Hello all.

This might be a bit late so shortly before the Jam starts.

Anyway, I would like to offer a premade Game Maker 1.4 project that has some useful features preconfigured to save you some time getting started.

https://github.com/Cerno-b/gamemakerstartupproject

These things are preconfigured: - generic title screen - game object that handles the main game loop (objgame) - abstracted keyboard handling and controller input (see scripts->input and objgame.steps function) - very basic mouse controls - debug text output that only shows in debug mode - change resolution via hotkeys (1x, 2x, fullscreen) - exit the game by pressing Esc - load and use a custom pixel art font

In the readme you will find some advice on deploying and hosting your game as well some info about making a time lapse video.

I might update the project in minor ways but I don't want to put too much into it that can be considered an actual game.