{"author_link":"\/users\/alphish","author_name":"Alphish","author_uid":"alphish","comments":[],"epoch":1743787098,"event":"LD57","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":410425,"likes":6,"metadata":{"p_key":"209777","p_author":"Alphish","p_authorkey":"1001614","p_urlkey":"448879","p_title":"Presenting: GameMaker Community Toolbox","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD57","p_time":"1743787098","p_likes":"6","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1001614","us_name":"Alphish","us_username":"alphish","event_start":"1743811200","event_key":"111","event_name":"Ludum Dare 57"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD57","removed_author":false},"_superparent":406845,"_trust":1,"author":1614,"body":"Since people mention their tools and engines, I guess I'll present the GameMaker package I've been using every jam for a while.\n\n![Logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/e46\/z\/695f0.png)\n\nIt's GameMaker Community Toolbox! A set of utility functions maintained by me, with contributions from various members of the broad GameMaker Community! You can check out the repository here: https:\/\/github.com\/Alphish\/gm-community-toolbox\n\nAlternatively, if you want to first browse the functions and see if there's anything useful at all, you can check the reference: https:\/\/github.com\/Alphish\/gm-community-toolbox\/blob\/main\/Docs\/Reference\/Reference.md\n\nAlso also, I uploaded the demo showcasing most of the functions to itch.io, along with the GameMaker local package: https:\/\/alphish-creature.itch.io\/gmct-ea\n\n![image_2025-04-04_191414334.png](\/\/\/raw\/e46\/z\/695f1.png)\n\nHowever, the demo doesn't include the `file_read_all_text`, `file_write_all_text`, `json_load` and `json_save` functions because it's tricky to showcase file management in a browser demo. I mention these, because of various Community Toolbox functions I use these basically every time.\n\nHopefully some of you GameMaker jammers out there will find the package useful!","comments":0,"created":"2025-04-04T17:06:03Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":410425,"love":6,"love-timestamp":"2025-04-04T19:03:31Z","meta":[],"modified":"2025-04-04T19:03:31Z","name":"Presenting: GameMaker Community Toolbox","node-timestamp":"2025-04-04T17:18:18Z","parent":407599,"parents":[1,5,9,406845,407599],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/$407599\/presenting-gamemaker-community-toolbox","published":"2025-04-04T17:18:18Z","scope":"public","slug":"presenting-gamemaker-community-toolbox","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1285239},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"410425","n_urlkey":"448879","n_parent":"407599","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/$407599\/presenting-gamemaker-community-toolbox","n_slug":"presenting-gamemaker-community-t","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"1614","n_created":"1743786363","n_modified":"1743793411","n_version":"1285239","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/57\/$407599\/presenting-gamemaker-community-toolbox","text":"Since people mention their tools and engines, I guess I'll present the GameMaker package I've been using every jam for a while.\n\n![Logo.png](\/\/\/raw\/e46\/z\/695f0.png)\n\nIt's GameMaker Community Toolbox! A set of utility functions maintained by me, with contributions from various members of the broad GameMaker Community! You can check out the repository here: https:\/\/github.com\/Alphish\/gm-community-toolbox\n\nAlternatively, if you want to first browse the functions and see if there's anything useful at all, you can check the reference: https:\/\/github.com\/Alphish\/gm-community-toolbox\/blob\/main\/Docs\/Reference\/Reference.md\n\nAlso also, I uploaded the demo showcasing most of the functions to itch.io, along with the GameMaker local package: https:\/\/alphish-creature.itch.io\/gmct-ea\n\n![image_2025-04-04_191414334.png](\/\/\/raw\/e46\/z\/695f1.png)\n\nHowever, the demo doesn't include the `file_read_all_text`, `file_write_all_text`, `json_load` and `json_save` functions because it's tricky to showcase file management in a browser demo. I mention these, because of various Community Toolbox functions I use these basically every time.\n\nHopefully some of you GameMaker jammers out there will find the package useful!","title":"Presenting: GameMaker Community Toolbox","wayback_source":[]}