| |
| |
| Acknowledgments | |
| |
| |
| Foreword | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Software Installation | |
| |
| |
| Game Maker Installation Procedure | |
| |
| |
| Testing the Install | |
| |
| |
| Loading a Game | |
| |
| |
| Playing the Game | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Game Creation | |
| |
| |
| What are Objects? | |
| |
| |
| Creating Our First Game | |
| |
| |
| Loading Sprites | |
| |
| |
| Creating Objects | |
| |
| |
| Creating Game Rooms | |
| |
| |
| Object Livecycle | |
| |
| |
| Adding Events | |
| |
| |
| Adding Actions | |
| |
| |
| Adding a Collision Event | |
| |
| |
| Adding Score | |
| |
| |
| Playing the Game | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using the Image and Sprite Editor | |
| |
| |
| Creating a New Background | |
| |
| |
| The Drawing Tools | |
| |
| |
| The Text Tool | |
| |
| |
| The Transform Tools | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Introduction to Object Technology | |
| |
| |
| What is Object Technology? | |
| |
| |
| Defining Object Behaviors | |
| |
| |
| Describing Object Properties | |
| |
| |
| Visualizing Object Hierarchy | |
| |
| |
| Generalization Concepts | |
| |
| |
| Behavior Encapsulation | |
| |
| |
| Polymorphism | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Keyboard Control for Objects | |
| |
| |
| Sprites and Objects | |
| |
| |
| The Art of Building a Game Room | |
| |
| |
| Creating the Game | |
| |
| |
| Adding a Room | |
| |
| |
| Modifying the Object's Appearance | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Creating Projectiles | |
| |
| |
| Opening Previous Work | |
| |
| |
| Projectile Dynamics | |
| |
| |
| Using Variables | |
| |
| |
| Creating the Projectile | |
| |
| |
| Launching the Projectile | |
| |
| |
| Saving Completed Work | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Incorporating Multiple Levels | |
| |
| |
| Opening Previous Work | |
| |
| |
| Adding a Background to Our Room | |
| |
| |
| Creating a Bug Object | |
| |
| |
| Creating Another Bug Object | |
| |
| |
| Creating the Swamp | |
| |
| |
| Additional Events for the Bug Object | |
| |
| |
| Including Health and Lives | |
| |
| |
| Incorporating the Score | |
| |
| |
| Incorporating Multiple Levels | |
| |
| |
| Adding a New Room | |
| |
| |
| Adding Sound | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Inheritance | |
| |
| |
| What Is Inheritance? | |
| |
| |
| Inspecting the DNA Factory Game | |
| |
| |
| Inspecting the Objects | |
| |
| |
| Inputting the Common Behavior into a Parent Object | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Gravity, Paths, Timelines, and Variables | |
| |
| |
| Experimenting with Gravity | |
| |
| |
| Experimenting with Friction | |
| |
| |
| Using Variables | |
| |
| |
| Logical Operations | |
| |
| |
| Paths and Timelines | |
| |
| |
| Adding Paths | |
| |
| |
| Using Timelines | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Debugging Common Problems | |
| |
| |
| |
| Unable to Move to a New Level | |
| |
| |
| |
| Invisible Objects Placed Outside the Game Room | |
| |
| |
| |
| Boss Object is Never Destroyed | |
| |
| |
| Executing Step by Step | |
| |
| |
| Using Debug Messages | |
| |
| |
| If-Then-Else Idiosyncrasies | |
| |
| |
| Cheat Codes | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Finishing Touches | |
| |
| |
| Creating the Title Page | |
| |
| |
| Background Music | |
| |
| |
| Game Playing Instructions | |
| |
| |
| Publishing and Distributing the Game | |
| |
| |
| Final Thoughts | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Platform Games | |
| |
| |
| Platform Games | |
| |
| |
| Loading the Game | |
| |
| |
| Game Room Design | |
| |
| |
| Components of a Platform Game | |
| |
| |
| The Player Sprites | |
| |
| |
| Creating the Rooms | |
| |
| |
| Designing the Game Objects | |
| |
| |
| The Color Objects | |
| |
| |
| The Tutorial Objects | |
| |
| |
| The Robo Object | |
| |
| |
| Enemy Objects | |
| |
| |
| Final Thoughts | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Tips and Tricks | |
| |
| |
| Scrolling Shooters | |
| |
| |
| Implementing Shooters | |
| |
| |
| Car Game | |
| |
| |
| Editable Games | |
| |
| |
| Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| About the CD-ROM | |
| |
| |
| General Minimum System Requirements for Game Maker 6.1 | |
| |
| |
| Contents of CD | |
| |
| |
| Additional Information | |
| |
| |
| |
| The Key Positions in a Development Team | |
| |
| |
| Designer | |
| |
| |
| Programmer | |
| |
| |
| Audio Related Positions | |
| |
| |
| Art Related Positions | |
| |
| |
| Producer | |
| |
| |
| Secondary Positions | |
| |
| |
| |
| Links to Game Programming Web Sites and Newsgroups | |
| |
| |
| Links to Web Sites | |
| |
| |
| Links to Newsgroups | |
| |
| |
| |
| Game Maker Actions Reference | |
| |
| |
| Actions in the Move Tab | |
| |
| |
| Actions in the Main1 Tab | |
| |
| |
| Actions in the Main2 Tab | |
| |
| |
| Actions in the Control Tab | |
| |
| |
| Actions in the Score Tab | |
| |
| |
| Actions in the Draw Tab | |
| |
| |
| Index | |