Rooms in Game Maker are 2D spaces that can be made into game levels.
A game can have one or more rooms. Without at least one room, a Game Maker game will not run.
Creating Rooms
To create a room right click on the Rooms folder of the resource explorer and choose Create Room.
If this is the first room you have created for your game, this will create a room named room0 and automatically open the Room Properties Window.
Renaming Rooms
room0 is not a very descriptive name for a room. You will want to change it to something easier to remember because your game is likely to have many rooms later on.
To rename a room
- Click on the settings tab in the Room Properties Window.
- Type in a new name, rm_level_1, for example.
- Finally, click on the green arrow.
Tip : Don't use spaces. Use the underscore character _ instead. Spaces will make it impossible to refer to the room in code.
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