🔰Beginners

Find your way in Game Maker with core tutorial videos and hands-on activities to learn about building a physical world and applying logic.

Learn Game Maker FASTER!

Explore our 1 hour video series to learn the basics of creating in Game Maker.

This hands-on self-paced series simplifies learning Game Maker's core concepts and tools, while guiding you to build a broad variety of useful logic.

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Play & Camera Mode Controls

Build Mode Camera & Block Controls

Asset Placement & Positioning

Object Behaviours & Tags

Object Logic with Messages

Quest & Object Integration

Game Mechanics with Rules

Multiplayer Game Logic

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Basic Tutorial Videos

Use these videos to learn about navigating Game Maker, blocks and assets, and logic. Not that a new controls scheme has been adopted (press F1 in Game Maker to view).

CAMERA & NAVIGATION

Navigate Game Maker

Pan the Camera

Rotate the Camera

Zoom the Camera

Camera Speed Boost

Orbit the Camera

3D PLACEMENT

Terraform with Blocks

Target an Object

Place Assets as Objects

Logic

Introduction to Logic

Use Presets

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Resources

🟦Learn Creator Basics

📖Docs

Find comprehensive details on Game Maker

Quality Guidelines

Boost performance with best practices

⚙️Logic Guide

Add game polish with useful logic schemas

🏞️Experience Guide

See recommendations by Experience type

🏆Game Jams

Learn how to compete to win SAND

❓FAQs: Game Maker

❓FAQs: Gameplay

❓FAQs: Assets

Community

Socials

VoxEdit Creations Channel | #VoxEditWeekly

Game Maker Teasers channel | #ScreenshotSaturday | #tsbgamejam

Livestreams

Follow along and ask questions during our Livestreams, available on Twitch. Subscribe to receive notifications for when we go live!

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Discord

Join Discord

• Ask for help (English) in the Game Maker Community Channel

• File a ticket for a technical issue in the Game Maker Support Channel

• Find channels in other languages

🗣️ Discord Community Guide

• How to join and claim roles

• Basics to navigate Discord

• Resources to stay safe on Discord and report issues