Once your GameMaker Account has been created - you're almost ready to start using GameMaker. To start, you need to create a "seat" for all users within your institution to use for logging in. A "seat" is simply login information (username and password) that staff and students use to access the software.
Note that being the holder of the Education Account does not permit you to log in to GameMaker using your account's login information, it only permits you to manage seats (IDE Login Details). This means that, after set up, you will need to use the seat login too.
If you already have seats setup in your account - don't panic! Seats created before the most recent update are still usable until you make any changes in the 'IDE LOGIN DETAILS' section of the new account dashboard.
When you initially log in, there are no seats assigned and your account dashboard will similar to this:
Before creating any GameMaker seats, you should make sure that the systems which are going to be using the program meet the requirements that are outlined in our 'Technical Setup Info' guide. See our Education Licences guide for more information.
Creating a Seat with your GameMaker Education Account
If you haven't created a seat yet, then you should go ahead and create the seat to be used by students, as well as any teachers in your institution.
To create a new seat, click the 'update' button in the 'IDE LOGIN DETAILS' section of the account dashboard.
Here you give a username and password combination which will be required to log in to GameMaker later.
Once created, they will be shown on the 'Seats' page for your account:
Note that all usernames created for seats will be appended with a randomly generated seed value, to ensure that the username is unique. We'd recommend not using email addresses in the username - some users have reported that, particularly with longer domain names, they experience login issues doing this. The resulting combination of username and value will be required to log into the GameMaker IDE, as shown below. To reach the login page, please select the "Legacy Account? sign in here" :
Note that once created this seat will be used by all parties to log in to the IDE. Once created the name/password can easily be changed back in the account dashboard by clicking the 'update' button:
You're now ready to use your seat login in the GameMaker IDE!
If you encounter any issues during the setup process that are not answered in this set of articles, please send our Support Team a message through our Contact Us Page.