Mark (Nocturne) Alexander
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Mark (Nocturne) Alexander
@nocturne.bsky.social
Indie dev, Goth, and Tech Writer. Working at Asobo Studio on Microsoft Flight Simulator. BIG fan of everything science, tech, and gamedev. I also make games using the GameMaker engine (feed here! https://tinyurl.com/GameMaker-Feed )
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Understandable... And yeah, RPGs (especially party based!) are VERY hard and complex things to make. I hope you find the right engine and bring your project to life though!
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Check out Slice of Sea! Or Swords of Ditto! Or, the beautiful games from MoaCube! These were all made with #GameMaker. No tiny canvas for these! GM is free, so maybe consider tying it out ;)

store.steampowered.com/app/750290/S...
store.steampowered.com/app/619780/T...
moacube.com/games/solsti...
Slice of Sea on Steam
Slice of Sea is a peaceful adventure and puzzle game. You play as Seaweed, a sea creature clearly out of their element. Explore desolate world of dust, all hand-drawn on paper in unique art style. Col...
store.steampowered.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Have you contacted @mdf200.bsky.social ? He did a mod tracker for GM ages ago, IIRC... It was on the Marketplace, but they may have it hosted elsewhere or be willing to share it with you.
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I got your back! Or rather, @sarajs.games does!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwMO...
GameMaker - Building a Twitch.tv game or overlay
YouTube video by Sara Spalding
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 AM
gamemaker.io/en/tutorials...

This blog has a lovely and simple movement and collision system and includes GML visual blocks you can copy as well as the underlying code. :)
How To Move And Collide In GameMaker
This is the easiest way to move in GameMaker, with proper collisions, and it only takes a few minutes to set up.
gamemaker.io
September 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This true!!! Can confirm. I take all the blame and I'm not even sorry. 😂
September 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM