Build a complete Side-Scroller Game with GameMaker: Studio

Build a complete Side-Scroller Game with GameMaker: Studio, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 4.15, with 46 lectures, based on 53 reviews, and has 668 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn how to build a side-scroller shooter game from start to finish Learn all the basics of GameMaker: Studio to get you started making your own games Use GameMaker: Studio to build and deploy your own games to iOS, Windows, or other mobile platforms This course is ideal for individuals who are Absolute beginners who love making games or Anyone who has an interest in learning about how to make mobile games It is particularly useful for Absolute beginners who love making games or Anyone who has an interest in learning about how to make mobile games.

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Summary

Title: Build a complete Side-Scroller Game with GameMaker: Studio

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 4.15

Number of Lectures: 46

Number of Published Lectures: 46

Number of Curriculum Items: 46

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 46

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn how to build a side-scroller shooter game from start to finish
Learn all the basics of GameMaker: Studio to get you started making your own games
Use GameMaker: Studio to build and deploy your own games to iOS, Windows, or other mobile platforms

Who Should Attend

Absolute beginners who love making games
Anyone who has an interest in learning about how to make mobile games

Target Audiences

Absolute beginners who love making games
Anyone who has an interest in learning about how to make mobile games

In this complete Intro to GameMaker: Studio Course, instructor Alan Thorn takes us through the entire process of building an old-school, side-scrolling shooter game from start to finish! We’ll cover everything you need from the ground up – all the way from first opening the software to deploying the game for iOS, Windows, or other mobile platforms! If you love retro, old-school video games, or are just interested in learning how to make your own, this course is for you!

(Students – please look under Section 1 / Lecture 1 downloads for the source files associated with the lesson.)

More about the Instructor:

Alan Thorn is a game developer, author and educator with 15 years industry experience. He makes games for PC desktop, Mobile and VR. He founded ‘Wax Lyrical Games’ and created the award-winning game ‘Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok’, working as designer, programmer and artist. He has written sixteen technical books on game development and presented ten video training courses, covering game-play programming, Unity development, and 3D modelling. He has worked in game development education as a visiting lecturer for the ‘National Film and Television School’, as a Lead Teacher for ‘Uppingham School’, and is currently a Senior Lecturer at ‘Teesside University’ where he helps students develop the skills needed for their ideal role in the games industry.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Building Spaces and learning the UI

Lecture 1: Download Course Files Here!

Lecture 2: Introduction

Lecture 3: Getting Started

Lecture 4: Starting a New Project

Lecture 5: Importing Menu Background

Lecture 6: Importing the Button Assets

Lecture 7: Project Management

Lecture 8: Art Guidelines

Lecture 9: Creating a Room

Lecture 10: Creating Objects from Sprites

Lecture 11: Adding Button Objects

Lecture 12: Customizing Buttons

Lecture 13: Completing the Menu

Chapter 2: Adding world objects and bad guys!

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Adding a Level Background

Lecture 3: Adding Planet Decor

Lecture 4: Importing the Player Sprite

Lecture 5: Creating a Player Object

Lecture 6: Setting Animation Speed

Lecture 7: Making the Player Move

Lecture 8: Creating a Longer Level

Lecture 9: Making the Camera Follow

Lecture 10: Importing Tile Sets

Lecture 11: Building Levels from Tile Sets

Lecture 12: Building the Player Weapon

Lecture 13: Improving the Player Weapon

Lecture 14: Completing the Player Weapon

Lecture 15: Adding Enemies to the Level

Lecture 16: Creating Enemy Weapons

Chapter 3: Scripting – and adding the final touches!

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Course Recap

Lecture 3: Creating Flight Paths

Lecture 4: Assigning Flight Paths

Lecture 5: Preparing to Code the Player

Lecture 6: Testing Keyboard Input

Lecture 7: Responding to Keyboard Input

Lecture 8: Handling Multiple Inputs

Lecture 9: Clamping Player Position

Lecture 10: Creating the Player Weapon

Lecture 11: Creating Explosions

Lecture 12: Adding Player Health

Lecture 13: Killing the Player!

Lecture 14: Adding the Game Over Screen

Lecture 15: Adding a Mission Complete Screen

Lecture 16: Finishing the Game

Lecture 17: Bonus Lecture: Further Learning with 3dmotive

Instructors

3dmotive LLC
High Quality 3d and Game Art Training by Industry Pros!

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1 stars: 2 votes
2 stars: 3 votes
3 stars: 5 votes
4 stars: 9 votes
5 stars: 34 votes

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