Chapter 1
Introducing GameMaker: Studio
In This Chapter
Coding without coding using Actions
Coding by coding with GameMaker Language
Getting your game into players’ hands
Identifying the major features of GameMaker: Studio
Looking at the main steps of creating a game
GameMaker: Studio software, from YoYo Games, is a game development tool that enables you to make video games. At the Game Developers Conference (GDC), I had an opportunity to meet with key players from YoYo Games. I saw firsthand the level of excitement this team from Dundee, Scotland has. It’s as if each of them embodied the spirit of a magical dragon, circling high overhead a misty mountaintop, ready to breathe down green flames of magical energy to level up all game developers with enhanced game-making attributes.
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