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[Cthulhu]

Yeah, I was thinking like five or six seconds on the boots.  Enough that you can usually dodge the first attack, but enemies with multiple projectiles could still get you.

[ECrownofFire]

Copy and paste can usually do a lot of work for you. Especially for enemies, where their code is going to be the same for health, except for the amount of course.

Also, a generic mana bar can fulfill all of your needs.

[Cthulhu]

Copying and pasting will work, yeah, but small modifications will be needed for some things, which is where I get bogged down.  I'll click something, get distracted, and come back to it thinking I already made the change.  Bam, gamebreaking bug until I go back and find out where I messed up.

It's not hard, it'll just be time-consuming.  No one ever said being reliable and doing what you said you'd do would be easy?

[chaoticag]

Ever considered making a parent object (eg. enemy) that all  child objects (eg. goblins) would share features?

[Cthulhu]

Can you do that?

And would local variables like health be stored separately, or would I hit one goblin twice and all the goblins in the room die?

[ECrownofFire]

It wouldn't hurt to try. The worst it could do is waste some time.

[chaoticag]

Can you do that?

And would local variables like health be stored separately, or would I hit one goblin twice and all the goblins in the room die?

Variable are object specific (each object has it's own health variable), I think. I need to download GM8 to remember if the parent child relationship is possible, and how to do it. It should be.

Edit:
Yes, you can have object parents. Go to the object window, and you'll notice a drop down menu near the bottom left corner. This is basically to preserve variables and so on, but I need to go check on something before you use it.

[dragnar]

Can you do that?

And would local variables like health be stored separately, or would I hit one goblin twice and all the goblins in the room die?

Variable are object specific (each object has it's own health variable), I think. I need to download GM8 to remember if the parent child relationship is possible, and how to do it. It should be.

It is. And it helps a LOT with collision detection. You can have your main character just check for collisions with the parent instead of separate checks for every enemy.

[Cthulhu]

Alright, I'll read up on the wiki about parent and child objects and work on that, thanks.

[chaoticag]

http://gamemaker.wikicomplete.info/parent

Here is a link.

[Cthulhu]

Kickass.  That'll save a lot of time.

I'm learning this as I go, figuring out what I need and reading up on how to make it happen, it's how I learn best, so if you've got any more tricks up your sleeves I probably wouldn't know, I'm all ears.

[Aqizzar]

I'm learning a lot myself just watching.  I'm not entirely convinced that Game Maker is a good program, but at least I get how it works.

"Catch the Clown" example completed.  This time, I'm not going to pretend that understanding the basic theory of the interface qualifies me to try making a DooM clone or something as a second attempt.  1945 example will be made when I get home from work, then I'm going to dust off my old spriting mojo, and gut the shit out the example.  Cyber Skate Marines V0.1 will be made within the week.

[The Frivolous Linguist]

I, too, have been inspired to grab a copy.

Tell me about it

[Cthulhu]

Another item idea.

Goliath Fist - Allows you to punch certain blocks, sending them flying in one direction until they collide with an obstacle.  Perfect "key," in that said certain blocks can be used to hedge the player out of areas until he has the gauntlet, and leads to great puzzles where the player has to work out how to maneuver the block through a maze.  Since the block won't stop until it hits something, you have to really think about it.

[Cheddarius]

That sounds pretty cool.