GameMaker Essentials - Softcover

Auckett, Nathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784396125 ISBN 13: 9781784396121

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2015

Synopsis

Learn all the essential skills of GameMaker: Studio and start making your own impressive games with ease

About This Book

• Learn the core aspects of GameMaker: Studio to create stunning games and share them with the world
• Learn how to create games in GameMaker using the GameMaker Language (GML)
• A fast-paced, step-by-step guide that focuses on providing practical skills to develop applications

Who This Book Is For

This book is for users experienced with game development who now want to learn how to develop games in GameMaker: Studio in a fast-paced way.

What You Will Learn

• Get to grips with the GameMaker: Studio interface
• Discover resources such as sprites, shaders, scripts, and many more in GameMaker and what each one is used for
• Create and animate sprites using the GameMaker sprite editor
• Design your own game using GameMaker Language programing
• Create objects and program them to use in your games
• Set up monetization and analytics in your games
• Deploy and publish your games online across platforms such as Android, iOS, and Windows

In Detail

GameMaker: Studio is a great game engine that can be used to publish games to a variety of platforms. It is one of the most versatile game creation tools for professional and beginner game developers alike.

Starting with the basics of learning how to install GameMaker, this book will take you all the way through to publishing your games online. Compiled with detailed instructions and images, this book starts by showing you how the GameMaker: Studio interface looks and works. After this, you'll move on to learning about resources such as sprites, paths, sounds, and more available in GameMaker, and what each resource is used for. We then move into the GameMaker Language (GML) and learn programing techniques including how variables are set up and what functions are and how they work. You'll understand how to manipulate GameMaker resources using GML. Following this, you will then make your very first GameMaker game using a combination of resources and programing techniques, and learn how to advertise your game and generate revenue and publicity for it. You can then export and publish your games across desktop and mobile platforms.

About this title

About the Author

Nathan Auckett

Nathan Auckett is an advanced GameMaker user and has been using the software for over 7 years now. He started using GameMaker during its seventh version and has been using the built-in programming language ever since to create his own games. In 2012, he began creating small tutorials on various topics in GameMaker and has since then created over 50 tutorials helping people achieve a variety of different tasks in GameMaker.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784396125
• ISBN 13: 9781784396121
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 154