Book Description
This book covers Game Maker Studio 1. Using GM Studio, you will learn how to make a basic tank game with this book and the free resources that come with it.Give yourself a strong head start in computer game design with our Game Programming Starter books, which are published fresh in 2015. Through these books you will learn how computer games work and how simple games may be created using ready-made resources and modern drag-and-drop game engines. This book focuses on simple 2-player tank game creation using Game Maker Studio. This is an easy-read that tries to get you started real quick. We assume you are totally new to game programming. To make things easy for you, we use simple language throughout the book. And we simplify many of the technical terms into something more straight forward and human friendly. Many trade jargons are intentionally skipped.TOC:LICENSE AGREEMENT 3LIMITATION OF LIABILITY 4ABOUT THE STARTER SERIES 5BASIC REQUIREMENTS 6LEARNING GOALS 8THE TARGET PLATFORM 9TOOLS AND RESOURCES 10LESSON 1 - THE CONCEPT OF OBJECTS 13LESSON 1 - CREATING NEW OBJECTS 15LESSON 1 CON'T - BACKGROUND IMAGE 20LESSON 1 CON'T - FREE ARTWORKS 24LESSON 1 CON'T - EDITING IMPORTED ARTWORKS 25LESSON 2 - THE CONCEPT OF ON SCREEN COORDINATES 28LESSON 2 CON'T - ROOM, VIEW AND VIEW PORT 32LESSON 2 CON'T - RESTRICTING OBJECT MOVEMENT 38LESSON 3 - ACCEPTING USER INPUT 40LESSON 3 CON'T - PROCESSING USER INPUT 42SAMPLE SET 1 48SAMPLE SET 2 49LESSON 4 - THE CONCEPT OF COLLISION MASK 52LESSON 5 - MANIPULATING INITIAL OBJECT POSITION 55LESSON 6 - MANIPULATING OBJECT MOVEMENT 62LESSON 7 - ADDING A SECOND PLAYER 64LESSON 8 - BULLET AND SHOOTING 70WHAT IS NEXT? 82