Actions (Game Maker)

An action in Game Maker is a response set off by an event. For example, if an instance of a player object hit an instance of an asteroid, it causes all the actions in the Collision event for both instances to execute.

List of All Actions ( A to Z )

A

A

A	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Align to Grid

B

B

B	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Bounce
	Burst from Emitter

C

C

C	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Call Parent Event
	Change Instance
	Change Sprite
	Check CD
	Check CD Playing
	Check Collision
	Check Empty
	Check Grid
	Check Mouse
	Check Next (room)
	Check Object
	Check Previous (room)
	Check Question
	Check Sound
	Clear Highscore
	Clear Part System
	Color Sprite
	Comment
	Create Effect
	Create Emitter
	Create Instance
	Create Moving	Create an instance already moving at the time of creation.
	Create Part System
	Create Particle
	Create Random

D

D

D	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Destroy Emitter
	Destroy Instance
	Destroy Part System
	Destroy at Position
	Different Room
	Display Message
	Draw Arrow
	Draw Background
	Draw Ellipse
	Draw Health
	Draw Life Images
	Draw Line
	Draw Lives
	Draw Variable
	Draw Rectangle
	Draw Scaled Text
	Draw Score
	Draw Sprite
	Draw Text

E

E

E	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Else
	End Block
	End Game
	End Path
	Execute Code
	Execute Script
	Exit Event

G

G

G	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Gradient Ellipse

H

H

H	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Horizontal Gradient

J

J

J	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Jump to Position	Jump from one position to another.
	Jump to Random	Jump to a random position.
	Jump to Start	Places an instance at the place it was created.

L

L

L	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Load Game

M

M

M	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Move Fixed	Move in one or several of 8 fixed directions, move randomly, and or stop	Lite
	Move Free
	Move to Contact
	Move Towards

N

N

N	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Next Room

O

O

O	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Open Webpage

P

P

P	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Particle Color
	Particle Life
	Particle Secondary
	Particle Speed
	Path Position
	Path Speed
	Pause CD
	Play CD
	Play Sound
	Previous Room

R

R

R	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Replace Background
	Replace Sprite
	Replace Sound
	Repeat
	Restart Game
	Restart Room
	Resume CD
	Reverse Horizontal
	Reverse Vertical

S

S

S	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Save Game
	Score Caption
	Set Alarm
	Set Color
	Set Cursor
	Set Font
	Set Friction
	Set Full Screen
	Set Gravity
	Set Health
	Set Lives
	Set Path
	Set Time Line
	Set Score
	Set Variable
	Show Info
	Show Highscore
	Show Video
	Sleep
	Speed Horizontal
	Speed Vertical
	Start Block
	Step Avoiding
	Step Towards
	Stop CD
	Stop Sound
	Stream from Emitter

T

T

T	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Take Snapshot
	Test Chance
	Test Expression
	Test Health
	Test Instance Count
	Test Lives
	Test Score
	Test Variable
	Time Line Position
	Transform Sprite

V

V

V	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Vertical Gradient

W

W

W	Action Name	Does	Lite / Pro
	Wrap Screen