Programming sound into my 2D game. I started by opening the completed game with Game Maker 8.1.

I went into the sounds section of the list on the left side, containing all the parts that make up the game.

I went into the load sound area of the Sound Properties, and loaded a sound I had already created and modified in Reaper, called Science-fiction Soundtrack. I clicked open and it uploaded to the list of added sounds in the game.

I went into the Events for the play button on room 2, and added the action when clicked on to go to the next room the game, and then added the action to play the sound when clicked as well. Then tested it to check it worked in play.

Room 1

Room 2

Clicking the 'Help Dave' button on room 2 starts the background music for the game,So it sounds over the game play.