List of actions

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Here the list of all standard Drag & Drop actions in Game Maker. For all actions in this wiki, see Category:Actions.

Contents 1 Move 1.1 Move 1.2 Jump 1.3 Paths 1.4 Step 2 Main1 2.1 Objects 2.2 Sprite 2.3 Sounds 2.4 Rooms 3 Main2 3.1 Timing 3.2 Info 3.3 Game 3.4 Recources 4 Control 4.1 Questions 4.2 Other 4.3 Code 4.4 Variables 5 Score 5.1 Score 5.2 Lives 5.3 Health 6 Extra 6.1 Particles 6.2 CD 6.3 Other 7 Draw 7.1 Drawing 7.2 Settings 7.3 Other

[edit] Move

Move

• Start moving in a direction
• Set direction and speed of motion
• Move in the direction of a point
• Set the horizontal speed
• Set the vertical speed
• Set the gravity
• Reverse the horizontal direction
• Reverse the verticle direction
• Set the friction

Jump

• Jump to a given position
• Jump to the start position
• Jump to a random position
• Snap to grid
• Move to contact position
• Bounce against objects

Paths

• Set a path for the instance
• End the path for the instance
• Set the position on the path
• Set the speed for the path

Step

• Perform a step towards a point
• Step towards a point avoiding objects

[edit] Main1

Objects

• Create an instance of an object
• Create an instance of an object with a speed and direction
• Create instance of random object
• Change the instance
• Destroy the instance
• Destroy instances at a position

Sprite

• Change the sprite
• Transform the sprite
• Set sprite blending

Sounds

• Play a sound
• Stop a sound
• If a sound is playing

Rooms

• Go to previous room
• Go to next room
• Restart the current room
• Go to a different room
• If previous room exists
• If next room exists

[edit] Main2

Timing

• Set an alarm clock
• Sleep for a while
• Set a time line
• Set the time line position

Info

• Display a message
• Show the game information
• Show a video

Game

• Restart the game
• End the game
• Save the game
• Load the game

Recources

• Replace a sprite from a file
• Replace a sound from a file
• Replace a background from a file

[edit] Control

Questions

• If a position is collision free
• If there is a collision at a position
• If there is an object at a position
• If the number of instances is a value
• With a change perform next action
• If the user answers yes to a question
• If an expression is true
• If a mouse button is pressed
• If instance is aligned with grid

Other

• Start of block
• End of block
• Else
• Repeat next action
• Exit the current event
• Call the inherited event

Code

• Execute a piece of code
• Execute a script
• Comment

Variables

• Set the value of a variable
• If a variable has a value
• Draw the value of a variable

[edit] Score

Score

• Set the score
• If score has a value
• Draw the value of score
• Display the highscore table
• Clear the highscore table

Lives

• Set the number of lives
• If lives is a value
• Draw the number of lives
• Draw the lives as image

Health

• Set the health
• If health is a value
• Draw the health bar
• Set the window caption information

[edit] Extra

This functionality is only available in the registered version of Game Maker.

Particles

• Create the particle system
• Destroy the particle system
• Clear all particles in the system
• Create a type of particle
• Set the color for a particle type
• Set the life time for a particle type
• Set the motion for a particle type
• Set the gravity of a particle type
• Create secondary particles
• Create a particle emitter
• Destroy an emitter
• Burst a number of particles from an emitter
• Stream particles from an emitter

CD

• Play a CD
• Stop the CD
• Pause the CD
• Resume the CD
• If a CD exists in the drive
• If the CD is playing

Other

• Set the mouse cursor
• Open a webpage in a browser

[edit] Draw

Drawing

• Draw a sprite image
• Draw a background image
• Draw a text
• Draw a text transformed
• Draw a rectangle
• Draw a horizontal gradient
• Draw a vertical gradient
• Draw an ellipse
• Draw a gradient ellipse
• Draw a line
• Draw an arrow

Settings

• Set the colors
• Change fullscreen mode
• Set a font for drawing text

Other

• Take a snapshot image of the game
• Create an effect