This is just a game I was working on in Gamemaker 8.0, and decided to ask for input. It's a platformer where you shoot zombies. There's no story (yet) and only one (incomplete) level.

2.0 features:

• Improved movement
• Improved gun physics
• Improved collisions

So yeah, what do you think? What should I add? What should I get rid of?

EDIT: Oh, and you can't die yet.

Um... Death, finish the level, and more levels? Pretty fun actually. Needs more guns. For us of course.

When you have left and right, make it add and subtract velocity to the player's over-all velocity.
When he's touching the ground, have it divide the X velocity by 1.1 or something like.

Also, give the bullets velocity, momentum, and finally Gravity, as opposed to just direction.

Not bad for a start.
You need to tighten up the collisions, massively. That should be the priority before you add new stuff.

I guess this is just a test level at the moment, but the room size shouldn't be unnecessarily large, it can cause quite a bit of slowdown.
Once you start making more finalised levels, I'd introduce the elements such as the turrets slower, to keep the player interested without overwhelming them.

And yeah, death and level change/saving is also quite important.

@JacenHanLovesLegos: Glad you like it, and of course I'll add that stuff in a bit later (other then death) when I have some sort of idea for why your there.

@zalo: Thanks for that, it makes the movement feel a lot smoother, although I'm having a little trouble with hitting the walls that I'll fix next. And the bullets work better now. Could you expand on what you mean by momentum?

@Petethegoat: Collisions are now fixed, and yeah, the level is a bit big, I'll end up making them smaller when I make some sort of plot progression.

Speaking of plot, what should it be? I'm horrible with stories, so feel free to help.

EDIT: Well fixing the wall collision problem was easy. Uploading new version soon.

>Could you expand on what you mean by momentum?

I think he means that instead of always moving at the same speed, you should start off moving slowly and accelerate up to a top speed, when you move from a stand-still; also, if you change direction while moving, you should slow down.

Or just add a dash feature like Super Mario World. + Speed, - Control

I'mma walking to the warehouse, doin' ma job...
Whuts that there? On the security guard?
ZAHMBIES!

Run for a level!
Find a sledgehammer!
Kill a few zahmbies!
Big boss reveals himself, then walks away! Fight his lieutenant!
Other stuff!

The character gets stuck for a couple of seconds if you hit the ceiling.

@Ragdollmaster: He was talking about the bullets though.

@Barnox: Good idea, but I'm unsure how I would do the run with the current controls, and the sledgehammer with the current graphic style.

@FoiL: Yes I noticed that, I think I know how to fix it... That or you'll fly through the roof with the fix.

I just meant a level of dodging zombies.
If not a sledgehammer, a jackhammer? A gun that fires out a damaging three blocks (like the muzzle flash now, but damaging).

Yep, both of those would work. I'm going to a friends house today, and I intend to rest Sunday, so I'll start working on it Monday.

You must let me see the .gmk for this, platforming is my mortal enemy.

I just start with the platforming example on the website, ane then change the sprite, levels, and add more stuff.

Zak's family were killed by zombies. In revenge, he tracked the zombie population to the spaceship from whence they came.

Boss can be Zak's wife.