Who doesn’t like a good video? Videos provide most of the teaching, challenges, and solutions in this course. There a fast, efficient way of showing you what to do.
Part A – Go to the YouTube Channel
The videos are currently located at the YouTube Channel called GameMaker Game Programming Course. Go to the channel just mentioned above. Made it there? Good.
Part B – Use the PlayLists!
Hundreds of videos are used to teach you. It is easier to find the video you are looking for by going to the organized playlists that sort videos by levels. If you are looking for a video that is part of Level 03 ,go the Level 03 Playlist and the video will be sorted in order there. Go check out a level playlist and see how it’s organized.
Part C – Video Names relate to Lesson Name
The videos are titled using Level-Lesson-Part. L05-02-A would be the video for Level 05, Lesson 02, Part A. If a video is a challenge activity it will have an X in the name, and a solution to a challenge will have the word Solution included. L04-02-X1 and L04-02-X1Solution would be Level 04, Lesson 02, Challenge 01 and it’s solution video respectively.
Part D – Watching the Videos in HD
The videos are High Definition and optimized for the large player setting or full screen viewing. Lets make sure that you are able to find the videos and optimize the viewing settings in YouTube.
Getting There
If you haven’t watched a video yet, go to the GameMaker Game Programming Course . Select a video and starting playing.
Quality Settings
The YouTube player should automatically pick the correct quality based on your connection speed, but sometimes it doesn’t. In the bottom right corner of the player, click the settings button (looks like a gear cog). Make sure that 720p HD is selected.
Player Size
In the bottom right corner of the YouTube player you can select the size of the player. The videos should be watched in the large player or full screen.
Notes
The videos are recorded in 720p HD and should be very clear when your connection speed is good. If the videos are not clear, it is probably because your connection speed at the time isn’t going as fast as it could. Sometimes refreshing the page fixes the problem, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes going back to the page a few minutes later works too. If that doesn’t work, hop onto your neighbors wireless connection (maybe it’s faster?!?).
That’s It – Go Learn to Program
That’s it. Move on to Level 02 and start making games!