TY - BOOK AU - Habgood,Jacob AU - Overmars,Mark H. TI - The game maker's apprentice: game development for beginners T2 - Technology in action SN - 9781590596159 AV - QA76.76.C672 H368 2006 PY - 2006///] CY - Berkeley, CA, New York, NY PB - Apress, Distributed to the book trade by Springer-Verlag KW - Game maker KW - Computer adventure games KW - Design KW - Electronic games N1 - "User level: Beginner"--P. [4] of cover; Includes bibliographical references (page 297) and index; 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 ER -