Game graphics

An important part of a game is the graphics. Game Maker normally takes care of most of this and for simple games there is need to worry about it. But sometimes you want to take more control. For some aspects there are actions but from code you can control many more aspects. This chapter describes all variables and functions available for this and gives some more information about what is really happening.

Information on game graphics can be found in the following pages:

Sprites and Images Backgrounds
Drawing Sprites and Backgrounds
Drawing Shapes
Fonts and Text
Advanced Drawing Functions
Drawing Surfaces
Tiles
The Display
The Window
Views
Repainting the Screen