Gamemaker day 28

Today in Gamemaker I learned how to put in a pause menu, title screen and save for my game. These options aren't very important in the game since my game is just a simple plat former but they are I guess staples to any game really. The next day I will be making new sprites to replace the the sprites I had for the enemies.

Gamemaker day 27

Today in Game maker I completed my platform game, well not perfectly. There are still some bugs and textures that need to be updated like the enemies. There is also the trouble of figuring out how to upload it for all to play. The next day I will be debugging my game.

Gamemaker Day 26

Today in gamemaker I made three new levels. In one level the player has to jump on the flying enemies below them to jump to the next platform, its pretty hard since you have to jump on one each time to get to the next platform. Another makes is so the player has to use the wall jump mechanic to save themselves from from falling down and then figuring which portal is the right one that will lead them to the next level. The next day I will be working on more levels. I plan to have at least 10 levels for my game.

Gamemaker Day 25

Today in Gamemaker I finished another level. This level was particularly hard to make because it was too hard to beat. In this level the player has to dodge the flying enemies coming their way and get to the portal. It was hard because dodging the enemies were nearly impossible, they were too fast and close to each other. It took a while to adjust it to make it hard but possible to beat. The next day I will be working on more levels.

Gamemaker Day 24

Today in Gamemaker I fixed my glitch. The glitch was when the player would jump on an enemy they would die. I fixed it by changing the collision code between the player and enemy. The old code "if(y+(sprite_height/2) < other.y-(other.sprite_height/2)+vspd)" used the players and enemies height to figure out when the enemy would be destroyed. The new one "(y < other.y-vspd)" is much less complicated and doesn't use it which makes the hit box between the player and enemy more accurate.

Gamemaker Day 23

Today in Gamemaker I almost completed my level but ran into some more problems. In my level the player would have to use the enemies as platforms to jump on to get around the map, but when the player would jump on some of them the player would die. This is a problem since every platform in the level was an enemy. I'm still in the process of trying to figure out what the problem is. My guess is there's something wrong with the code I've used for jumping on the enemy to kill them. The next day I will be fixing this glitch and finishing my level.

Gamemaker day 22

Today in Gamemaker I was faced with a problem. The problem was my enemy A.I. would not fall and wouldn't chase the player like it was suppose to when near them. They were able to move left and right without falling off the ledges, but I wanted some to fall off but it did not work. So what I did was completely rewrite the code for the enemy A.I. Now I had two of the same enemy, one that wouldn't fall of the edges and ones that would. I make it so the enemy that would fall off the ledges would chase the player so I wouldn't have to apply the same code to both enemies. The next day I will be working on what I was suppose to; making more levels.