Comments on: SoulHow to Make a Platform Game (Game Maker)

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:43:19 +0000

you also reply to your comments really fast… i like that dont have to wait 5 days to get a question answered

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:42:32 +0000

ok ill try that ty very much on all of your tuts!!!

By: soulred12

soulred12 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:16:53 +0000

My last piece of advice is to make sure your block objects aren’t solid. If they’re solid, they’re going to cause problems.

And I’m sorry, but I can’t look at your file because I don’t offer that kind of support for my tutorials anymore. See question 2 of the FAQ for more info. Besides, you’ll get much better support on the Game Maker Community (where many different users will look at your file), which is why I suggested posting there.

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:46:46 +0000

i commented out this line of code …//We must move up until contact with the ceiling
while (!place_meeting(x,y+sign(vsp),objBlock)) y+=sign(vsp);
vsp=0… and it seems like the game runs its just that the player floats in the air

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:30:31 +0000

i do always start him out in the air… is there anyway that i could attach my .gmk file here in this forum or somewhere where you could get to it and let me know what im doin wrong? thank you very much

By: soulred12

soulred12 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:55:25 +0000

Try starting your character out in the air. If the character starts out stuck in the ground or ceiling, you’re going to have problems. Other than that, I can only suggest reading my article on debugging (you can get there from the “tutorials” tab) or bringing the question to the Game Maker Community (link is at the bottom of the article) with a copy of your game.

Unfortunately nobody else is reporting an error like the one you’re reporting, so it must be an issue with your file in particular. That could mean an odd level design, oddly-shaped sprites, or something similar…so if you post your file on the Game Maker Community along with the details of your problem you’ll likely get the help you need.

By: Danny

Danny — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:06:16 +0000

Hello

Thank you i love all your tutorials (i learned gml with your tutorial) but theres one prob for me when i use this code. I copy and paste all of this code exactly make all the sprites centered and uncheck precide collision checkin i made sure tha the origin of the sprites is indeed in the middle of the player but one problem… i start the game i see my person on the floor in the jumping sprite and when i touch a button or something the game goes unresponsive and goes like a transparent grey and i have to use ctrl+alt+delete thing to close the game. I dont have any other code than this code and im usng game maker 7 pro

thank you
danny

By: Mantis_FRK

Mantis_FRK — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:27:59 +0000

WOW! really coo, tutorial, this is definetly something I will use
to improve my collisions. No more ground penetration disabling my movement.

Thank You!

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:40:03 +0000

So, this guide is awesome, thought I found it on the Game Maker forums. I was even able to implement Double Jumping without any prior knowledge of GML (I’ve had Game Maker 7 Pro for about..2 days now). With that said, I am having trouble (This is slighty off topic to be honest, so feel free to ignore my comment) getting blocks to move up and down/back and forth on their own. IE: Crossing a gap on an automated block, getting it to goto a certain Y or X value and returning to it’s origin only to repeat the process. I had it working in another engine that used Solids, but I refuse to go back to that method. Any help would be greatly appreciated it. Aside from that, this is quite the great engine. Thanks!

By: Cayce

Cayce — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 18:32:01 +0000

Okay, that makes more sense. Gracias! :1