Movement (Game Maker)
Game Maker has a few variables dedicated to helping you move instances around and keep track of where they currently are. This page lists these variables for you.
Keeping Track of An Instance's Location, and Teleporting
Actions
GML
- x - the horizontal location of an instance
- y - the vertical location of an instance.
- xstart - the starting x location of an instance.
- ystart - the starting y location of an instance.
Indirectly Moving an Instance
Speed and Direction
Actions
GML
- direction - the current direction an instance is moving (if it is moving, see speed.
- hspeed - the horizontal speed of an instance.
- speed - the overall speed of an instance.
- vspeed - the vertical speed of an instance.
Gravity
- gravity - the acceleration of gravity on a game object.
- gravity direction - the direction of gravity on a game object.
Movement Checking / Planning
Collisions
Distance
Grid Movement
FAQs
page revision: 19, last edited: 05 Jul 2012 18:15