Game Maker Master of the month

1.

Game Maker was created by the Dutch professor...

Mark Overmars

Mark Harmon

Zidedine Zidane

Marc Overvloo

2.

Game Maker has a pro version. At first, the pro version was only 20 bucks. Now, YoYo Games has changed the price. What's the new one?

30 bucks

40 bucks

20 bucks

10 bucks

3.

Is the following code correct?

If walking = 1;
standing = 0.

Correct

Not so correct

4.

If you want to make your (default right-facing) sprite face left, but you don't want to add sprites of your character facing left, what should you do?

Use image_yscale

Use sprite_index

Use image_xscale

Use image_scale_x

5.

Two programmers both make a statement.

Wendy says: "If you want to use the image_xscale function, you need the pro version of Game Maker"
Gordon says: "If you want to write numbers to a .INI file, you should use ini_write_string"

Wendy's statement is right, Gordon's isn't

Wendy's statement isn't right, but Gordon's is

Both statements are right

Both statements aren't right

6.

Is the following code correct?

if file_exists('Gnome.ini')
{
ini_open('Gnome.ini');
ini_write_real('Gnomes','Amount',gnomes_a);
ini_write_string('Gnomes','Groupname',gnomes_name);
ini_write_string('Wizards','Amount',20);
ini_close();
}

Correct

Not so correct

7.

Two beginner Game Maker users make a statement.

Regina says: "Game Maker can export games to the Wii."
Bart says: "Game Maker 6 can export sprites as a .GIF file."

Which statement is right?

Regina's statement is right, Bart's isn't

Regina's statement isn't right, Bart's is

They both are right

They both aren't right

8.

A team of two programmers is working on a game using Game Maker. They decide to make a system that reads code from .ini files, and imports it into Game Maker automatically.

Why is this NOT a good idea? (Multiple answers!)

.INI files take up a lot of space

Game Maker is an one-man program

.INI files are easy to edit

.INI files crash your computer eventually

Game Maker's help file doesn't say anything about co-programming, so it must be impossible

.INI files can't store code

9.

Is the following code correct?

(Step event)
if landed = 1
{
landed = 0;
sprite_index = spr_stand;
image_index = 0;
sound_play(sfx_land);
}

The code is correct

The code is not so correct

10.

YoYo Games now owns the rights to Game Maker. The Game Maker site, (official) forums and other sites are part of YoYo Games. A few years ago, YoYo Games didn't have the rights to Game Maker (GM Version 6). Which company did run the site and the forums, back then?

Game Maker Solutions Inc.

Game Maker Inc.

The creator of Game Maker ran the forums and site

YoYo Games Junior Ltd.

11.

'Unexpected Errors' are very common to new users. What causes these errors (most of the time)?

Relatively huge files (sprite sheets, backgrounds, etc.)

A lack of programming skills

Not using parent objects

Forcing Game Maker to open the game in full-screen

12.

A new user wants to make his own Mario fangame, but he has no clue of how Game Maker works. What should he do? (Multiple Answers!)

Use a pre-made engine with bad code (Hello engine, etc.)

Fool around with Game Maker for a while

Look at the pre-made tutorials and examples on the internet

Ask for help on forums and other (Game Maker related) sites

Use an engine in which he only needs to edit the rooms

13.

Please also answer this one, so I can see where my quiz gets most of it's participators.

Which website brought you to this test?

Game Maker Master of the month - May