The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners
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The
Game Maker’s Apprentice
Game Development for Beginners
Create PC games the easy way using Game Maker’s simple drag-and-drop interface Learn essential game design theory Make your games more fun!
INC LU DE S AN CD W D IT TO EVER H GA CR YT ME EA HIN M TE G AK 9 G YO ER AM U N SO ES EED FTW ! AR E
Jacob Habgood and Mark Overmars
Foreword by Phil Wilson, the producer of the highly anticipated Xbox 360™ game Crackdown.
The Game Maker’s Apprentice
Game Development for Beginners
Jacob Habgood Mark Overmars
The Game Maker’s Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners Copyright © 2006 by Jacob Habgood and Mark Overmars
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. In purchasing this book, the authors and publisher grant you permission to use the electronic resources from the accompanying CD for commercial or noncommercial use in your own games made with Game Maker. However, redistribution of the original games or their resources is prohibited and the authors retain full copyright of all the original game concepts and the intellectual property associated with them. ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-59059-615-9 ISBN-10 (pbk): 1-59059-615-3 Printed and bound in China 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Trademarked names may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Lead Editor: Chris Mills Development Editor: Adam Thomas Technical Reviewer/Additional Material: Sean Davies Editorial Board: Steve Anglin, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jason Gilmore, Jonathan Gennick, Jonathan Hassell, James Huddleston, Chris Mills,
The
Game Maker’s Apprentice
Game Development for Beginners
Create PC games the easy way using Game Maker’s simple drag-and-drop interface Learn essential game design theory Make your games more fun!
INC LU DE S AN CD W D IT TO EVER H GA CR YT ME EA HIN M TE G AK 9 G YO ER AM U N SO ES EED FTW ! AR E
Jacob Habgood and Mark Overmars
Foreword by Phil Wilson, the producer of the highly anticipated Xbox 360™ game Crackdown.
The Game Maker’s Apprentice
Game Development for Beginners
Jacob Habgood Mark Overmars
The Game Maker’s Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners Copyright © 2006 by Jacob Habgood and Mark Overmars
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. In purchasing this book, the authors and publisher grant you permission to use the electronic resources from the accompanying CD for commercial or noncommercial use in your own games made with Game Maker. However, redistribution of the original games or their resources is prohibited and the authors retain full copyright of all the original game concepts and the intellectual property associated with them. ISBN-13 (pbk): 978-1-59059-615-9 ISBN-10 (pbk): 1-59059-615-3 Printed and bound in China 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Trademarked names may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, we use the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. Lead Editor: Chris Mills Development Editor: Adam Thomas Technical Reviewer/Additional Material: Sean Davies Editorial Board: Steve Anglin, Ewan Buckingham, Gary Cornell, Jason Gilmore, Jonathan Gennick, Jonathan Hassell, James Huddleston, Chris Mills,