GameMaker: Adding screens and buttons!

L/O - To develop your understanding of game making

OUTCOME - You will download a game template to insert screens and buttons into

Starter

Take a look at the following three games in Google Classroom - would you be able to use one of these templates for your own game?

Main

RED TASK - Downloading a template

Download one of the game templates from Google Classroom and save in your DA204SPB - Products - Game area.

The platform game using tilesets

The platform game NOT using tilesets

The scrolling shooter game

AMBER TASK - Loading Screens in

• Open all 5 of your screens in Photoshop (Main Menu, Instructions, Backstory, Win and Lose) 

• Save each one as a JPEG

• Open GameMaker and use the Create a Background button to load your screens into the template

• For each room set the correct background

GREEN TASK - Creating Buttons

Using the video below, create a set of working buttons




Plenary

• Save your game into Sites --> DA204SPB --> Products --> Game

• Test your game to see if your buttons work correctly - record your results in the Development Log A and fix any problems