Game Development with Construct 2: From Design to Realization - Softcover

STEMKOSKI, LEE; Leider, Evan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484227832 ISBN 13: 9781484227831

Verlag: Apress, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Design and create video games using Construct 2. No prior experience is required.

Game Development with Construct 2 teaches you to create 12 different game projects from a variety of genres, including car racing and tower defense to platformer and action-adventure. The software is user friendly and powerful, and the games you create can be exported to run on the web, desktop computers, and smartphones.

What You'll Learn

• Create complete functional games using the Construct 2 game engine
  
• Understand general logical structures underlying video game programs
  
• Use practical game design advice (such as visual feedback and gameplay balancing)
  
• Understand programming concepts useful throughout computer science
  

Who This Book Is For

Middle school and high school students with no prior programming knowledge, and only minimal mathematical knowledge (graphing (x,y) coordinates, measuringangles, and applying formulas)

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Lee Stemkoski is a professor of computer science and mathematics. He earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Dartmouth College in 2006. He has been teaching at the college level, with an emphasis on Java Programming, Computer Graphics, and Video Game Development for the past six years. Lee particularly enjoys playing classic games released for the Nintendo and Super Nintendo Entertainment System consoles. He has written another book, Beginning Game Development with LibGDX, in addition to many other scholarly articles and game development tutorials. 

 

Evan Leider is currently pursuing a B.S. in Computer and Management Information Systems with a specialization in Game Development, with an expected graduation date of 2018. Since 2012, he has been using Construct 2 to create his own games. Evan has been a teaching assistant in introductory video game programming courses for two years, where he helps college and high school students learn how to use Construct 2. He enjoys playing video games such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Super Smash Brothers. 

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Design and create video games using Construct 2. No prior experience is required.

Game Development with Construct 2 teaches you to create 12 different game projects from a variety of genres, including car racing and tower defense to platformer and action-adventure. The software is user friendly and powerful, and the games you create can be exported to run on the web, desktop computers, and smartphones.

What You'll Learn

• Create complete functional games using the Construct 2 game engine
  
• Understand general logical structures underlying video game programs
  
• Use practical game design advice (such as visual feedback and gameplay balancing)
  
• Understand programming concepts useful throughout computer science

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Apress
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1484227832
• ISBN 13: 9781484227831
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264
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