Ben Tyers

Practical Gamemaker: Studio

Language Projects

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gain the skills required to create fun and compelling games using GameMaker: Studio, and its GML programming language. In this full-color book you'll learn 24 practical programming elements that are important when creating any game. Each section includes an introduction to a new programming element, some examples, a worksheet, and mini projects to allow you to test your new knowledge. After completing all elements, you will put into action what you have learned in a classic arcade style game.
In Practical GameMaker: Studio, you will create a fully featured game, with guidance and in color, using version 1.4. After each section you'll see how you'll apply what you've learned to the final game, and discover additional projects to try. These mini projects include a separate scoring guide, and a working example for each, which is useful if you're using this book in an educational environment. Similarly, the book also contains a number of assignments, which you may include as part of any associated coursework in your classes.
What You Will LearnUse GameMaker: Studio and GameMaker Language (GML) to create games
Work with GML variables, conditionals, drawing, keyport I/O, objects, and events
Create GML sprites, health/lives, alarms, collisions, and rooms
Improve your game with GML backgrounds, sound and music, splash screens and menus, and effectsUse GML loops, arrays, ds_lists, paths, and scripts
Who This Book Is For
Experienced game developers new to GameMaker or for those with at least some prior exposure or experience with GameMaker: Studio but who are new to GML.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Apress / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4842-2372-7
• Seitenzahl: 313
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 690g
• ISBN-13: 9781484223727
• ISBN-10: 1484223721
• Artikelnr.: 45799588

Autorenporträt

Ben Tyers is an expert GameMaker: Studio user, developer, coder, expert and IT trainer. He has authored a number of small books on GameMaker for game application developers and runs a popular GameMaker resources web site.

Inhaltsangabe

0. Introduction
1. Variables 2. Conditionals3. Drawing 4. Drawing Continued5. Keyboard Input & Simple Movement6. Objects & Events7. Sprites 8. Health, Lives & Score9. Mouse10. Alarms11. Collisions12. Rooms13. Backgrounds14. Sounds & Music15. Splash Screens & Menu16. Random17. More Movement (Basic AI)18. INI Files19. Effects 20. Loops21. Arrays22. ds_lists23. Paths 24. Scripts25. Hints & Tips26. Creating A Game - Outline27 . Creating A Game -Sprites28. Creating A Game -Sounds29. Creating A Game -Backgrounds30. Creating A Game -Paths31. Creating A Game -Scripts32. Creating A Game -Fonts33. Creating A Game -Objects - Introduction34. Creating A Game -Parent Objects35. Creating A Game -Objects36. Creating A Game -Rooms 37. Progress Sheet38. Marking Guide39. End Of Project Assignment40. End Of Project Test