How to Create a Platformer with a Story GameMaker Studio 2
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- May 13, 2025

How to Create a Platformer with a Story – GameMaker Studio 2, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.85, with 30 lectures, based on 98 reviews, and has 794 subscribers.
You will learn about Build a platformer with tile collisions Use finite state machines for input & AI Use surfaces & data structures Use marketplace assets to speed up development This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone new to GameMaker or Anyone who wants to learn how a platformer is made in GameMaker or Any user with basic GML knowledge It is particularly useful for Anyone new to GameMaker or Anyone who wants to learn how a platformer is made in GameMaker or Any user with basic GML knowledge.
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Summary
Title: How to Create a Platformer with a Story – GameMaker Studio 2
Price: $44.99
Average Rating: 4.85
Number of Lectures: 30
Number of Published Lectures: 30
Number of Curriculum Items: 30
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 30
Original Price: $49.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
Who Should Attend
Target Audiences
The Course
Welcome! This course is about?creating a platformer in GameMaker Studio 2, using GameMaker Language (GML) coding.
It covers many topics, from platforming with tile collisions and finite state machines to data structures and surfaces. Using the skills learned in this course, you can build?a complete platformer with your own story!
Not only that, but the knowledge you gain through my lectures will benefit you in making any kind of game, no matter the genre!
GameMaker Studio 2
GameMaker Studio 2 is an amazing 2D game engine, made by YoYo Games. It is easy and effective to start with, and great to work with bigger &?advanced projects.
About Me
I have been with GameMaker for a long time, and I love making games. But more than that, I?love teaching others how to do so. I have been an instructor on Udemy for 2 years. I also have a website (GameDev Palace) and a YouTube channel (GameMakerStation). My courses have a 4.5+ star rating.
Bonus
With this course, you also get a free link to my pop-up textbox asset, which is a paid asset on the GameMaker?Marketplace. In the course, I also show you how to use it. It can prove very useful while making games!
So, check out the trailer and the preview lectures to see if this course is for you.
See you in the course!
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Lecture 1: Introduction
Lecture 2: Important Notice About Reviews
Chapter 2: Game Essentials
Lecture 1: Section Intro
Lecture 2: Update: Script Changes in GMS 2.3+
Lecture 3: Platformer Movement & Tile Collisions
Lecture 4: Camera & Animation
Lecture 5: Attack State
Lecture 6: Enemy AI
Lecture 7: Enemy Knockback & Death
Lecture 8: Fix: Enemy Falling
Lecture 9: Lives & GUI
Lecture 10: Player Hurt & Dead States
Lecture 11: Coins & GUI
Lecture 12: Sounds & Music
Chapter 3: Building The Game Further
Lecture 1: Section Intro
Lecture 2: NPCs & Messages
Lecture 3: More Levels
Lecture 4: Debug: Score & Lives Reset
Lecture 5: Platform, Detail & Water Tiles
Lecture 6: Inventory Using DS List
Lecture 7: Inventory GUI & Pause
Lecture 8: Pause Surface
Lecture 9: Boss
Lecture 10: Locked Path
Lecture 11: Boss Music
Lecture 12: Main Menu
Lecture 13: Text Intro
Lecture 14: Saving & Loading
Lecture 15: Parallax Background
Chapter 4: Conclusion
Lecture 1: Conclusion
Instructors

Gurpreet Singh Matharoo
GameMaker Mentor
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