GameMaker Programming By Example

GameMaker Programming By Example

<p><b>Master the development of 2D games by learning to use the powerful GameMaker Language and tools provided by the GameMaker: Studio workspace and engine!</b></p><h2>About This Book</h2><ul><li>Rapidly develop games using the powerful yet easy easy-to to-use GameMaker: Studio engine</li><li>Comprehensive: This is a comprehensive guide to help you learn and implement GameMaker's features.</li><li>Go through step-by-step tutorials to design and develop unique games</li></ul><h2>Who This Book Is For</h2><p>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.</p><h2>What You Will Learn</h2><ul><li>Understand the GameMaker: Studio interface and tools to quickly create the various assets used in your games</li><li>Translate some of the GameMaker: Studio drag and drop functions to the GameMaker language</li><li>Create games with random elements for exciting gameplay</li><li>Use the basic GameMaker file I/O and encryption systems</li><li>Utilize the GameMaker networking functions to create multiplayer games</li><li>Give AI routines to your enemies to make challenging gameplay</li><li>Create particle systems to give your game exciting graphics</li><li>Understand the various debugging techniques available in GameMaker: Studio</li></ul><h2>In Detail</h2><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><h2>Style and approach</h2><p>A This step-by-step guide that follows and with details ons different topics throughout the creation of various examples.</p>