GMATE ENGINE GUIDE

GMate Guide was deleted by Violet. I, Pvic with the help of a few friends am bringing it back.

Introduction:

• Welcome to the unofficial Guide for the open source Sonic the Hedgehog engine created in Game Maker 8.x !

(Compatible with the latest build of GM:S)

So, what is GMate?

First of all, why is it called GMate?

Simple: GameMaker 8 (Eight)

Now that we got the important stuff *cough* out of the way, here are a few more informations you might like:

GMate is a game engine created by Violet (Me) for GameMaker 8+, trying to capture the feel Sonic 2 had as good as possible.

While the Engine was only supposed to be for GM.8.x we also ported it to the newest stable build of Game Maker:Studio.

(You can't run the 8.x version on Studio due to missing functions and unsupported extensions)

With help from the creator of the GameMaker Studio engine "Sonic MAX" and a lot of other great people, I managed to create

a Sonic Engine for Game Maker that not only feels close to the original games, but is also easy to use!

FEATURES:

This engine includes, in addition to an almost accurate recreation of Sonic 2's physics, a wide selection of gimmicks across the Sonic series.

Basics:

Sonic, Tails and Knuckles are all playable and have all of their abilities accurately recreated. Tails can fly and Knuckles can glide and climb.

The basics of Sonic-styled gameplay are all included. This includes rings, layer based parts, such as loops, goal posts, capsules and monitors and springs, alongside many others.

Both smooth 360° angle and classic 8 angle modes are included.

A title screen, credits and a test stage are included to show off our features and gimmicks, which include:

Sonic 1:

-Bridges, the same specifics as in Green Hill

-Tunnels, alongside the bridges taken from Green Hill

-Spike Logs, again, from Green Hill

-Shields, from S1 only the normal shield

-Breakable walls, which function as in Green Hill

Sonic 2:

-The corkscrews from Emerald Hill

-Badniks, including Buzz Bombers, Coconuts and Mashers

-Bumpers, modelled after Casino Night

-Pipes, taken from Chemical Plant

-Water, based on Aquatic Ruin

-Swinging platforms, again, modelled after Aquatic Ruin

-Breakable platforms, taken from Mystical Cave

-Spikes, modelled after those from Sonic 2, without the infamous "Spike Bug" from S1

Sonic 3&K:

-Elemental Shields, all 3 versions with all of their abilities

-Boosters from Carnival Night

Sonic CD:

-Pinball flippers, taken from Collision Chaos

-Super Peelout

and so on...

Introduction Zone - ACT 2

A few more informations before we get to the tutorials and faq.

GMate is in development since early 2015 and was originally supposed to be a update for the Super Ring Engine created by me and MalcomX. In Mid 2015 then i decided to start from scratch and leave SRE behind and create my own engine.

The Team behind GMate:

• Violet - Lead Programmer.
• Nathalie - Programmer, Chocolate craving Wife.
• Noah Copeland - Programmer, GM:Studio Port.
• Hobbers - Programmer.
• Lhancat - Beta Testing, Ideas.
• MrLevRocks - Test Zone Background, Beta Testing.
• Savordez - Test Zone Level Design, Beta Testing.
• TruePowerofTeamwork - Accuracy Help.
• Mr Lange - Accuracy Help, Beta Testing.
• Pixy ( PicsAndPixels ) - Beta Testing, Graphics.

Without further ado, lets go to the Tutorials.