Game Development with GameMaker Studio 2: Make Your Own Games with GameMaker Language

Name: Game Development with GameMaker Studio 2: Make Your Own Games with GameMaker Language
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)

Sebastiano M. Cossu

Sep 2019 · Apress

3.0

2 reviews

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532

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About this ebook

Create games from start to finish while learning game design and programming principles using the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine and GameMaker Language (GML).

Game Development with GameMaker Studio 2 covers all aspects of game design and development from the initial idea to the final release, using an award-winning game engine. You learn how to create real-world video games based on classic and legendary video game genres. Each game project introduces and explains concepts of game development and design and coding principles, allowing you to build a wide set of skills while creating an exciting portfolio to kick-start a career in game development.

Author Sebastiano Cossu teaches you to design levels in your games, draw sprites to populate your virtual worlds, program game objects for interaction with the player, incorporate custom music and sound effects, build GUIs for your menus and game interfaces, and support keyboard, mouse, and gamepad controls inyour projects. He shows you how to build cross-platform games to run on all desktop platforms (Windows, Linux, Mac OS) and publish them on the most popular game stores such as Steam, GOG, Humble Store, and Itch.io.

What You’ll Learn

Create games for different genres
Master GameMaker Language (GML) programming
Apply game design principles
Delve into game programming patterns

Who This Book is For

Video game enthusiasts interested in game development and design. No prior programming experience is required.

Ratings and reviews

3.0

2 reviews

R T

October 6, 2019

Full of mistakes, hard to say if the content is any good because the experience of reading it is such a chore, having to go back and correct mistakes that should have been fixed by a proof reader before the books release.

4 people found this review helpful

About the author

Sebastiano M. Cossu is a software engineer and game developer.Video games have always been his greatest passion and he began studying game development at an early age. Sebastiano started working with GameMaker in 2002 and has worked with every version of the software since then.

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