GameMaker Vocabulary

Front

room

Back

Where you place game objects in Game Maker to create a scene

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sprite

Back

a 2d image

Front

Object

Back

"Wears" the sprite, can be placed in a room and recieves programming

Front

instance

Back

An exact copy, inherits the properties of the parent object

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animated

Back

an object programmed to move around the screen

Front

static

Back

not moving

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condition event

Back

Describes what must exist

IF the ball object hits the wall

Front

action event

Back

describes what occurs if the condition event is met

Then the ball object bounces

Front

sounds

Back

background music or audio played as part of an action

Front

music

Back

a long sound file