is my first official day of infotech 12. I have chosen; with the permission of Mr Bilesky to complete an independent study. This is the beginning of my second semester and I'm looking forward to learning and enhancing my computer skills.
The last time I took a infotech course was in grade 10, so much of my work will have been self taught or learnt with the help of my good friend Jake who is doing independent study along with me.
The majority of this blog will consist of me learning how to code with the program (GameMaker-Studio).
At the moment all I have done is play around with GameMaker and create organized folders to store all my work.
For tomorrows class I will start my coding and will be posting all my progress on this blog site daily.


(watching youtube tutorials on how to code)