Game Maker 8.0: Short Action Names

Move Main1 Main2 Control

Move Fixed Create Instance Set Alarm Check Empty Move Free Create Moving Sleep Check Collision Move Towards Create Random Set Time Line Check Object Speed Horizontal Change Instance Time Line Position Test Instance Count Speed Vertical Destroy Instance Time Line Speed Test Chance Set Gravity Destroy at Position Start Time Line Check Question Reverse Horizontal Change Sprite Pause Time Line Test Expression Reverse Vertical Transform Sprite Stop Time Line Check Mouse Set Friction Color Sprite Display Message Check Grid Jump to Position Play Sound Show Info Start Block Jump to Start Stop Sound Splash Text End Block Jump to Random Check Sound Splash Image Else Align to Grid Previous Room Splash Webpage Exit Event Wrap Screen Next Room Splash Video Repeat Move to Contact Restart Room Splash Settings Call Parent Event Bounce Different Room Restart Game Execute Code Set Path Check Previous End Game Execute Script End Path Check Next Save Game Comment Path Position Load Game Set Variable Path Speed Replace Sprite Test Variable Step Towards Replace Sound Draw Variable Step Avoiding Replace Background

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Taken from: Jacob Habgood and Mark Overmars. The Game Maker’s Apprentice, Game Development for Beginners Score Extra Draw

Set Score Create Part System Draw Sprite Test Score Destroy Part System Draw Background Draw Score Clear Part System Draw Text Show Highscore Create Particle Draw Scaled Text Clear Highscore Particle Color Draw Rectangle Set Lives Particle Life Horizontal Gradient Test Lives Particle Speed Vertical Gradient Draw Lives Particle Gravity Draw Ellipse Draw Life Images Particle Secondary Gradient Ellipse Set Health Create Emitter Draw Line Test Health Destroy Emitter Draw Arrow Draw Health Burst from Emitter Set Color Score Caption Stream from Set Font Emitter Set Full Screen Play CD Take Snapshot Stop CD Create Effect Pause CD Resume CD Check CD Check CD Playing Set Cursor

Taken from: Jacob Habgood and Mark Overmars. The Game Maker’s Apprentice, Game Development for Beginners