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GM Garden is a free beginner learning site for GameMaker. Start with a guided path, complete lessons, earn XP, and build up the foundations one small step at a time.

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Try a bit of GML

1	// Create Event
2	x = 100;
3	y = 100;
4	speed = 2;
5	
6	// Step Event
7	x += speed;
8	if (x > 300) 
9		speed = -speed;
10

This object moves left and right across the screen.

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Beginner Path

Start with the first GameMaker steps, then build into the coding fundamentals that make beginner projects easier to understand, change, and finish.

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Your First Hour With GM

A friendly first path through projects, rooms, objects, events, sprites, and running your first tiny GameMaker project.

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Fundamentals of Code I

Variables, conditions, comparisons, functions, and the core GML ideas beginners need to complete their first few simple GameMaker projects.

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Helpful Resources

A repository for all the software, asset sites, audio tools, documentation, and helpful GameMaker links that I recommend.

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