can any one tell me how to move between the rooms on a fangame in a metroid fashion and how to get a mini map and health/enegry & weapon ammo display to come up on the unregistered vesion of game maker. Thanks

Wow, talk about building a huge portion of the game for you. O-o
I can't help you there, but there is a topic on MP2D explaining how
to do a minimap and transitions.

Um yeah..if this is a first game for you, I wouldn't reccomend doing a metroid fangame, as far as getting the health and ammo displayed..use the draw_sprite and draw_text functions if you use code, if you use D&D, have each energy tank as a "life" and draw the lives as an image with the image being a life bar. And use the draw text button for ammo.

As far as a getting a minimap done, that's kinda complicated..and I've yet to make a decent working one with my current engine..so you might not want to do that just yet.

I hope that helps, but I really would reccomend trying a different kind of game if you are still fairly new to gamemaker.

thanks. that really, really helps. :D

i agreee with Emp... i tried making a metroid game and i failed or three times... i'm making now it for the fourth... and it will be the last i think...