GameMaker: Studio 100 Programming Challenges (eBook)

Ben Tyers is an expert GameMaker: Studio user, developer, coder, expert and IT trainer.  He has authored a number of small books on GameMaker for game application developers and runs a popular GameMaker resources web site.

Challenge 1 Maths Bar Graph 1Challenge 2 Clickable & Moveable Object 3Challenge 3 Room Fade In & Out Transition 5Challenge 4 Typewriter Text Effect 7Challenge 5 Audio Volume Change Based On Distance 9Challenge 6 Move Object To Position Using Path 11Challenge 7 Make The Screen Shake 13Challenge 8 Create Snow Effect 15Challenge 9 Password Easter Egg 17Challenge 10 Follow Two Objects In View 19Challenge 11 High / Low Number Game 21Challenge 12 Calculate Average Position Of Two Clicks 23Challenge 13 Retrieve Text File Web From & Save Locally 25Challenge 14 Shuffle Pack Of Playing Cards & Deal 5 27Challenge 15 Reverse Sentence Order 29Challenge 16 Rotate & Move Object To Mouse Position 31Challenge 17 Firework Display Using Effects 33Challenge 18 Random Sentence Generator 35Challenge 19 Pop Up RPG Style Text Box 37Challenge 20 Room Wrapping 39Challenge 21 Sprite Shadow 41Challenge 22 Make A Jukebox Player For 4 Songs 43Challenge 23 Scrolling Credits 45Challenge 24 Random Dice Roller 47Challenge 25 Substitution Cipher 49Challenge 26 Save Highscore To INI 51Challenge 27 Spawn Point 53Challenge 28 Dictionary Check 55Challenge 29 Draw Text With Shadow 57Challenge 30 Classic Brick & Ball Game Remake 59Challenge 31 Fire Projectile 61Challenge 32 World Clock 63Challenge 33 Text Based Quiz 65Challenge 34 On Screen Keyboard 67Challenge 35 Create A Driveable Tank That Leaves Tyre Tracks 69Challenge 36 Parallax Background 71Challenge 37 Click The Ghost 73Challenge 38 Particle Fire Effect 75Challenge 39 Bubble Sort 77Challenge 40 Unlockable Levels Select Screen 79Challenge 41 Moon Lander AI 81Challenge 42 Dodge The Barrels 83Challenge 43 Convert Celsius To Fahrenheit 85Challenge 44 Find Path To Position Avoiding Objects 87Challenge 45 Calculate BMI 89Challenge 46 Shuffle Pack Of Playing Cards & Save To Text 91Challenge 47 10 Green Bottles 93Challenge 48 English To Morse Code 95Challenge 49 Blitz Game Remake 97Challenge 50 Mini Golf Game Remake 99Challenge 51 Rock, Paper, Scissors Game Remake 101Challenge 52 Health Based On Distance 103Challenge 53 Tank Trax Game Remake 105Challenge 54 Two Separate Views 107Challenge 55 Word Typing Game 109Challenge 56 Destructible Terrain 111Challenge 57 Duck Hunt Game Remake 113Challenge 58 Keep Player In View 115Challenge 59 Fizz Buzz 117Challenge 60 Calculate Numbers 119Challenge 61 Particle Trail Effect 121Challenge 62 Draw Rectangle and Calculate Area & Perimeter 123Challenge 63 Random Terrain Generation 125Challenge 64 Drop The Coin (arcade style) 127Challenge 65 Calculate the Nth Result Of Fibonacci Sequence 129Challenge 66 Distance From Object To Mouse 131Challenge 67 Convert Decimal To Binary, Oct, Hex & Roman 133Challenge 68 Text In X Box 135Challenge 69 Frogger Game Remake 137Challenge 70 Take a Screen Shot 139Challenge 71 Slowly Move Direction 141Challenge 72 Pong Style Game Remake 143Challenge 73 Shooting Gallery 145Challenge 74 How Many Of Each Letter 147Challenge 75 Torpedo Game Remake 149Challenge 76 One Hundred Random Numbers 151Challenge 77 Coin Flip 153Challenge 78 Predict Path Of An Object 155Challenge 79 Dynamic Button 157Challenge 80 Sokoban Game Remake 159Challenge 81 Top Down Football 161Challenge 82 Top Down Racing 163Challenge 83 Convert Numbers (in digits) To Words 165Challenge 84 Zelda Style Views 167Challenge 85 Convert Text File To eBook 169Challenge 86 Planets Database (INI) 171Challenge 87 How Much Flour 173Challenge 88 Rotating Mini Map 175Challenge 89 Selectable Troops 177Challenge 90 Pipes 179Challenge 91 Arcade Style Horse Race Game 181Challenge 92 Road Builder 183Challenge 93 Chess Board Representation 185Challenge 94 1942 Game Remake 187Challenge 95 Create A Virtual ATM (bank teller) 189Challenge 96 Moon Lander Game Remake 191Challenge 97 Pixelate An Image 193Challenge 98 Miner 195Challenge 99 Follow Player (Ghost) 197Challenge 100 Multiplication Table 199Appendix A Points Chart