A prototype pet-care game built with GameMaker Studio (project: pettest).

This repository contains the GameMaker project files, art assets, audio, and source content used while developing a small virtual pet game. The active editable GameMaker project is in the pettest/ folder.

• Work in progress (branch: development-nate).
• GameMaker IDE version: 2024.13.1.193 (see pettest/pettest.yyp).

1. Install GameMaker Studio 2 / GameMaker 2024 (match IDE version if possible).
2. Open the project by loading pettest/pettest.yyp in the GameMaker IDE.
3. Click Run to launch the prototype.

Notes:

• The main rooms include rm_home and rm_home_2 (see pettest/rooms/).
• Game systems are implemented in GML scripts in pettest/scripts/ and objects in pettest/objects/.

• pettest/ — GameMaker project (project file pettest.yyp) containing the game's scripts, objects, rooms, sprites, sounds, and tilesets.
  • pettest/scripts/ — GML scripts and utilities.
  • pettest/objects/ — GameMaker objects (game logic and entities).
  • pettest/rooms/ — Rooms / scenes used by the game.
  • pettest/sprites/, pettest/sounds/, pettest/tilesets/ — in-engine assets.
• aseprite_files/ — source Aseprite (.aseprite/.ase) files and sheets used to produce sprites.
• sound_files/, music_files/, audacity_files/ — raw audio assets and Audacity projects.
• sprites/, tilesets/, font_files/, colours/ — additional exported assets and supporting files.
• time_and_needs_config.xlsx — configuration spreadsheet for time/needs balancing.

• pettest/pettest.yyp — project manifest. It lists rooms, resources, and the recorded IDE version.
• Starting rooms: rm_home, rm_home_2.
• Scripts implementing game features: scr_alter_needs, scr_dog_actions, scr_inventory, scr_tasks, and others in pettest/scripts/.

• YoYo Games GameMaker Studio 2 / GameMaker 2024 (IDE) to open/edit/run the project.
• Aseprite for editing .aseprite source art files (assets stored in aseprite_files/).
• Paint.NET (some .pdn files).
• Audacity for editing .aup3 project audio files.