Menu and Input System

Milán Várady

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Description

This extension adds a menu and input system to GameMaker Studio 2 version 2.3.3+.

Main features

Create a title and pause menu in no time.
Organize multiple inputs of any type into actions, like vk_right, ord("D"), and gp_padr into a single category/action right
And combine these two to create a controls menu based on an input system in one line of code where the player can edit the inputs.

You can buy this extension on itch.io as well which also contains an example project and a free demo version.

Documentation

Menu system

You can create menu pages where you can put different elements like:

sliders
toggles
credits
shifts (multi-option select)
controls as previously mentioned

And then access their values from anywhere.

Additional features of the menu:

Automatic sizing - the menu adjusts the size of its elements to your window size
Pause system - pause any game with one function
Presets - change or even remove buttons in different situations easily
Saving and loading - saves the settings and even the controls automatically
Easily customizable look

Input System

The input system makes dealing with any type of inputs very easy. Basically, you can organize a bunch of inputs (keyboard, mouse, gamepad) into categories like right or jump. And then check them all in one line.

But it can do much more than that. Here is a list of other things it can do:

Checking any type of input with the inputCheck() function
Getting the last gamepad input pressed similar to keyboard_key
Getting the last input pressed from any type
Getting the type of any input
Turning an input into a string (good for drawing and debugging)
Drawing inputs with nice-looking icons
Replacing ord("X") with "x"
Replacing gamepad_axis_value() with new constants like gp_axislr
Checking gamepad axis inputs as pressed
Saving and loading Input Systems in one line
More vk constants

And I have to mention FriendlyCosmonaut because the basic idea of the menu was from her Menus tutorial series. To be clear the code is completely rewritten to use the functionality of gms2.3 for instance, it uses structs instead of ds grids as the base of storing the menu, and also it has a ton of new features. The arrangement of buttons though is inspired by her system.

Games made with the systems:

Ragnor by 2 Bit Determine

Ultimate Battle Animals by me

Feel free to submit yours!

Contact

If you have any questions or want to request a feature dm me on Twitter: @MilanVarady

Or email me: [email protected]

And if you tried the system please let me know, maybe I can improve something.

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