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Practical GameMaker: Studio

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Ben Tyers

    1. Worthing, United Kingdom

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  • A new very practical in-depth GameMaker book entry from the leading GameMaker publisher

  • Follows up on Apress best sellers, The Game Maker's Apprentice and The Game Maker's Companion

  • Includes projects or examples in color

  • The author, Ben Tyers, is an expert GameMaker developer and trainer

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Table of contents (41 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xl
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  2. Variables

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 1-9

  3. Conditionals

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 11-17

  4. Drawing

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 19-28

  5. Drawing Continued

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 29-38

  6. Keyboard Input and Simple Movement

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 39-44

  7. Objects and Events

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 45-53

  8. Sprites

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 55-63

  9. Health, Lives, and Score

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 65-73

  10. Mouse

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 75-81

  11. Alarms

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 83-89

  12. Collisions

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 91-101

  13. Rooms

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 103-111

  14. Backgrounds

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 113-119

  15. Sounds and Music

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 121-128

  16. Splash Screens and Menu

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 129-138

  17. Random

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 139-144

  18. More Movement (Basic AI)

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 145-154

  19. INI Files

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 155-160

  20. Effects

    • Ben Tyers
    Pages 161-166
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About this book

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 Learn
  • Use 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 effects<
  • Include GML random and AI movements in your game
  • Use 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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Worthing, United Kingdom

    Ben Tyers

About the author

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.

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