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The Game Maker's Companion
Habgood, Jacob/Nielsen, Nana/Crossley, Kevin et al
ISBN/EAN: 9781430228264
Umbreit-Nr.: 6760550
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xxiv, 440 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 19.10.2010
Auflage: 1/2010
- Zusatztext
- Inhaltsangabe- Greetings, Game Maker Platform Beginnings: An Idea with Legs Zool: Taking It to the Nth Dimension Empowerment: Sliding Ninjas Krool's Forces: Sweetening the Challenge Fighting Talk: The Empower Strikes Back Game Design: "Shadows on Deck" Storytelling in Theory Storytelling Applied Of Mice and Pen: Pirate Art GML: From Ninja to Pirate Rogues' Rendezvous: Vertically Sliced The Story Begins Feature Reference Rogues' Rendezvous: Dialogue
- Kurztext
- Should continue upon the success of Game Maker's Apprentice, published by Apress in 2006.Book contributed to and endorsed by the Game Maker's "guru", Mark Overmars.Game development continues to be a popular book market area with potential for future growth as barriers of entry get lower and lower.
- Autorenportrait
- Jacob Habgood worked in the U.K. games industry for seven years, writing console games for Gremlin Interactive and Infogrames/Atari. During this time, he contributed to a wide range of titles and lead the programming teams on MicroMachines (PS2, X-Box and Game Cube) and Hogs of War (PlayStation). Jacob is now a doctoral student at the University of Nottingham, researching the educational potential of computer games. As part of this research, Jacob runs clubs and workshops teaching children and teenagers how to make their own computer games, providing free activities and resources through his website: www.gamelearning.net.