Designing Games with Game Maker - YoYo Games

score. Often you want to add something to the score. In this case don't forget the check the
Relative box.
Test Score
With this question action you can check whether the score has reached a particular value. You
indicate the value and whether the score should be equal to that value, be smaller than the
value or be larger than the value.
Draw Score
With this action you can draw the value of the score at a particular position on the screen. You
provide the positions and the caption that must be placed in front of the score. The score is
drawn in the current font. This action can only be used in the drawing event of an object.
Show Highscore
For each game the top ten scores are maintained. This action displays the highscore list. If the
current score is among the top ten, the new score is inserted and the player can type his or
her name. You can indicate what background image to use, whether the window should have a
border, what the color for the new entry and the other entries must be, and which font to use.
Clear Highscore
This action clears the highscore table.
Set Lives
Game Maker also has a built-in lives system. With this action you can change the number of
lives left. Normally you set it to some value like 3 at the beginning of the game and then
decrease or increase the number depending on what happens. Don't forget to check the
Relative box if you want to add or subtract from the number of lives. At the moment the
number of lives becomes 0 (or smaller than 0) a "no more lives" event is generated.
Test Lives
With this question action you can check whether the number of lives has reached a particular
value. You indicate the value and whether the number of lives should be equal to that value,
be smaller than the value or be larger than the value.
Draw Lives
With this action you can draw the number of lives at a particular position on the screen. You