This next part is all about view manipulation in your game, and it's actually really easy. It might just be the easiest thing we teach you in this entire book.

So let's get started! We'll first make a background, and then do the rest of this in the room editor. Create a background resource in your project. If you have one ready to import, make sure that it's not the same throughout and that you'll be able to notice differences at different points in the background. Any size should work, as the room editor lets you stretch or loop your background if it's not perfectly fitting to the room size. Of course, when you stretch your background, it loses some quality, so for a game that you publish, you'll most likely want to make a background that fits the room or one that is fit for repeating itself. If you don't have one ready, you can make it with GameMaker directly. The editor for backgrounds is the same as the sprite editor.

After you've made your background...