Game Development Reference
In-Depth Information
Making a parent
To make an object a parent in GameMaker, you actually need to open up the object that is
going to be the child of that parent. In the object's properties on the left side, there is a but-
ton that says
Parent
on it.
By clicking on the blue options button to the right, a drop-down list will appear showing all
the objects in your game for you to choose from. Choosing one of these objects will make
it the parent of the object you are currently editing. Once a parent has been selected, you
can click on the
Parent
button to open the parent object for editing.
