{"product_id":"9781430228271","title":"The Game Maker's Companion","description":"\u003cp\u003e    \u003cem\u003eThe Game Maker’s Companion\u003c\/em\u003e is the long-awaited sequel to \u003cem\u003eThe Game Maker’s Apprentice\u003c\/em\u003e. This book picks up where the last book left off, advancing your game development journey with some seriously impressive gaming projects. This time you’ll learn how to make professional-quality platform games with solid collision detection and slick control mechanisms and you’ll get acquainted with a long-lost icon of platform gaming history on the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou’ll go on to discover techniques to add depth and believability to the characters and stories in your games, including The Monomyth, cut scene storyboarding, and character archetypes. This culminates in the creation of an original atmospheric platform-adventure which will take your GML programming skills to new heights. There’s even a handy reference section at the back of the book which will be invaluable for adding common features to your own games. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith contributions from four games industry professionals and a highly respected member of the Game Maker community, \u003cem\u003eThe Game Maker’s Companion\u003c\/em\u003e is another labor of love that will give you even more hours of enjoyment than the original. If you already own Game Maker, then you really must own this book as well.     \u003c\/p\u003e    What you’ll learn\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn the fundamentals of how to create platform games with nature’s first platform game character: Fishpod. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscover how to recreate the classic 90’s platform game Zool (Ninja of the Nth Dimension) entirely using drag-and-drop programming. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how to extend and improve upon the drag-and-drop functionality of Game Maker using GML scripts. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFollow the design of the atmospheric platform-adventure game Shadows on Deck from original concept to a completed vertical slice of gameplay. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSee how professional designers create engaging storylines with believable characters. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLearn how to modify the Shadows on Deck artwork to include in your own games. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExperience a practical journey into game development which has been unparalleled since \u003cem\u003eThe Game Maker’s Apprentice\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGain access to professional game resources from Shadows on Deck which you are free to use in your own Game Maker games. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWho this book is for      \u003cp\u003e     This book is for\u003cem\u003e The Game Maker’s Apprentice\u003c\/em\u003e readers, along with other game developers in general.      \u003c\/p\u003e     Table of Contents\u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003eGreetings, Game Maker \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePlatform Beginnings: An Idea with Legs \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eZool: Taking It to the Nth Dimension \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEmpowerment: Sliding Ninjas \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eKrool’s Forces: Sweetening the Challenge \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFighting Talk: The Empower Strikes Back \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGame Design: “Shadows on Deck” \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStorytelling in Theory \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStorytelling Applied \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOf Mice and Pen: Pirate Art \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGML: From Ninja to Pirate \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRogues’ Rendezvous: Vertically Sliced \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Story Begins \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeature Reference \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRogues’ Rendezvous: Dialogue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134049861872,"sku":"9781430228271","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781430228271_p0.jpg?v=1763750231","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781430228271","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}