Are you new to Game Maker, or feeling stuck?
Our new Begin Game Maker learning series can help you piece together the bigger picture.
- 8 videos (1 hour total)
- Learn key concepts at your own pace
- Practical hands-on experience building useful logic
Begin Game Maker
8: Build Multiplayer Games
COMPLEX
Unlock even more game types and learn to share or publish your game.
- Save time with consistency
- Try recommended use cases
- Use variables for multiple players
- Create custom teams
- Test, share, and publish
Relevant Resources
Spawn Point & Avatar’s Feature
Set up teams, starter equipment, and components (features) to apply to players by spawn point.
Actor Property Switcher
Change the properties of objects, such as visibility, collisions, gravity, and UI visibility for dynamic yet optimised gameplay logic.
Build Singleplayer & Multiplayer Games
See how logic works differently in singleplayer and multiplayer games and how to optimise with our guidelines.
Creator Events: Game Jams
Join a Game Jam to challenge yourself to grow as you practice applying your skills and explore creating new things. You do not need to own LAND to participate!
Experience Page
Create a free Experience Page, even if you don’t own LAND! Hook players on a story, wow Game Jam judges, provide extra details for play, or announce rules for your own contests.
Publish Experiences
Launch an Experience on the map if you own LAND. Learn about the Experience Manager’s tools, content upload specifications, marketing, making trailers, and player engagement.
Game Production Guide
See the workflow teams use to publish professional content and try it out for yourself. We break it down into easy actionable steps!
Quality Guidelines
Use our guidelines to plan ahead, add polish, and test carefully to ensure your game is fun and functional.
Playability
Make games easier to play! Improve your Experience page, use assets as visual aids, build in hands-on tutorials, and more.
Community Ideas & Support
This forum post is your space to ask questions and share ideas about the topics included in this resource. Post your comments below!