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Versions: GM2022+ (LTS/Stable/Beta)
Platforms: Windows, Windows (YYC)
This is an extension that lets you create additional windows in GameMaker games on Windows!
This can be used for things like:
- Debug UI (you can even update windows while the game is busy!)
- Pop-out panels and windows (ever make software in GameMaker? Some people do)
- Novel ideas (takes some work to stand out of the crowd these days!)
- "Fourth-wall" tricks (want your game to draw inside and outside the game window?)
And there are always more things to explore!
The extension is straightforward to use - the general functions work much alike to the built-in window_* functions, drawing works akin to working with surfaces, and there's a cheat sheet covering what every function does.
And if you prefer to learn from an example, I'm also including a project with small showcases for various things that you might want to do with this.
On the technical side, the extension works directly with WinAPI and D3D11 for best-case performance. It can be used along with other window-related extensions, and you can usually adjust extensions to work with a window of your liking even if they don't support multi-window handling out of box.
Author: YellowAfterlife
License: Custom license (see LICENSE)