The Game Maker’s Apprentice Game Development for Beginners /

• Main Authors: Habgood, Jacob (Author), Overmars, Mark (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2006.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

The Game Makers Apprentice shows you how to create nine exciting games using the wildly popular Game Maker game creation tool. This book covers a range of genres, including action, adventure, and puzzle games complete with professional quality sound effects and visuals. It discusses game design theo...

Table of Contents:

• Getting Started
• Welcome to Game Maker
• 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
• Level Design
• Inheriting Events: Mother of Pearl
• Maze Games: More Cute Things in Peril
• Game Design: Levels and Features
• Multiplayer Games
• Cooperative Games: Flying Planes
• Competitive Games: Playing Fair with Tanks
• Game Design: Balance in Multiplayer Games
• Enemies and Intelligence
• GML: Become a Programmer
• Clever Computers: Playing Tic-Tac-Toe
• Intelligent Behavior: Animating the Dead
• Final Words. .