 <p>You can change the <em>room speed</em> in the room settings, this is the number of steps per second. This property can also be accessed and changed mid-game with the <code>room_speed</code> global.</p> <p>You can also access the actual screen update speed with the <code>fps</code> read-only global. <strong>Note:</strong> screen fps is totally independent from the <em>draw event</em>, which happens at the end of each step.</p>