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30Jan/106

Pong in Game Maker 8 video tutorial

The game Pong is an ideal game for starters wanting to learn how to make their own games in Game Maker. Pong is a small and classic game that uses all the basic concepts of the Game Maker engine like sprites, objects and rooms and the best part is that no coding is required.

The following video tutorial is also available as a written guide or a printable PDF e-book. Chose the format that suits you. It is recommended to watch the video tutorial in full screen.

To use the guide you first need Game Maker 8 installed and running.

Remember that you can always add your own graphics and sound after going through the tutorial. Changing the speed of the bats and the ball is also just a matter of change a few values.

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Comments (6) Trackbacks (1)
  1. thanx man
    you really helped me
    i hope you make more tutorial games
    i really gald to watch your videos

  2. why does the object in my room cant be drag?what will i do?

  3. ive seen quite a few random game maker tutorials which werent helpful at all but this was brilliant explained everything really well and i hope you make more tutorials

  4. Thanks for a most excellent and well crafted tutorial/introduction to Game Maker. Also thanks for all the helpful articles and well organized resources you have posted. I’m very grateful I found your site!

  5. thank you

  6. thanx you for this tutorials…it helps me to understand concept of game making..you are really good !


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