Using techniques based on key game development concepts, current trends, and established best practices, readers will be able to use GameSalad Creator from concept to prototype-and beyond.
#THE OFFICIAL GAMESALAD GUIDE TO GAME DEVELOPMENT HOW TO#
THE OFFICIAL GAMESALAD GUIDE TO GAME DEVELOPMENT teaches readers how to make their own games with the simple, powerful, drag-and-drop GameSalad Creator software. Readers will learn the ins and outs of gamification techniques through projects, such as: badge hunts for staff orientation a “face of the library” game for patron services badges for your programs augmented reality and a catalog Easter egg hunt interactive fiction for information literacy education and top-down video games for library orientation. This A–Z guidebook covers a range of exciting ways to use gamification in your library. Learn how to gamify the library experience. This primer will walk you through incorporating game thinking into bibliographic instruction, staff training, the online catalog, and more. Discover how you can use game design techniques to involve patrons and motivate staff in your library. Savvy marketers are gamifying their efforts by offering customers loyalty badges, check-in incentives, and achievement rewards and clever employers are leveraging this new trend to gamify their training and innovation processes. Using game thinking and game mechanics in non-game settings to promote engagement and learning is a new trend in both business and education sectors. If you already own Game Maker, then you really must own this book as well. With contributions from four games industry professionals and a highly respected member of the Game Maker community, The Game Maker's Companion is another labor of love that will give you even more hours of enjoyment than the original. 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. This culminates in the creation of an original atmospheric platform-adventure which will take your GML programming skills to new heights. You'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 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. This book picks up where the last book left off, advancing your game development journey with some seriously impressive gaming projects. The Game Maker's Companion is the long-awaited sequel to The Game Maker's Apprentice.
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