ServerKit GameMaker: Easily Manage GameMaker Servers
How to use SKGM to create a server that you can easily manage from a web interface, and use it to upload and deploy your GameMaker servers
Yuan Gao
HyperText GameMaker: Make Websites in GameMaker
Making websites in GameMaker is easier than you think. Let's look at using HyperText GameMaker to make a simple website
GameMaker Servers in the Cloud
Here's the easiest way I've found to run GameMaker servers in the cloud, without needing to learn a new language or install new software
Translations Management Systems
Stop using CSVs for localizing your GameMaker game, and use a translation management system to easily collaborate and hot-load translation files into your game
Automated Bug Reporting with Sentry for GameMaker games
You can use Sentry to allow players to submit their bug reports to you automatically. This works great with structured logging to provide debugging info
Structured Logging in GML
show_debug_message() is great, but you can do better with instanced loggers, severity levels, structured logging, bound variables, and so on
MinHeap Priority Queues, an alternative for ds_priority
A modern GC-friendly version of ds_priority based on arrays and structs
Exception Inheritance in GML
GameMaker's try/catch exceptions are rife with potential pitfalls. We can do better using exception inheritance to avoid overbroad catching
Sentinels and Abstract Base Constructors in GML
When it comes to returning values that indicate the absence of a thing, "undefined" can be problematic, let's explore some other options