GameMaker Studio 2: Drawing Grids Tutorial

In this video we learn to create a simple grid that can be displayed on screen. With only a simple script that is simply a few lines of code, an incredibly useful and nice-looking grid can be created.

[@Draygarth]

Thanks for the vid, just getting into things. Learning to draw a grid was step one on my to-do list.☺

[@MisterOx_Vr]

How do I place stuff on the grid

[@FrozenFlameInt]

Great video! Could end up being a useful tool even if someone's not making a Mario Maker-style game. =) (And thanks for doing the vid in GMS2!)

[@Etredal]

+Frozen Flame Interactive Yup! It is very useful and very simple to make!

[@alexatedw]

Can this be used to draw a grid of varying size boxes: working on a game called quoridor. It’s played on a 9x9 grid but walls are places between spaces so my idea was to have alternating size rectangles. One that the player moves on and a smaller rectangle box between spaces

[@check7469]

oh thanks ^^ really useful

[@reiji4268]

I'm a beginner so I don't really know much, but is there a way to only display it while an event is happening (or in other words, have an erase function)?

[@matrobuxlol2396]

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[@Etredal]

xD thank you!

[@LinziOfficial]

Why not paste the code in the description so we don't have to type it ourselves?

[@Etredal]

Watching someone else type the code then typing it yourself can help you remember and learn it.

[@LinziOfficial]

Etredal i conceptually understand the loop, I was just looking online for a premade script to save me time

[@KevinTan]

@@Etredal you put in your time to make a video, don't mind lazy people like this.