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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

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  • Menu: Switching Rooms

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  • Example+NDS - Stylus Moving + Multi Examples

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  • Time Elapse

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  • Example+Action Lib Open ds Sound

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  • Draggin with Offset Example

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  • Simple things that could improve your game

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  • Save and Load Menu

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  • Animations

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  • How to make RPG Games in DSGM 5

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  • Full Game Save Implementation Tutorial: Long but simple

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  • [4.9] Download images off the net and view them! Wifi!

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  • [Example]Loading Sprites via NitroFS!

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  • Rearranging Logic

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  • NitroSpritesLib

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  • NitroBackgroundsLib

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  • [Tutorial]Fade in and Fade out (VERY EASY)

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  • How To Do Animations With Sprites EASY

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  • Microphone Functions

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  • Who Wants Paths?

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  • Random Examples Vault

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  • Timing (Using Alarms, Real-time Clock, etc.)

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  • Wifi

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  • [Example] New Platformer Engine -Pixel Perfect Collisions-

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  • [Tutorial] Fixed Point Math (bitwise shifts)

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  • Small example of recursive movement

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  • Add gravity & collision detection to any instance easilly!

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  • [Example] Fling object with stylus

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  • Simple example of fireworks

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  • How to download files using wifi!

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  • Advanced Health Bar

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  • How to make very simple camera scrolling

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  • Auto Type Box Text

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  • How to do some very basic things

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  • 2D Camera Movement

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  • nitroLIB (Pre-Alpha Stage)

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  • Collision Detection.

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  • A 'Views' Tutorial

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  • RPG-Like Output Text[Competely Revised, now using NitroFS!]

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  • Moving objects by stylus With C Scripts!!!

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  • Example: Simple Platformer Engine

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  • Welcome to DSGM! Object Orientation: 6 Examples

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  • Rotation

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  • Battle System! Part 1

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  • Keyboard for DSGM 4.9

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  • 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.

    How to Use Wayback Machine Old Forum Categories Wayback Machine DSGM Forum Categoires Search

    Forum Topic Category URL Search Filter
    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