The game maker's apprentice game development for beginners - Habgood, Jacob; Overmars, Mark H., 1958- (Berkeley, CA : New York, NY : Apress : Distributed to the book trade by Springer-Verlag, 2006)
Your first game : devilishly easy -- Action games -- More actions : a galaxy of possibilities -- Target the player: it's fun being squished -- Game design : interactive challenges -- Inheriting events : mother of pearl -- Maze games : more cute things in peril -- Game design : levels and features -- Cooperative games : flying planes -- Competitive games : playing fair with tanks -- Game design : balance in multiplayer games -- GML : become a programmer -- Clever computers : playing tic-tac-toe -- Intelligent behavior : animating the dead.
"User level: Beginner"--P. [4] of cover.
Includes bibliographical references (page 297) and index.
Keywords: Game maker; Computer adventure games -- Design; Electronic games -- Design