- Paperback: 310 pages
- Publisher: APRESS; Pap/Cdr edition (24 July 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1590596153
- ISBN-13: 978-1590596159
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 17.5 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 81,744 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Game Makers 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. The book also includes a DVD containing Game Maker software and all of the game projects that are created in the book—plus a host of professional-quality graphics and sound effects that you can use in your own games.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Game Maker's apprentice is an engaging and accessible introduction to the fascinating world of Computer Game design.
Each chapter uses a hands on approach, creating example games in the free Gamemaker software, that allows the reader to build up a broad toolkit of games design skills. New programming structures are introduced in a clear and simple way, always accompanied by examples.
I have used this book to teach Games design to secondary pupils and they have found it very entertaining as well as technically challenging.
I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anybody who would like to try designing their own games or would like to teach Games Design to a group of students. The methodologies and design approaches used are transferable to any other programming environment that the reader may wish to progress to at a later stage.
Each chapter uses a hands on approach, creating example games in the free Gamemaker software, that allows the reader to build up a broad toolkit of games design skills. New programming structures are introduced in a clear and simple way, always accompanied by examples.
I have used this book to teach Games design to secondary pupils and they have found it very entertaining as well as technically challenging.
I would not hesitate to recommend this book to anybody who would like to try designing their own games or would like to teach Games Design to a group of students. The methodologies and design approaches used are transferable to any other programming environment that the reader may wish to progress to at a later stage.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Together with the Gamemaker software, The Game Maker's Apprentice provides an excellent introduction to world of digital game making!
Contained in the book are several clear, step-by-step examples of of game construction, from simple shooter games to those with more sophisticated concepts. The examples are written to be accessible to anyone and no programming knowledge or skills are required to build interesting and fun digital games! Best of all, the text encourages game makers to experiment with concepts and build their own games!
Thoroughly recommended for any novice wishing to quickly and simply make their own games or to learn the basics of computer game programming!
Contained in the book are several clear, step-by-step examples of of game construction, from simple shooter games to those with more sophisticated concepts. The examples are written to be accessible to anyone and no programming knowledge or skills are required to build interesting and fun digital games! Best of all, the text encourages game makers to experiment with concepts and build their own games!
Thoroughly recommended for any novice wishing to quickly and simply make their own games or to learn the basics of computer game programming!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think it's a good book not only for beginners but also for the designers who have no programming background to boarden their knowlege of programming. As game development is an iterative process,I suppose the Game Makers is also a good tools to build a prototype to test design ideas.The book teach
you step by step which will significantly facilitate learning.
you step by step which will significantly facilitate learning.
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Bought this for my nephew who is 11 and has autism, although a high-functioning individual. He has a good focus for program writing and previously to this purchase has been... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Binky
Very good
I have this book on paperback, this is a good starting point for game making. I have made a game from this book and have one more in progress! V. good.
Published 18 days ago by PCkid11
Not beginner
I bought the book on the notion that if you were a total beginner you would be able to understand all the chapters. First chapter was fine. Read more
Published 7 months ago by ej2moloney
Great for any school library
This is a great accompaniment to Game Maker and, when teaching students game making, my able 13 and 14 year old students used to argue over who had the copy that was in the school... Read more
Published 9 months ago by ZRoss
Great for beginners
This is a great piece of software for people trying to get into making games, on my game design course which I have just finished they started teaching us game maker at first... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Oliver Wright
Excellent introduction to the hows and whys of game development
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Published 16 months ago by Sue Reynolds
great intro for 10 year son
My 10 year old son has really enjoyed this intro to software designs. It needed my husband to help him work through the book - but now he has the principle he can do this on his... Read more
Published 17 months ago by S. Murdoch
An Intro to Game Maker
An excellent book if you're starting out with Mark Overmars "Game Maker". Plenty of explanations and illustrations and sections on Game Design and Enemy Intelligence.
Published 23 months ago by Nick
The game makers development for beginner.
This book is a very good one if you're newbie and thinking about making computer games without coding. Read more
Published on 7 May 2010 by Steven TVC
Extremly handy!
It guides you through the beginnings of the Game Maker program. A Second i think is coming out very soon so keep your eyes out if your a fan of this one.
Published on 10 Mar 2010 by T. Kennard
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