GameMaker: The Right Way

[@alef-0]

The background and frame rate issues, coupled with the fact that for these kind of softwares you need an old version of windows gives you a "Just found this on the old computer in the attic" vibe.

[@inqurity]

You forget that almost all games used midi music

[@UltimatePerfection]

1:50 And now it's free again (for non-commercial purposes). What a ride.

[@mrmimeisfunny]

Technically, dynamically creating a string and then running its contents is not self modifying code. It is only self modifying if you modify the code while it is running. Not if a string is compiled and run.

[@rogervanbommel1086]

True, python also has this in the form of compile()

[@DamianKomorowski]

But still, GameMaker had a way of running any cede from a string. You could load text files and run code included, or even make a text input that will run it as a code. It was wild

[@rogervanbommel1086]

@@DamianKomorowski yes, though many interpreted languages have this, python and JavaScript are examples

[@emaaaaax]

can't you ask the user for an input string and then use that string as code? that sounds like what you said self modifying is

[@mrmimeisfunny]

@@emaaaaax but you still can't modify the string using the code in the string.

[@Patashu]

4:36 While this checkbox is indeed gone in GMS2, you can now use the variable_global_exists() to have different behaviour depending on if a global has been defined yet or not. This is a beautiful abuse of GMS2's reflection. I love it!

[@iProgramInCpp]

he does a bit of trolling when hes lile 'Let's Make Everything GLOBAL!!!! Hoooorraaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!!!"

[@compactmess]

GameMaker and Pivot were the absolute shit in primary school

[@snesmocha]

they only taught scratch....... *crying* i envy that generation...

[@tux1468]

Cool, now recreate the entirety of Undertale with this restriction.

[@Truttle1]

I've heard that the real Undertale code has a switch statement with hundreds of cases.

[@nokutokamomiji]

@@Truttle1 It does.

[@Orincaby]

@@Truttle1 yandere simulator 2

[@arjix8738]

@@Orincaby nah, yandere sim is widely known for not chaining if statements together. if (smth) {} if (smthElse) {} Instead of if (smth) {} else if (smthElse) {} A switch case is the equivalent of chained if statements, so Undertale did nothing wrong.

[@MCChubbyUnicorn]

This is what going me into programing too. I started when she was around 10 and started making "games" all the time, eventually not even using the drag and drop, but instead getting really good in GML. I used to be fluent, but now I am not

[@Truttle1]

Discord: discord.gg/EKPBjjUc65 Also the currency used on the GameMaker webpage was set to the Philippines because it shortened to PHP.

[@Blue-Maned_Hawk]

Good stuff.

[@IceMetalPunk]

So, uh... if you use background_index instead of room_set_background, you won't have to restart the room. Modifying the current room is done by setting reserved variables, the room_* functions modify the *room resource* which only take effect the next time the resource is loaded. So that part could have been a bit easier for you :D

[@Brony22]

in the gamemaker 5 era of gamemaker i remember creation code games were a type of challenge, there was a website that had some. one neat one was a simple platform game.

[@inqurity]

I loved that program! Also, Undertale was made in GameMaker, GMS and GMS2. However, Undertale demo was fully made in GameMaker. And that's different programs, so there is an error on 1:45, because old GameMaker you're talking about in the video is not officially supported anymore

[@millennium48]

Truttle, GAMEMAKER IS FREE AGAIN

[@finlayl2505]

Hynospace outlaw music, you are an absolute legend!

[@martialmusic2351]

No more waiting new video here!

[@michelles.3835]

i stumbled on your channel with your C video, then watched your video on Forth. it's all somewhat cursed and this is no exception. i love it

[@Truttle1]

Welcome! But what do you mean by "cursed"?

[@michelles.3835]

@@Truttle1 you know, despite using that slang for years, that is a surprisingly hard question to answer. urban dictionary's best definition is "a metaphysical version of jank" (ie: "your shelf-mounted computer monitor is a bit cursed")

[@darkelwin02]

Very nice to see some love for GML! And holy shit, I know about string code execution, but adding events? Never fails to suprise me

[@tompov227]

this was so fun (and chaotic) I love it

[@LiEnby]

This is .. i love everything about this

[@AlexFox-kf9wl]

I was wondering if something like this was possible in GMS. This is a nice video! I wish there more videos in a format for this about GameMaker (or at least GMS2), to be honest.

[@phoenix_the_fox]

i love the way u spin the turtle it go wheeeeeee

[@rozbrajaczpoziomow]

Yay my fav esolang youtuber makes a video! After a month.... But these videos are high-quality and propably also take a LOT of time to animate so i'm not really suprised tbf. Anyways, Great Video!

[@EdKolis]

I discovered recently that a game I made (not with Game Maker) crashes when you start it if you don't have a sound card or your sound card is disabled...

[@huntabadday2663]

In my 9th grade class we used scratch instead of gamemaker

[@NickDerMitHut]

Yes and scratch is fucking shit, and even this pisseasy thing was too much for some people in my class, I would want to know how lost they would have been if they had to write some actual code

[@huntabadday2663]

@@NickDerMitHut Damn, calm down dude

[@NickDerMitHut]

@@huntabadday2663 sorry bout that, I just really wanted to work with something else. I was using gmk before so maybe it was because of that

[@radthadd]

This makes me miss th GM Sandbox

[@_fluffyy1028]

I want to see SeaSort!! (If it's actually real, of course)

[@Truttle1]

Seasort's efficiency as shown on the chalkboard is literally impossible

[@imlxh7126]

@@Truttle1 So he's trying to make a pessimal sorting algorithm? That sounds like something he'd do.

[@angel-ig]

@@imlxh7126 That wouldn't be pessimal: O(n) would be super efficient. It's mathematically impossible, though

[@imlxh7126]

@@angel-ig ahhhh. cool i am bad at math 🙃

[@animowany111]

@@Truttle1 What do you mean impossible? Radix-like sorts have linear complexity. Just say n is the number of bits instead of 'things' to sort, and it becomes actually linear again

[@cst1229]

0:55 I thought the gray blocks were the walls and the wood the floor?

[@swordofkings128]

Hypnospace outlaw music ftw

[@QTpyeRose]

4/10 needs more dimensions

[@Jono997]

Also apioforms. It needs apioforms.

[@Blue-Maned_Hawk]

If I were to break the rules of the Discord server here, would I be punished on the Discord server despite this being a separate jurisdiction?

[@Jono997]

@@Blue-Maned_Hawk Probably. It's still the Truttle1 community. Though I think you'd be given a free pass if you did so a reasonable amount of time prior to joining and didn't do anything too heinous.

[@SoulSukkur]

hypnospace outlaw music is always welcome

[@angrychallenge]

This video premieres at 2am for me

[@arjix8738]

Ayy, you in Germany or smth? It's at 3 am for me!

[@angrychallenge]

@@arjix8738 no I'm not from Germany but I'm from Europe

[@SSoup64]

3 AM for me

[@pw994]

same

[@EnderCrypt]

actually, im pretty sure game maker is free again, only thing you cant do in the free version is compile executables

[@DylanMatthewTurner]

I once made a GameMaker game that loaded all its code from a single file like it was an interpreter lol Out of curiosity, why did you use a virtual machine? GM8 and GM8.1 run on modern windows 10, and they run in wine.

[@Truttle1]

I once tried to add a feature like that to a multiplayer SimCity clone I made in 2015 or so, in order to create Expansion Packs. It used "execute_string", which I'm pretty sure was listed on the YoYoGames site as a feature to avoid at all costs.

[@DylanMatthewTurner]

@@Truttle1 Speaking of the YoYoGames site, in case you didn't know, you can use the wayback machine to go download some of your old games if they're uploaded there.

[@Truttle1]

I actually have an unreleased pilot from early 2017 for a planned series where I went through the YoYo archive and rate the games... I wonder if I should upload it...

[@Truttle1]

Also, I used the VM because I used to use GameMaker 8.1 on XP and wanted to emulate that experience.

[@Rakeem-osa]

Gms is free again! Yay!

[@rose_no]

Is this a series?

[@Truttle1]

Maybe, but I need more ideas

[@nx_vt]

I've been waiting for this for a long time...

[@_fluffyy1028]

Suggestion: maybe you could do Stack Cats?

[@meepwagon8031]

9th grade computer class? I had a 9th grade agriculture class lol. Wish i had a computer class instead

[@AlvinBalvin321]

nowadays they teach scratch in school

[@Minibloxia_mini]

how do i get gamemaker8.1 standard

[@Truttle1]

Piracy I bought it legitimately back in 2012, but you can’t buy or even activate a bought copy legitimately anymore…

[@Minibloxia_mini]

@@Truttle1 Can you publish games with this piracy software. Also can you send me a link to download it?

[@TheLucaz37]

...you know gamemaker has 1.5 coding (mostly block-line coding) when you go to a objects properties. right??? i made MeatBall with those.

[@davidgari3240]

I had to dial the volume down. You should too. If you know what I mean and I think you do.

[@QTpyeRose]

POG

[@weegee7676]

It’s free now just can’t export games :(

[@oj0024]

If you are searching for video ideas, you could make a video about FRACTRAN

[@mrmimeisfunny]

R.I.P. John Conway

[@Truttle1]

@mrmimeisfunny yeah, COVID sucks

[@_fluffyy1028]

Why is "set every uninitialized variable to 0" terrible?

[@Truttle1]

Data types that aren't numbers exist, and you should declare that a variable exists so readers of the code don't get confused about where the variable comes from.

[@z1ngg957]

C++ and Python Gang. Also great video.

[@Starwort]

@NooneImportant > Between having to essentially redeclare globals in functions Only if you want to write to them > ending loops with else statements Most people don't use this; those who do can't find this feature at all in C/C++ afaik. What it does is execute code if and only if there was no break statement executed > not knowing how to concatenate a number and a string Type coercion is bad, as we learnt from JS > get a function's return value before throwing a fit about a function being used in a comparison statement What? If you're literally comparing a function to a value, that makes no sense; explicit is better than implicit (see the zen of python; import this)

[@KawaiiKodeDaddy]

Oh my god! this is fantastic 😁

[@woosix7735]

game maker > lisp

[@_Mackan]

Oh yeah, GameMaker was good stuff bck in the day

[@crypticcoding9680]

You should complete legend of zelda (any) then create a video in this format.

[@Scudmaster11]

That fraimrate is just... so bad... that LAG from OBS

[@delofon]

2:26 I thought you used an old video lol

[@delofon]

amogus

[@HLCaptain]

Maybe set obs’s priority to realtime. It may help.

[@sovulken]

writting quine on GML when

[@sovulken]

homoiconic language, why not

[@bitmikealerts_lol]

Omg you know hypnospace?

[@Truttle1]

bwl

[@bitmikealerts_lol]

@@Truttle1 bwl

[@MrA6060]

Why are they squatting tho_

[@imlxh7126]

they're maximizing their cloits and dloits with the ease of a thousandaire

[@masonthedunce3711]

please tell me GameMaker has eval()

[@amir78989]

we need C++ the right way

[@Jono997]

So, writing a whole program written using only preprocessor functions?

[@esolangsemerald6394]

Let’s modify game maker 8.1 to only be able to use gml and make a horrid game engine

[@NStripleseven]

Wh… ok

[@SomeRandomPiggo]

luckily my school teaches godot lol

[@n.itrogen]

Hello

[@Truttle1]

Hi!

[@otesunki]

bruh

[@dimsword35]

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[@imahumanbeing61]

not first

[@wirmaple7336]

Undertale was made in Gamemaker? never thought such a small engine/level editor can make a big game

[@avythebird9483]

that's a common misconception around GMS. It is actually one of the best (if not the best) engines for 2D games on the market. Dozens of great game were made in GameMaker. Such as Hyperlight Drifter, Katana Zero, Crashlands, The Swords of Ditto, Nuclear Throne, Spelunky, Risk of Rain, etc..

[@cst1229]

Also it was made in a later version of GM, not GM8.

[@abzcbe]

54th (First time I commented on one of your videos)

[@EdKolis]

Why do the dragons always dance while they're talking? It's so annoying, even though these videos are always awesome otherwise!

[@algotkristoffersson15]

Because you need to see that they are talking

[@Orincaby]

game maker garage is better