Build with Blocks
This activity is included in an 8-part, 1 hour series to learn Game Maker. Short, focused topics with guided practice will give you practical experience building useful logic for creating games.
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This activity is included in an 8-part, 1 hour series to learn Game Maker. Short, focused topics with guided practice will give you practical experience building useful logic for creating games.
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In this activity, you will explore the controls needed to navigate while building an Experience in Game Maker and the basics of terraforming with blocks by accessing them in the Library.
Once you know how to use the build mode camera and build with blocks, you'll be ready to place and manipulate objects in Activity 3.
Open the Experience created in Activity 1 or start a new one.
Now that you know how to build with blocks, you can block out the 3D space for your Experience, create terrain details and paths to guide players.
Learn how to add objects into your world in Activity 3.
There are a lot of new things to explore with blocks including how they're used to build 3D interactive space and how they are used to create the aesthetics of your game.
Scroll wheel
Hold + Move ⬅️➡️
Hold + Move ⬆️⬇️
Hold SPACEBAR + Right Button + Move ⬅️➡️
Hold SPACEBAR + Right Button + Move ⬆️⬇️
Hold SPACEBAR + Left Button
Hold left ALT +
Hold right ALT +
