Basic Game Design & Creation for Fun & Learning (Game Development Series).Book & CD-ROM.

Basic Game Design and Creation teaches novices (8-80) how to create ten different games ? no programming required. The book portrays two different but interconnected technologies ? game design, which teaches game enthusiasts simple techniques (players, sound, animation, scoring, scenery, etc) and object technology, a new natural paradigm for creating software that is revolutionizing the software industry. Through the step-by-step projects and creation of numerous games, readers actually become game designers, creating different kinds of objects and environments. Every chapter helps readers to create a new two dimensional and isometric game using Game Maker, a rapid-application development tool for beginning game programmers. Using many "drag and drop" tools and video tutorials, users are able to learn object technology, and can create and publish games very quickly. This is a must-have resource for anyone who is looking to master introductory game programming!

Nanu Swamy is an educational entrepreneur and the Founder and Director of Technology for RoboTech Center. He has developed software applications using CAD tools for the construction of different kinds of robots; in addition he created a portable curriculum that makes technology education fun; it is used in schools, colleges, and community centers. Naveena Swamy is a co-founder and Director of RoboTech Center, Nashua, NH. Formerly, she was the Director of Business Development at Sycamore Networks spearheading the acquisition and expansion strategy for the introduction of new products into lateral markets. She is a member of IEEE and holds an MS (Electronics), an M.B.A (Rivier College) and has pursued research in the area of Fiber Optics. She was a finalist for the New England Business Woman of the Year 2003.