Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Extensions
GameMaker has the ability to load external functions and use them within the game. This is
done by use of an extension. Extensions are made by GameMaker users and can include
anything from a JavaScript file to a DLL. This allows for new and advanced functions to be
made and imported into GameMaker.
Most extensions work using an external library of functions. This external library, for ex-
ample, a DLL file, is added into a project through the use of the extension resource. From
there, functions are set up in GameMaker, allowing the user to access the new functions
within the external library.
This allows for an endless possibility of functions within GameMaker as they can be used
to do things such as accessing the camera on a mobile device to controlling media on a per-
sonal computer.
Extensions have been made to allow the use of many software development kits from a
number of companies, as well as access social sites such as GameJolt for achievements and
high scores.
