Designing Games with Game Maker - YoYo Games

You will see a list of all extension packages installed. By selecting a package and clicking the
Uninstall button the package is removed from the system.
Install packages are distributed in the form of a .gex file. You can find a number of such
packages on our website which you can go to by pressing the button Find More. Once you
donwloaded such a package file on your computer, press the Install button and select the
package file. It will then be installed in the system.
If you want to create your own extension packages, please check out the information that is
available on http://www.yoyogames.com/extensions.
Finishing your game
When you want to distribute your game you better make sure that it has all the ingredients
that make it a great game. Besides the game itself this means that you should provide game
information, set the correct global game settings, and take care of speed. This section gives
you information about these aspects.
Game information
A good game provides the player with some information on how to play the game. This
information is displayed when the player presses the key during game play. To create
the game information, double click Game Information in the resource tree at the left of the
screen. A little built-in editor is opened where you can edit the game information. You can use
different fonts, different colors, and styles. Also you can set the background color.
In the File menu you can also set a number of Options. Default the help is shown in the
game window and game play is temporarily halted. Here you can indicate to show the help file
in a separate window. In this case you can indicate the caption of the game information during
the game. Also you can indicate the position (use -1 for centered) and size of the game
information window and whether it should have a border and be sizeable by the player. You
can force the information window to stay on top and you can indicate whether the game
should continue playing while the information is shown.
Good advice is to make the information short but precise. Of course you should add your
name because you created the game. All example games provided have an information file