The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners (Technology in Action)

The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners (Technology in Action) | Jacob Habgood, Mark Overmars | Great book for a really great program

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	The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners (Technology in Action) Jacob Habgood, Mark Overmars Apress, 2006 - 336 pages average customer review:based on 36 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Works Great in my Classes

I use this book as a textbook on Game Maker, which is one of the modules in my Advanced Technology class for Middle School Students. It is absolutely perfect for this age group. The CD provides all the necessary support resources so we don't lose time and interest having to build sprites, objects, and rooms. Before I taught the whole class, I gave the book to one of the brighter students. He was able to build the Evil Clutches game working completely independent of the class, having only the book. This confirmed to me that the book can be used by beginners. The book is so well done that all I have to do is facilitate the class and provide help to students who have questions. It also provides the completed games that I show to those students who need to see the completed product to understand the concepts.

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Great book for a really great program

I use Game Maker to give middle school science club students an introduction to computer programming. This book really helped me organize the material I was presenting and gave it the polish an artistically challenged individual like myself could never achieve. The whole Object/Event/Action process really does a nice job teaching the kids the fundamentals of modern object oriented programming in an easy to visualize way and writing games is something they can really relate to. Surprisingly, at our students request, the library has even purchased a copy of this book but the waiting list is a long one.

Excellent choice for someone interested trying their hand at game development without first earning a degree in computer science. It comes with a disk that contains everything you need; the GameMaker tools and plenty of samples. It's easy enough for an enthusiastic 11 year old, perfect for teens, and challenging enough for us big kids that are much older. I can't say enough good things about it...

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The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners

I used it. It was great for the beginners who want to start doing game development for their career.

The Game Maker's Apprentice

A great teacher resource. A must have book if you are interested in developing skills and teaching Game Maker.

Great book!