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The Game Maker´s Companion
Jacob Habgood
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Description for The Game Maker´s Companion
Paperback. Instructions on how to create platform games with solid collision detection and control mechanisms, with information on such topics as storyboarding, character archetypes, and atmosphere. Num Pages: 464 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 824. 415 pages, illustrations. Instructions on how to create platform games with solid collision detection and control mechanisms, with information on such topics as storyboarding, character archetypes, and atmosphere. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: UMK. Dimension: 230 x 178 x 28. Weight: 868.
The Game Maker's Companion is the long-awaited sequel to The Game Maker's Apprentice. 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. 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 culminates in the creation ... Read more
The Game Maker's Companion is the long-awaited sequel to The Game Maker's Apprentice. 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. 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 culminates in the creation ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Number of pages
415
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
824g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9781430228264
SKU
V9781430228264
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Ref
99-15
About Jacob Habgood
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 ... Read more
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