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HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker

By : Jason Lee Elliott
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HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker

By: Jason Lee Elliott

Overview of this book

The introduction of HTML5 has revolutionized the web browser as a legitimate gaming platform with unlimited potential. Making games for the browser has never been simpler, especially with GameMaker Studio. Developers have full control over asset management, built-in systems for physics, particles and path finding. In addition, it offers a rich scripting language and extensions for developers now enabling everyone to create games and monetize them quickly and easily.HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker will show you how to make and release browser based games using practical examples. This book utilizes GameMaker's powerful scripting language allowing you to create your first game in no time. With this guide you will develop a thorough skill set and a coherent understanding of the tools to develop games of increasing complexity, gradually enhancing your coding abilities and taking them to a whole new level. The GameMaker Studio environment allows you to jump right into building browser based games quickly and releasing them online. The chapters focus on core practical elements, such as, artificial intelligence and creating challenging boss battles. This book guides you on how to use advanced features easily and effectively, these include, data structures and demonstrating how to create rigid body physics with simple explanations and visual examples. By the end of this book you will have an in-depth knowledge of developing and publishing online social browser based games with GameMaker.

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HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker
Jason Lee Elliott
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker
HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Getting to Know the Studio with Your First Game
Getting to Know the Studio with Your First Game
Making HTML game development easy
Setting up the software
Our first look at the Studio
Exploring the resource editors
Tools for debugging your games
Summary
2
Triple 'A' Games: Art and Audio
Triple 'A' Games: Art and Audio
Manufacturing art assets
Importing sprite sheets
Introducing the image editor
Animating and creating sprites
Manufacturing audio
Using the GM:S Audio engine
Raising the quality bar
Summary
3
Shoot 'em Up: Creating a Side-scrolling Shooter
Shoot 'em Up: Creating a Side-scrolling Shooter
Coding conventions
Building the player
Constructing three little enemies
Controlling the game with the Overlord
Dealing with the life and death of the player
Drawing the user interface
Adding the finishing details to the game
Summary
4
The Adventure Begins
The Adventure Begins
Creating animated characters
Navigating between rooms
Bringing enemies to life
Adding finishing details to the game
Summary
5
Platform Fun
Platform Fun
Structuring systems-based code
Building the player
Setting up the room
Building a boss battle
Winding it up
Summary
6
Toppling Towers
Toppling Towers
Understanding the physics engine
Building a tower toppling game
Adding in the collision sounds
Building the demolition equipment
Completing the game
Summary
7
Dynamic Front Ends
Dynamic Front Ends
Setting up the rooms
Rebuilding the HUD
Adding risk and reward to destruction
Adding introductory text to each level
Saving the player's progress
Summary
8
Playing with Particles
Playing with Particles
Introducing particle effects
Adding particle effects to the game
Summary
9
Get Your Game Out There
Get Your Game Out There
Releasing a game on your own site
Integrating with Facebook
Tracking the game with Flurry Analytics
Making money with your games
Summary
Index
Index

Setting up the software

In order to use this book, we need to have a few pieces of software. Firstly, we need an HTML5 compliant browser, such as Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0, or for the best results, Google Chrome. Secondly, we need to purchase and install GameMaker: Studio Professional with the HTML5 export module. Once we have all of that we can start making games!

Note

Please be aware that GameMaker: Studio Professional and the HTML5 export module are two separate items, and you will need to own both in order to create games for the web.

  1. Purchase and download GameMaker: Studio Professional and the HTML5 export module from https://www.yoyogames.com/buy/studio/professional.

  2. Once they have been downloaded, run the program GMStudio-Installer.exe.

  3. Follow the onscreen instructions and then launch the program.

  4. Enter your license key. This will unlock the software and the modules that have been purchased.

GameMaker: Studio is ready to go, so let's start a project!

  1. In the New Project window, select the New tab. It should look like the preceding screenshot.

  2. GameMaker: Studio manages projects by creating folders for each resource along with a project file. For this you will want to specify a directory where the game files are to be stored. Set the Project Name field to Chapter_01 and click on Create.

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