String Templating in GameMaker 2023.4

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The Game Maker - The 18th Carol Reed Mystery (2023)
Duration: 13:19
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A few months ago GameMaker added some basic string formatting. In the April 2023 betas, this has been expanded upon! I know a lot of you have been asking for this.

Original string formatting video:
https://youtu.be/xhDKj87g6p8

The project on Github:
https://github.com/DragoniteSpam-GameMaker-Tutorials/TutorialStringTemplates

GameMaker Studio 2.3 playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrfuDcYrTufdpgwoALAczPR2
GameMaker 3D playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrcML9uqHe4fwBVTm650Vy3V

0:00 Introduction
1:58 New string templating syntax
4:16 This also works for expressions
5:32 Is this a good idea? (Spoiler: yes)
7:19 GameMaker will not be aware if values in a templated string change
8:11 Performance
10:43 The old string templates are still much more useful for translations
11:51 The end

#GameMaker
#GameMakerStrings
#GameMakerStringTemplates
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