Daniel
Ready Made Room Transitions for GameMaker
Easily add room transitions to your GameMaker games with this simple template project. Over 40 transitions are built into the asset by default, or you can use it as a learning tool to create your own!
Inventory Icons Graphics Pack
High resolution iconic graphics for use in your games – there are a total of 176 sprites in this pack.
Making Dialogue Boxes With Character Portraits
A quick example of how to make a dialogue box system where characters animate in and out of the screen in a dynamic way.
Ready Made Word Guess
Learn how to make a word guessing game in GameMaker with our ready-made project!
Arcade Sound Effects Pack
100 retro-style sound effects for use in your games, 100% free for commercial use.
Bar Games Graphics Pack
High resolution sports graphics for use in your games – there are a total of 91 sprites in this pack.
Controls & Icons Graphics Pack
High resolution iconic graphics for use in your games – there are a total of 240 sprites in this pack.
What we use to make our games, graphics and fonts
If you’re thinking about making video games or getting into graphic design, there are now a wealth of tools to choose from and it can be a bit overwhelming deciding where you want to begin! In this week’s post, we’re going to talk about the things we use to make our games, graphics and fonts to give you an idea of where to start.
Word Games Graphics Pack
High resolution word game graphics for use in your games – there are a total of 290 sprites in this pack.
Puzzle Games Graphics Pack
High resolution puzzle graphics for use in your games – there are a total of 402 sprites in this pack.
GM Languages
Never localized or translated your GameMaker game before? Don’t worry, we’ve got your back!
How to prepare your GameMaker games for translation
If you’re looking to increase the audience for your games, one way to be more inclusive and get more eyes on your content is to translate your game into other languages.
CI GameDev 16px Font
A monospaced, 5px by 16px pixel font for 100% free commercial use in your games.
Card Games Graphics Pack
High resolution cards, chips and dice for use in your games – a total of 90 sprites are included in this pack.
Our 2025 plans – giving back to the community
Happy New Year everyone from Daniel and Allison here at Chequered Ink! We’re coming up to our tenth anniversary, and to celebrate we’ve got some radical plans to give back to the community.
Merry Christmas from Chequered Ink
We just want to wish you all a Merry Christmas, Happy Holiday season and a pleasant end to 2024! What a year it’s been. Here’s a look back at what we’ve done over the last 12 months here at Chequered Ink.
How to use our fonts in GameMaker
Ever wondered how you can use a custom font in GameMaker? Here’s a quick guide on how to load one of our fonts in GameMaker to use in your own projects.
All Fonts Pack
Get over 1200 font styles for full commercial use in the Chequered Ink All Fonts Pack – massive savings vs. licensing each of our fonts individually.
All Games Bundle Launches on Itch
We just redesigned our itch page and to celebrate we created a bundle with ALL of our paid games for 80% off – that’s under ten dollars for all 15 of these games… and one of them is actually a pack of 71 games itself?? So you actually get like 85 games in total! WHAT.