Page 8 of 15 Adding a Background Assuming your game did work as expected, we are now going to make it look a bit fancier. First we will add a wooden background image. Click on the Resources menu and press Create Background or click on the button with the image:
In the form that appears, give the background an appropriate name and press the Load Background button.
In the file selector that appears open the folder `Tutorial1` and in there double click on the image `wood.gif`. If you do not see the folder `Tutorial1` you should navigate to the folder where Game Maker was installed. There you find a folder `Backgrounds` and in it you find the `Tutorial1` folder with the background.
Press OK to close the form. The background should now be visible in the list at the left. The next step is to make the background visible in the room we already created. To reopen the form for the room, double click on it in the list at the left. (Don't add a new room!)
In the form, click on the tab backgrounds to open that page.
In the middle click on the menu icon, next to where it says <no background> and select the wooden background. The background should now be visibile in the room at the right.
(Note that there are many options you can set about backgrounds in rooms but we don't need them here. You can find more information about this in the help file.) Press the green checkmark at the top left to close the room form. Now better save the game and run it to see whether the background is shown correctly.