The game maker's companion : game development : the journey continues /
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| Author / Creator: | Habgood, Jacob. |
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| Imprint: | [Berkeley, Calif.] : Apress ; New York : Distributed to the Book trade worldwide by Springer Science+Business Media, c2010. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 415 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.) |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Technology in action Technology in action series. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8895750 |
| Summary: | The Game Maker's Companion is the long-awaited sequel to The Game Maker's Apprentice. This book picks up where the last book left off, advancing your game development journey with some seriously impressive gaming projects. This time you'll learn how to make professional-quality platform games with solid collision detection and slick control mechanisms and you'll get acquainted with a long-lost icon of platform gaming history on the way. <p>You'll go on to discover techniques to add depth and believability to the characters and stories in your games, including The Monomyth, cut scene storyboarding, and character archetypes. This culminates in the creation of an original atmospheric platform-adventure which will take your GML programming skills to new heights. There's even a handy reference section at the back of the book which will be invaluable for adding common features to your own games.</p> <p>With contributions from four games industry professionals and a highly respected member of the Game Maker community, The Game Maker's Companion is another labor of love that will give you even more hours of enjoyment than the original. If you already own Game Maker, then you really must own this book as well.</p> |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 415 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.) |
| ISBN: | 9781430228271 143022827X 9781430228264 1430228261 9786613075192 6613075191 |