Day 15

Today i was able to make a save and load file although it doesn't show in the game it works (kind of). The only problem is that when saved, it restarts everything in that certain room. Also you have to exit the game to successfully save the game, which i can work on a bit later in the near future.

This tutorial gave me a basic way to save and load a game. It has also given me a bit of knowledge of saving and loading codes. Although the save and loading is satisfactory i believe we can make it better.

Day 14

Today i scratched off working on the re spawn system, ill go back to it later, because it was a bit too difficult for me. For now i will try to make a save and load button, Although it seems easy i just hope i don't have the same problem as the re spawn system.

This tutorial gave me a head start on the loading and saving button. However i don't understand a thing he says, i'm still working on learning the codes.

Day13

Today i worked on making a re spawn system although we don't need it yet, i tried to make it anyways.Everything seems to go well except i am not really sure as to what Alarms are really used for. But, ill look into it when i feel like it. There is also the zombies, they are invincible. This is a problem which i have to look into on another day.

Day 12 (Less than half a day)

Today all i did was start from scratch, as the game didn't really work for me, for some reason i cant seem to find a problem that was occurring in the game. Every time i get near a zombie the error occurs, when it does, it cancels out the game. Therefore, forcing me to go back and forth debugging the codes and restarting the game. Although i could not fix the problem, i will try another time as today, was a short day.

Day 11

Today i tried to play a little with coding and tried to respawn after death, however nothing seems to work at this time. Also, i need to make a sprite for the time after death. Furthermore i have to make a screen that says "Respawn or Quit" menu after the death of the player/character. So far i tried a bit of coding with the player/character.

also there is a website i could try and look into with.

Day 10

Today, instead of a first aid i made a Menu, it took some time however the start and exit so far only works. The reason being is that we doing have enough materials to make an actual menu working at this time. Tomorrow i will be starting on a re spawn button for our game.

This tutorial helped me start on the Menu button. It gave me a basic tutorial on how to make a menu, although it only shows a Start and Exit working, i will have to try to make the other options working at another time.

Day 9

Today i made bullets that could actually destroy the zombies. It wasn't too difficult, the codes were that if you add the event collision with a zombie, your hp goes down 5 per second (i think). Also the collision with a bullet takes down 20 hp, the max hp the zombies have are 100 so it takes 5 shots to take it down. Furthermore, the zombies disappear and don't re spawn ( still need to do that). Tomorrow i will try to make a health back that heals about 20-50 health?

Day 8

I have successfully made an hp bar, and it works! coding seems to be very difficult for me so, i thought another way. Just simple variables and actions can help me create an hp bar that i can actually use without too much difficulties.

They hp bar goes down as the zombies touch the player, i believe with that, it concludes my part in making the hp bar. Although i cant show you a picture of the health bar going doing because its too fast of a death, i can show you the hp bar that is placed on the top right corner of the game. Furthermore, it wasn't too hard or too easy this way, coding seems to be too hard for me so i will try to get used to it before i actually try intermediate level coding.

Day 7

Today i worked on coding the health bar, though i tried the tutorial out, i still cant seem to find the problem that lies in the middle of the video. I will a different video, or website to find a simpler tutorial. Being a total newbie in Game maker has its downsides.

Day 6

So far starting to make a health bar. However i am having some trouble trying to fix my coding, i am unsure as to why it is tell me its invalid. I am going to thoroughly redo from scratch and start anew. When i do, i wish to correct my mistakes and  learn from my mistakes.

This video is giving me a start on making a health bar but, i am having difficulties trying to figure my errors, tomorrow ill try to clearly watch the video and hope to find a way to fix this problem.

Day 5

Today i was able to stop everything. I redid all the coding and remade the pause button, as you can see it becomes completely black, and freezes everything behind it (Success). Although it was a success i feel that it was too simple but, ill continue on another project.

This you tube video helped me greatly,this simplified version of the pause button makes it easier for me to make the game pause. The codes on this tutorial is different than the first pause tutorial, this deactivates everything. While the other stops everything. The next thing i will try to make is a health bar.

Day 4

Today, i am having tremendous difficulties trying to figure out a way to completely stop moving projectiles. However i can pause the players movements and everything else. other objects on the other hand is a different story, it seems i have to figure out another way to pause a game. Thus i will continue experimenting until i find a clue.

Day 3

Today i experimented with the pause button, however i am having difficulties trying to completely stop the game.I can stop the player from moving, but could not stop the background from moving. Although it took me some time to completely get the codes to work, it seems i still need to work on freezing the game completely.

 This video greatly increases my understanding of using the pause menu for this project. Still, a few parts are a bit confusing but replays are there to help. It seems that it was not that hard to make a pause menu, but a few bits and pieces are still not working effectively as i hoped.

Day 2

So today, I made a sprite and made a background move. i believe i am improving at a steady rate, however i am still not in a level to assist in anything just yet. Therefore, ill try to do something simple, for example a pause button for tomorrow. But, i am not particularly confident in my abilities.

Day 1 Tutorial

Gamemaker Tutorial

Starting today, I was quite interested in game maker. So i decided to try some videos in youtube, and i learned how to start on some sprites. I will be part of the project with Howard, Justin, Simran, and Jake. This will be a semester long project and i hope that i will contribute well in this project.