Haha, thanks. Cute dog.

But mine is cuter.

IMPOSSIBLE.

But really, thanks so much for the help. I've already learned a lot from it.

*snip*

That looks awesome!

The foot spacing makes all the difference in the world, and the jaw shadow solves the problem I was having with the snout. Looks really really good. The shading is great as well.

This gives me a bit to study. Much appreciated.

This is my dog, by the way. The white does wrap around to his back, and there is some white up between his eyes.

This is my dog. This is the first bit of pixel art I have ever made.

I had a lot of trouble with the head, so I kind of stole one from Paul Robertson. However, it still looks bad. Not really sure how to improve the head.

Hello! I hope this is in the right place! I am extremely new to... well... everything. I've picked up Game Maker as a way to sort of teach myself some basic programming stuff before moving on to a full language. It also provides a nice environment to teach myself simple animation, pixel art, and level design. I apologize in advance for my vast ignorance.

I'm working on my first "engine" for a side scrolling brawler/beat em up and I have hit a snag when it comes to movement. The code works just fine when using the arrow keys, which is the code posted below.

However, if I replace the (vk_key) to (ord('A') etc, my character only moves at the correct speed backwards and up, but extremely slow forwards and down. I'm not sure why this is.

Could somebody take a look at this code and help me understand why this is happening? Or, if possible, provide some completely different code to accomplish the same thing?

Thank you so much!

Code:

// character movement

vx = (keyboard_check(vk_right) - keyboard_check(vk_left)) * 10;
vy = (keyboard_check(vk_down) - keyboard_check(vk_up)) * 10;

        if (place_free(x, y + vy))
        {
                y += vy;
        }
       
        if (place_free(x + vx, y))
                x += vx;

can anybody show me how to, or point me towards a tutorial that explains jumping with 8 way movement in Game Maker?

I'm working on a beat em up, and I can't quite figure out how to handle jumping.