(1) if you want to learn game programming, here is a good forum. 
(2) we know that a "Game Art and Game Design" forum exists. Go there to find game artists for your game team!
(3) we discover an excellent graphic freeware "Pixia" recently. We have tested it & believe that it is a very good partner of
GM. If you don't have this very good freeware, we suggest you to download it immediately. You can visit its official 
website by pressing the above logo ( Pixia + GM = Good Game ). These very awesome screenshots are drawn by 
different persons with Pixia. These 100 screenshots show the real POTENTIAL of Pixia. Yes....view before you 
download Pixia. View them!
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*Important News
Descriptions R Ver. Date Added Author
Health bar generator v1.0(make health bar script) 4.1 19 Mar 02 fiddlinboy
Select character 4.1 19 Mar 02 fiddlinboy
An introduction to for loop and array Doc 17 Mar 02 Haxor
Text fades in & out 4.1 17 Mar 02 Haxor
Radio button 4.1 16 Mar 02 KillerNedGlobal
Vertical health bar 4.1 9 Mar 02 fiddlinboy
Display text character by character. COOL!!! 2 4.1 16 Mar 02 KillerNedGlobal
Beginner's guide to game maker programming Pdf 5 Mar 02 Carl Gustafsson
Type text in box on screen in exclusive mode(enhanced) 4.1 2 Mar 02 Carl Gustafsson
Mouse operation ( 1 ) 4.1 28 Feb 02 hollowdragon
A Mario style game-----Goomba's Revenge 4.1 26 Feb 02 dorfsquest
Scrolling caption 4.1 24 Feb 02 Xception
Type text in box on screen in exclusive mode 4.1 22 Feb 02 Carl Gustafsson
Character sinks & ship floats in platform game 4.0 20 Feb 02 Yugi04
Health bar 4.1 18 Feb 02 fiddlinboy
Scroll BGs to make illusion in platform game 4.1 17 Feb 02 fiddlinboy
Splitscreen ( 2, 3, 4 screens ) 4.1 17 Feb 02 fiddlinboy
Text marquee 4.1 17 Feb 02 fiddlinboy
Use background to make animation 4.1 16 Feb 02 fiddlinboy
Card menu(mouseover effect,load graphic file & show it) 4.1 15 Feb 02 Tomate & JaPe
Make credits ( use sprite & text ) 4.1 13 Feb 02 JaPe
Alpha blending 4.1 12 Feb 02 Wiiseguy
Gravity & background scrolls 4.0 11 Feb 02 Yugi04
Make credits ( use text ) 4.1 10 Feb 02 fiddlinboy
Virtual Girl 4.1 9 Feb 02 Xception
Path Finder 4.1 8 Feb 02 grimreaper79
Scroll BGs to make illusion in platform game 4.1 5 Feb 02 Carl Gustafsson
Path finder 4.1 4 Feb 02 JoergenSH
Path finder 4.1 3 Feb 02 JoergenSH
Add item to item list,show item quantity,use item 4.1 2 Feb 02 Carl Gustafsson
Scroll BGs to make illusion in vertical shooter 4.1 1 Feb 02 Brently 11
Character walks with 4 directions' animations & shoots,etc 4.0 31 Jan 02 Yugi04
Simple 360 degrees rotation 4.1 30 Jan 02 Brently 11
Change your cursor 4.0 29 Jan 02 Yugi04
Magnifying glass 4.1 28 Jan 02 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Path finder 4.1 26 Jan 02 Datheron
Control movement of vehicles in RTS type game 4.1 24 Jan 02 SteveG100
Use an EXE file to make an EXE file 4.1 22 Jan 02 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Snake demo ( some bugs are fixed ) 4.1 20 Jan 02 Wiiseguy
Enlarge a sprite & vice versa 4.1 18 Jan 02 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Make some waypoints & let objects travel on them 4.1 17 Jan 02 Datheron
Codebook 3 Doc 16 Jan 02 True Predator
Selection menu 4.1 15 Jan 02 Carl Gustafsson
Text marquee 4.0 14 Jan 02 Carl Gustafsson
Save game & load game 4.0 12 Jan 02 Carl Gustafsson
Guide to good programming & game making Doc 10 Jan 02 Datheron
An RPG system 4.0 8 Jan 02 Mcky
Sonic demo 4.0 6 Jan 02 metallicafreak
GM Calculator 4.0 4 Jan 02 Xception
Make a clock 4.0 2 Jan 02 TKLeong
Path finder 4.0 31 Dec 01 JoergenSH
An object follows the cursor 4.0 24 Dec 01 DarkShadowGM
An object follows the cursor 4.0 23 Dec 01 r1ck14
Vertical shooter 4.0 22 Dec 01 metallicafreak
Make a character move from one tile to the next 4.0 21 Dec 01 Ian Lindstrom
Rotate a 3D solid cube 4.0 20 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Rotate a 3D wireframe cube 4.0 19 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Draw a right triangle from lengths of two sides 4.0 18 Dec 01 Haxor
Print screenshot 4.0 17 Dec 01 Vegarelde
Splitscreen, inventory handling, health bar 4.0 16 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Rotate a 3D starfield 4.0 15 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Text marquee ( modified ) 4.0 14 Dec 01 Haxor
Toggle an image on/ off with keyboard 4.0 13 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Use another way instead of time bar? Time Pie! 4.0 12 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Car movement, driver in/ out ( gta style ) 4.0 11 Dec 01 metallicafreak
Inventory handling & health bar 4.0 10 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Random movement & parallax starfield  4.0 9 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Shoot ( Silent Scope type ) 4.0 8 Dec 01 jmoreno113
Time Bar 4.0 7 Dec 01 TKLeong
3D starfield effect 4.0 6 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Magnet and compass ( modified sligthly ) 4.0 5 Dec 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Non-movable health bar & movable health bar 4.0 4 Dec 01 Carl Gustafsson
Run, jump, etc. of Sonic type game(1300x480 RM) 4.0 3 Dec 01 Final2005
Toggle an image on/ off with keyboard   4.0 2 Dec 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Simple MIDI and MP3 player 4.0 1 Dec 01 jmoreno113
Make screen flash 4.0 30 Nov 01 Haxor
Handling of key & door in RPG 4.0 29 Nov 01 Carl Gustafsson
Shoot a monster ( consists of various parts ) 4.0 28 Nov 01 True Predator
Size of object changes when it moves 4.0 27 Nov 01 jmoreno113
Make radar and splitscreen 4.0 26 Nov 01 jmoreno113
Adjust brightness of the screen ( exclusive mode ) 4.0 25 Nov 01 jmoreno113
An object follows another object ( the same route ) 4.0 24 Nov 01 Carl Gustafsson
Make a worms style haircross 4.0 23 Nov 01 Carl Gustafsson
Make a worms style grappling hook( 2nd ver ) 4.0 22 Nov 01 Carl Gustafsson
Reset computer 4.0 21 Nov 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Display time,date,weekday(original bugs are fixed) 4.0 20 Nov 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Make credits ( use background ) 4.0 19 Nov 01 Carl Gustafsson
Move an item with mouse 4.0 18 Nov 01 TKLeong
Get in, out of car(GTA style,modified slightly) 4.0 17 Nov 01 jmoreno113
Skills of handling number 4.0 16 Nov 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Skills of handling string 4.0 15 Nov 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Code Book 2 ( not include code in Book 1 & no gif ) Doc 14 Nov 01 True Predator
Snake clone 4.0 13 Nov 01 Wiiseguy
RPG style room transition 4.0 12 Nov 01 jmoreno113
Code Book 1 Doc 11 Nov 01 True Predator
Set cheat code 4.0 10 Nov 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Set password ( another method ) 4.0 9 Nov 01 hollowdragon
Simple A.I. and split screen 4.0 8 Nov 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Highscore table 4.0 7 Nov 01 outpost81
Motion of an instance(triangle, square, pentagon, etc) 4.0 6 Nov 01 Solid Snake
Text blinks, scrolls, set password, etc. 4.0 5 Nov 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
TKL Puzzle ( simplified ) 4.0 4 Nov 01 TKLeong
Open browser and go to a website address 4.0 3 Nov 01 VitalDragon/MarvinD
Turn MID on/off, control WAV volume 4.0 2 Nov 01 outpost81
Parabola motion of many instances 4.0 1 Nov 01 Solid Snake
Tetris 3.3 31 Oct 01 Mark Overmars
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