The Game Makers Apprentice

Author : Jacob Habgood
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1430201592
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Game Maker's Apprentice written by Jacob Habgood and published by Apress. This book was released on 2006-12-31 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Game Maker's 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.

Author : Jacob Habgood
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 143022827X
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Game Maker's Companion written by Jacob Habgood and published by Apress. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Game Maker's Companion is the long-awaited sequel to The Game Maker's Apprentice. This book picks up where the last book left off, advancing your game development journey with some seriously impressive gaming projects. This time you'll learn how to make professional-quality platform games with solid collision detection and slick control mechanisms and you'll get acquainted with a long-lost icon of platform gaming history on the way. You'll go on to discover techniques to add depth and believability to the characters and stories in your games, including The Monomyth, cut scene storyboarding, and character archetypes. This culminates in the creation of an original atmospheric platform-adventure which will take your GML programming skills to new heights. There's even a handy reference section at the back of the book which will be invaluable for adding common features to your own games. With contributions from four games industry professionals and a highly respected member of the Game Maker community, The Game Maker's Companion is another labor of love that will give you even more hours of enjoyment than the original. If you already own Game Maker, then you really must own this book as well.

Author : Sebastiano M. Cossu
Publisher : Apress
ISBN 13 : 1484250109
Total Pages : 543 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Game Development with GameMaker Studio 2 written by Sebastiano M. Cossu and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 543 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 in your 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 genresMaster GameMaker Language (GML) programmingApply game design principlesDelve into game programming patterns Who This Book is For Video game enthusiasts interested in game development and design. No prior programming experience is required.

Author : Brian Christian
Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785888471
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book GameMaker Programming By Example written by Brian Christian and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master the development of 2D games by learning to use the powerful GameMaker Language and tools provided by the GameMaker: Studio workspace and engine! About This Book Rapidly develop games using the powerful yet easy easy-to to-use GameMaker: Studio engine Comprehensive: This is a comprehensive guide to help you learn and implement GameMaker's features. Go through step-by-step tutorials to design and develop unique games Who This Book Is For If you have at least some basic programming experience of JavaScript or any other C-like languages, then this book will be great for you. No experience beyond that is assumed. If you have no game development experience and are looking for a hobby, are an experienced game developer looking to master some advanced features, or fit anywhere in that spectrum, then you will find GameMaker: Studio and this book to be very useful in helping you create exciting games. What You Will Learn Understand the GameMaker: Studio interface and tools to quickly create the various assets used in your games Translate some of the GameMaker: Studio drag and drop functions to the GameMaker language Create games with random elements for exciting gameplay Use the basic GameMaker file I/O and encryption systems Utilize the GameMaker networking functions to create multiplayer games Give AI routines to your enemies to make challenging gameplay Create particle systems to give your game exciting graphics Understand the various debugging techniques available in GameMaker: Studio In Detail This book is excellent resource for developers with any level of experience of GameMaker. At the start, we'll provide an overview of the basic use of GameMaker: Studio, and show you how to set up a basic game where you handle input and collisions in a top-down perspective game. We continue on to showcase its more advanced features via six different example projects. The first example game demonstrates platforming with file I/O, followed by animation, views, and multiplayer networking. The next game illustrates AI and particle systems, while the final one will get you started with the built-in Box2D physics engine. By the end of this book, you have mastered lots of powerful techniques that can be utilized in various 2D games. Style and approach A This step-by-step guide that follows and with details ons different topics throughout the creation of various examples.

Author : Robert Kanigel
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801847578
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apprentice to Genius written by Robert Kanigel and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1993-11-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Kanigel takes us into the heady world of a remarkable group of scientists working at the National Institutes of Health and the Johns Hopkins University: a dynasty of American researchers who for over forty years have made Nobel Prize- and Lasker Award-winning breakthroughs in biomedical science.

Author : Piers Anthony
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0307815676
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Split Infinity written by Piers Anthony and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2012-02-14 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay through a mysterious “curtain” revealed by a loving robot. Beyond the curtain lay Phaze—a world totally ruled by magic. There, his first encounter was with an amulet that turned into a demon determined to choke him to death. And there, he soon learned, his alternate self had already been murdered by sorcery, and he was due to be the next victim. “Know thyself!” the infallible Oracle told him. But first he must save himself as he shuttled between worlds. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he could survive only by mastering magic. And if he used any magic at all, the werewolf and the unicorn who were his only friends were determined to kill him at once!

Author : Benjamin Anderson
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329419561
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book GameMaker Language: An In-Depth Guide [Soft Cover] written by Benjamin Anderson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready to build a game? GameMaker Studio is a professional development engine used to build games like Hyper Light Drifter, Death's Gambit, Risk of Rain, Valdis Story, Hotline Miami, and many more. These great games show the power of this tool but the very best part of GameMaker Studio is that it's one of the best places for new indie game developers to begin their journey. It is where I started and I have loved every second of it. Helping you on this journey is my goal with this book. With this book you will learn about GameMaker Language Lexical Structure, Data Types and Values, Variables, Arrays and Data Structures, Expressions and Operators, Statements, Scripts, Objects, Events, Game Audio, Development Patterns and Tricks, Surfaces and Particles, HUD and GUI Layer, Box2D Physics, Online Multiplayer, and Artificial Intelligence. Thank you for your support!

Author : Joost van Dreunen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231552211
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Up written by Joost van Dreunen and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What explains the massive worldwide success of video games such as Fortnite, Minecraft, and Pokémon Go? Game companies and their popularity are poorly understood and often ignored from the standpoint of traditional business strategy. Yet this industry generates billions in revenue by thinking creatively about digital distribution, free-to-play content, and phenomena like e-sports and live streaming. What lessons can we draw from its major successes and failures about the future of entertainment? One Up offers a pioneering empirical analysis of innovation and strategy in the video game industry to explain how it has evolved from a fringe activity to become a mainstream form of entertainment. Joost van Dreunen, a widely recognized industry expert with over twenty years of experience, analyzes how game makers, publishers, and platform holders have tackled strategic challenges to make the video game industry what it is today. Using more than three decades of rigorously compiled industry data, he demonstrates that video game companies flourish when they bring the same level of creativity to business strategy that they bring to game design. Filled with case studies of companies such as Activision Blizzard, Apple, Electronic Arts, Epic Games, Microsoft, Nexon, Sony, Take-Two Interactive, Tencent, and Valve, this book forces us to rethink common misconceptions around the emergence of digital and mobile gaming. One Up is required reading for investors, creatives, managers, and anyone looking to learn about the major drivers of change and growth in contemporary entertainment.

Author : Tahir Shah
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611450578
Total Pages : 533 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sorcerer's Apprentice written by Tahir Shah and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 533 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tahir Shah has a genius for surreal travelling, finding or creating situations and people. Doris...

Author : Ed Masessa
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545861756
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wandmaker written by Ed Masessa and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical fiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Wandmaker's Guidebook! Magic is real -- and it runs in the family -- in this charming fantasy adventure about a boy who must balance his magical education with the demands of big-brotherhood, perfect for fans of Jenny Nimmo and Angie Sage.Henry Leach the Eighth doesn't know it yet, but he's descended from a long line of wandmakers. That means he has inherited mysterious powers, a trunk full of strange artifacts... and a whole host of problems.His biggest problem at the moment, however, is his little sister, Brianna. She's always had a special talent for getting in his way. And she takes troublemaking to new heights when she's caught in the crossfire of Henry's first major spell!Heartfelt, funny, and imaginative, Wandmaker is sure to leave young readers spellbound.