The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners
Dec 2006 · Apress
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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 theory and features practical examples of how this can be applied to making games that are more fun to play.
Game Maker allows games to be created using a simple drag-and-drop interface, so you don't need to have any prior coding experience. It includes an optional programming language for adding advanced features to your games, when you feel ready to do so. You can obtain more information by visiting book.gamemaker.nl.
The authors include the creator of the Game Maker tool and a former professional game programmer, so you'll glean understanding from their expertise. The book also includes a DVD containing Game Maker software and all of the game projects that are created in the book—plus a host of professional-quality graphics and sound effects that you can use in your own games.
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Derrick Ramirez
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February 21, 2014
I feel this book is very good to use as a beginner. I was able to not only make games, but play around with the games, like converting the D&D functions to GML and following the book's "after game" stuff. Perfect for someone who wants to start off and get an understanding on how to use GameMaker. One issue however. as of this review, the book is highly outdated. I highly suggest using GameMaker 8.1 than GameMaker: Studio. There are ALOT of legacy code (ex: highscore, sleep,etc.) that GameMaker: Studio does NOT support (as they have their reasons). [if file_exist(GameMaker8.1.exe) star=5 else star=4]
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Pardeep Kumar
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January 14, 2014
I buy it but i feel sad
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About the author
Jacob Habgood worked in the U.K. games industry for seven years, writing console games for Gremlin Interactive and Infogrames/Atari. During this time, he contributed to a wide range of titles and lead the programming teams on MicroMachines (PS2, X-Box and Game Cube) and Hogs of War (PlayStation). Jacob is now a doctoral student at the University of Nottingham, researching the educational potential of computer games. As part of this research, Jacob runs clubs and workshops teaching children and teenagers how to make their own computer games, providing free activities and resources through his website: www.gamelearning.net.
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