HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker

Name: HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker
Brand: Packt
SKU: 97818496941009781849694117
Price: 18.89 USD
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Jason Lee Elliott

April 21, 2013

364 pages

10 hours 55 minutes

Experience a captivating journey that will take you from creating a full-on shoot 'em up to your first social web browser game

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Learn	Create great web based and social networking games, including games for Facebook, no experience is needed Implement Pathfinding and Artificial Intelligence Make games in various genres using the GameMaker Language Explore and appreciate the most popular mobile games genre, Physics based games Add unlockable levels, equipment and inventories Create amazing particle effects for any game Publish your games online, play with friends on Facebook
About	The introduction of HTML5 has revolutionized the web browser as a legitimate gaming platform with unlimited potential. Making games for the browser has never been simpler, especially with GameMaker Studio. Developers have full control over asset management, built-in systems for physics, particles and path finding. In addition, it offers a rich scripting language and extensions for developers now enabling everyone to create games and monetize them quickly and easily. HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker will show you how to make and release browser based games using practical examples. This book utilizes GameMaker’s powerful scripting language allowing you to create your first game in no time. With this guide you will develop a thorough skill set and a coherent understanding of the tools to develop games of increasing complexity, gradually enhancing your coding abilities and taking them to a whole new level. The GameMaker Studio environment allows you to jump right into building browser based games quickly and releasing them online. The chapters focus on core practical elements, such as, artificial intelligence and creating challenging boss battles. This book guides you on how to use advanced features easily and effectively, these include, data structures and demonstrating how to create rigid body physics with simple explanations and visual examples. By the end of this book you will have an in-depth knowledge of developing and publishing online social browser based games with GameMaker.
Features	Build browser-based games and share them with the world Master the GameMaker Language with easy to follow examples Every game comes with original art and audio, including additional assets to build upon each lesson.
Page Count	364
Course Length	10 hours 55 minutes
ISBN	9781849694100
Date Of Publication	21 Apr 2013

Table of contents

1 Getting to Know the Studio with Your First Game

Making HTML game development easy
Setting up the software
Our first look at the Studio
Exploring the resource editors
Tools for debugging your games
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2 Triple 'A' Games: Art and Audio

Manufacturing art assets
Importing sprite sheets
Introducing the image editor
Animating and creating sprites
Manufacturing audio
Using the GM:S Audio engine
Raising the quality bar
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3 Shoot 'em Up: Creating a Side-scrolling Shooter

Coding conventions
Building the player
Constructing three little enemies
Controlling the game with the Overlord
Dealing with the life and death of the player
Drawing the user interface
Adding the finishing details to the game
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4 The Adventure Begins

Creating animated characters
Navigating between rooms
Bringing enemies to life
Adding finishing details to the game
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5 Platform Fun

Structuring systems-based code
Building the player
Setting up the room
Building a boss battle
Winding it up
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6 Toppling Towers

Understanding the physics engine
Building a tower toppling game
Adding in the collision sounds
Building the demolition equipment
Completing the game
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7 Dynamic Front Ends

Setting up the rooms
Rebuilding the HUD
Adding risk and reward to destruction
Adding introductory text to each level
Saving the player's progress
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8 Playing with Particles

Introducing particle effects
Adding particle effects to the game
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9 Get Your Game Out There

Releasing a game on your own site
Integrating with Facebook
Tracking the game with Flurry Analytics
Making money with your games
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Jason Lee Elliott

Jason Lee Elliott is a digital media expert with a passion for game design. He started his career as an all-purpose Artist at Konami, working his way up to the position of Lead Artist on Spawn for the Game Boy Color. Jason then returned to school to study film at the Vancouver Film School, where the shot he wrote, directed, and produced was selected as a finalist for the BC Film Director Internship Program. Games were never far away from his thoughts and with his new cinematic skills in hand, Jason returned to the industry as a Level and Game Designer at Radical Entertainment. While there, Jason became a proficient scripter, working on several acclaimed titles including Hulk, Hulk Ultimate Destruction, and The Simpsons: Hit & Run. Since 2005, Jason has been a teacher at the Art Institute of Vancouver, and is currently a senior faculty member in the Game Art and Design program. In his spare time, he develops indie games, dabbles in web and graphic design, is the webmaster for the Vancouver chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH, and occasionally blogs at jasonleeelliott.com.