Chatterbox VS Input

JujuAdams/Chatterbox which PowerPlaidPlays mentioned in his comment may appear in your search results. friendlycosmonaut/Dialogue-System is at the top of my search results. I could see a few others - nothing wrong with more references, right? Just pick your favorite implementation, design pattern, or coding style.

use the free system already provided by the great and generous jujuadams: https://github.com/JujuAdams/Chatterbox

if your game is dialog heavy i'd recommend looking at this: https://github.com/JujuAdams/Chatterbox

Here's a link to a better branching narrative solution: https://github.com/JujuAdams/chatterbox

Note: Found where the error might be. Although I disagree with how he is approaching branching dialogue systems, I understand you are still learning. When you feel more comfortable with GameMaker, I recommend checking out JuJu Adams free extension called Chatterbox

I'd also recommend Chatterbox. First of all there are some really good editors for YARN Files out there (with visual representation of the dialog s, like this one) and it's easy to add functions to the yarn script (for example if you reach a certain point of a dialog you can change a flag or add an item to the inventory).

I haven't used it personally, but Jujuadams made Chatterbox which should effectively do exactly what you're looking for.

Input is a commercial-grade library and is being used in Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon and Samurai Gunn 2 and many other titles. It has extensive documentation to help you get started. Inputs strips away the boring repetitive task of getting controls set up perfectly and accelerates the development of your game.

Do yourself a favour and check out / use Input by Juju Adams.

- Input: The game works seamlessly with controller or mouse and keyboard. I used JujuAdams' Input 5 to handle inputs from various controllers. Setting up key rebinding was easy and is good for accessibility. It's great for multiplayer and cross-platform, if I decide to do those later. I wish I had known about Input a long time ago.

Another one I love is Input (although it's a bit of overkill for most games): https://github.com/JujuAdams/input

If you haven’t seen it yet, I’d look into Input. It’s had an amazing amount of work put into it to make it as compatible as possible with input devices, has keybindings, etc. Definitely a timesaver when it comes to player input.

Turns out that this is a harder question to answer than you might expect. Input has a bunch of tools that you might find useful, but if you want the specific solution for keyboard constants that GM doesn't have natively then you'll find it here.

Consider checking out this comprehensive, easy to use and free input library: https://github.com/JujuAdams/Input