Scrolling Credits

[Gor4k]

Scrolling Credits
Difficulty: Beginner
Knowledge: Basic. Must know what the basic resources are as well as actions for events.

Here is a complete guide to creating scrolling credits.

First you are going to want to make a font, name it something simple like fnt_endcredits-


Next you are going to want to create an object called obj_endcredits.


In the Create Event you are going to add an Execute Code action and add this:

{
   credits = "Scrolling#Credits Example###written by##Trenton Kidder## ";
   credits += "This is example text for scrolling end credits.#";
   credits += "Feel free to add as many lines as you want.#";
   credits += "The end credits will wrap once#";
   credits += "the last line of the text has disappeared#";
   credits += "from the screen...";
   y = room_height;
   vspeed = -1;
}

Next create a Draw Event. Add another Execute Code action. Within the Execute Code source add:

{
   draw_set_color(c_white);
   draw_set_halign(fa_center);
   draw_set_font(fnt_endcredits);
   draw_text(320,y,credits);
   if ( y < -string_height(credits) ) y = room_height;
}

First what this does is sets the color of the text to white. It then sets it to the center. Next it chooses the correct font of fnt_endcredits, and finally it wraps the text when it intersects with the room_height.

I hope this was helpful and expect more in the future.