TY  - BOOK
AU  - Auckett,Nathan
TI  - GameMaker essentials: learn all the essential skills of GameMaker: Studio and start making your own impressive games with ease 
T2  - Community experience distilled
SN  - 9781784390518
AV  - GV1469.2 
U1  - 794.8 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Birmingham, UK
PB  - Packt Publishing
KW  - Video games
KW  - Software
KW  - Jeux vidéo
KW  - Logiciels
KW  - GAMES
KW  - Board
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Computer games
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes index; Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Introducing GameMaker -- Understanding GameMaker -- GameMaker: Studio -- Installing GameMaker: Studio -- What is this book about? -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Getting Started -- Licensing -- The welcome window -- The main toolbar -- The drop-down menus -- The resource tree -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Resource Management -- Resources in GameMaker -- Sprites -- Sounds -- Backgrounds -- Paths -- Scripts; ShadersFonts -- Timelines -- Objects -- Rooms -- Extensions -- Macros -- Resource naming conventions -- Organizing resources -- Groups -- Sprite animations -- Importing and exporting resources -- Importing graphics and sounds -- Importing GameMaker resources -- Exporting resources -- Exporting scripts -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Objects -- Events -- The step event -- Room speed -- The draw event -- Parents -- Making a parent -- Parents and collisions -- Depth -- Depth ordering -- Changing an object's depth -- Drag and drop; Creating a spriteMaking our object -- Creating a room -- Summary -- Chapter 5: The GameMaker Language (GML) -- Variables -- Instance variables -- Local variables -- Global variables -- Macros -- Arrays -- One-dimensional arrays -- Two-dimensional arrays -- Functions -- Statements and loops -- Statements -- The if statement -- The else statement -- The else if statement -- Loops -- The repeat loop -- The while loop -- The for loop -- Scripts -- Creating a script -- Naming a script -- Writing a script -- Executing a script; Arguments in scriptsArgument hints in scripts -- Returning a value -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Sprites -- Loading a sprite -- Sprite options -- Sprite origins -- Collision masks -- Editing a collision mask -- Texture settings -- Sprite sizing techniques -- The power of two -- Templates -- Editing a sprite -- Starting from scratch -- Effects -- Sprites in GameMaker Language -- Setting an object's sprite -- Getting the width and height of a sprite -- Getting the offset of a sprite -- Setting the animation speed of a sprite; Setting the frame of a spriteSetting the alpha of a sprite -- Setting the rotation of a sprite -- Changing the scale of a sprite -- Finding out how many subimages a Sprite has -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Making a Game -- Making the sprites -- Room setup -- Views -- Object creation -- Programming the game -- Collectables -- Enemies -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Debugging -- Errors -- Undeclared variable -- Drawing information -- Drawing text -- Drawing lines and shapes -- Simple toggles -- The GameMaker debugger -- Summary
N2  - 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
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