Rooms

Game Maker games take place in rooms. Think of a room as a level or scene for your game.

  • Rooms have a background. This could be a plain colour or an image.
  • You can move from room to room during your game.

Create a room

To create a new room, right-click on the Rooms folder...

Settings:

  • Name = “Room1”
  • Caption= “?” (describe your scene or give player a tip; will appear in Title bar when play game).

Background:

Pick a background color/picture.


  • Set the grid size to 32 x 32 (size of your sprites). You can also show/hide the grid when designing your rooms.

Add objects:

Add objects to the room using the Objects tab. From “Object to add with left mouse” drop down menu, choose the object you wish to place.


  • Left click on the room layout to place a wall sprite on the screen.
  • Right click on the wall sprite to remove it from the layout.
  • Hold SHIFT as you drag to place a row of the same object.

Testing the Game

  1. Save the game first.
  2. F5 or use the button.
  3. Esc to quit playing the game.

If you ever get an error message like this... just click "yes" or "no", it doesn't really matter.