GameMaker July Update - New Debugger Features, Bug Reporting + More!

GameMaker has just released their latest update to GameMaker for July 2023! It's got some big changes, plus some really great quality of life ones to make it easier for newbies and veterans to use. Check out my impressions here!
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[@pinatranaves]

Nice! Now the 351 suggestions leave me with a heavy conscience. Time to work on it.

[@XenusYard]

The struct "shorthand", mentioned at 4:30, is - for those who didn't really get it - a faster and cleaner way to create a struct with field names that mirror already existing variables. So, for instance, let's say you have variables "name", "age" and "job" and you want to "pack" them into a struct. Previously, you would have had to do this: person = { name: name, age: age, job: job } Which is more long-winded than you would hope. Now, however, you are able to shorten the code to just this: person = { name, age, job } Notice how you don't have to type out matching variables twice, instead you do it just once, halving the amount of code you have to write for the struct body. Not necessarily a very common feature to require, but a neat one nonetheless.

[@_bubblezzzzzz_]

nice

[@CptSamel]

"Feather is enabled by default" I have no idea what Feather is. 😒 Also I think the best update GM could make, ever, is to do away with visual coding and just use scripting. I'm a beginner and I find the visual language far more cumbersome and baffling to use. Having two languages splits resources for tutorials. I'll see a new tutorial and get pumped to do it... and then discover it's a visual coding tutorial

[@XenusYard]

Feather is essentially a helper interface for writing code. It includes autocompletion, error checking, advanced tooltips that allow you to hover over variables, assets and functions to view a more detailed information about them, and more. You can learn about it by searching "Feather features" on the official manual. One great way to utilize Feather to your advantage is to add JSDoc comments. They allow you to add information about your custom functions, such as their description, list of arguments with corresponding data types and explanations, which will then be readily available for you just one hover away, eliminating the need to scour and scrutinize your code in order to refresh in memory what it does and what it requires to work. Once again, you can learn about it by searching "JSDoc Script Comments" on the manual.

[@Mk2kRaven]

Gamemaker also went woke in June as well.