DSGM's Original Forum Archive
From 2011-2016 or during DS Game Maker's more active years, it had a dedicated forum where users could find tutorials and get other help with using DS Game Maker. Unfortunately, the majority of the forum was not publicly archived before going out of service in 2016, but what is currently available can be viewed using the Internet Archive site's Wayback Machine.
Consequently, this page contains many forum links that were discovered on Wayback Machine and goes over how you can explore the original forum should you wish to find more information to help you with your DS Game Maker projects.
PAlib Wiki Archive
PAlib (Programmer's Arsenal Library) is a retired but easy to use library for creating games for the Nintendo DS and it is the framework that DS Game Maker is built upon. Thus DSGM is able to use many of its functions and the PAlib wiki site can come in handy when trying to use more advanced features.
DSGM Forum Tutorials Archive
Saving and Loading done Easy
Menu: Switching Rooms
Example+NDS - Stylus Moving + Multi Examples
Time Elapse
Example+Action Lib Open ds Sound
Draggin with Offset Example
Simple things that could improve your game
Save and Load Menu
Animations
How to make RPG Games in DSGM 5
Full Game Save Implementation Tutorial: Long but simple
[4.9] Download images off the net and view them! Wifi!
[Example]Loading Sprites via NitroFS!
Rearranging Logic
NitroSpritesLib
NitroBackgroundsLib
[Tutorial]Fade in and Fade out (VERY EASY)
How To Do Animations With Sprites EASY
Microphone Functions
Who Wants Paths?
Random Examples Vault
Timing (Using Alarms, Real-time Clock, etc.)
Wifi
[Example] New Platformer Engine -Pixel Perfect Collisions-
[Tutorial] Fixed Point Math (bitwise shifts)
Small example of recursive movement
Add gravity & collision detection to any instance easilly!
[Example] Fling object with stylus
Simple example of fireworks
How to download files using wifi!
Advanced Health Bar
How to make very simple camera scrolling
Auto Type Box Text
How to do some very basic things
2D Camera Movement
nitroLIB (Pre-Alpha Stage)
Collision Detection.
A 'Views' Tutorial
RPG-Like Output Text[Competely Revised, now using NitroFS!]
Moving objects by stylus With C Scripts!!!
Example: Simple Platformer Engine
Welcome to DSGM! Object Orientation: 6 Examples
Rotation
Battle System! Part 1
Keyboard for DSGM 4.9
How to Search the Forum Archive by Topic Categories
You can potentially find even more example files and useful information from the "Help" or other topic categories on the old forum.
Simply go to the below search filter link and use the according number to get results for one of the below topic categories you want.
You can also just navigate the old forum without using this search option, but this method saves you from clicking on dead links which leads to unarchived pages.
Wayback Machine DSGM Forum Categoires SearchForum Topic Category | URL Search Filter |
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Announcements | viewtopic.php?f=2 |
Stable Releases | viewtopic.php?f=3 |
Beta Releases | viewtopic.php?f=4 |
Tutorials and Examples | viewtopic.php?f=6 |
Help | viewtopic.php?f=7 |
Just for Fun | viewtopic.php?f=8 |
DBAS: Dynamic Basic (DSGM's native programming language) | viewtopic.php?f=9 |
Improving DSGM Suggestions | viewtopic.php?f=10 |
Game Design & Ideas | viewtopic.php?f=12 |
Work In Progress | viewtopic.php?f=13 |
Finished Projects | viewtopic.php?f=14 |
Games in General | viewtopic.php?f=15 |
Homebrew Kits | viewtopic.php?f=22 |
Off Topic | viewtopic.php?f=24 |
Public Customer Service | viewtopic.php?f=25 |
DSGM 4.9 | viewtopic.php?f=27 |