The game maker's apprentice game development for beginners

"Game Maker allows you to begin creating games almost immediately, using a simple drag-and-drop system that makes learning to program much easier than traditional programming languages. This book brings together the expertise of Game Maker's creator with a professional game developer to pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Habgood, Jacob
Other Authors: Overmars, Mark H.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley, CA Apress 2006
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Your first game : devilishly easy
  • Action games
  • More actions : a galaxy of possibilities
  • Target the player: it's fun being squished
  • Game design : interactive challenges
  • Inheriting events : mother of pearl
  • Maze games : more cute things in peril
  • Game design : levels and features
  • Cooperative games : flying planes
  • Competitive games : playing fair with tanks
  • Game design : balance in multiplayer games
  • GML : become a programmer
  • Clever computers : playing tic-tac-toe
  • Intelligent behavior : animating the dead
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 297) and index