GameSalad Essentials

Miguel DeQuadros

• Editore: Packt Publishing
• Anno: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781784391973
• Argomento: Ciencia de la computación
• Categoria: Programación de dispositivos móviles

GameSalad Essentials

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Table of Contents

GameSalad Essentials

Credits

About the Author

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewer

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Downloading the color images of this book

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Setting Up GameSalad

Looking into version 0.11

Downloading and installing GameSalad

Why do I need an account?

Mac installation

Windows installation

A quick tour of the interface

Tabs in GameSalad

Scenes

Actors

Tables

Summary

2. From Design to Production

The design process

Storyboards

From paper to screen

Production

Creating our Project

Summary

3. Diving In – Introductions and Menus

Logo animation

Creating the main menu

Selecting levels

Creating our introduction

Working with particles

Adding emotion to the scene

Summary

4. Diving In – Player Creation

Controls and player movement

Mobile controls

Attacking

Melee weapons

Summary

5. Diving In – Gameplay Mechanics

Health, dying, and lives

Scoring and Saving Games

Power ups, ammo, and inventory

Ammo

Summary

6. Diving In – Enemies

Creating enemies

Motion and path finding

Attacking

Enemy health

Summary

7. Diving In – Objectives

Objectives

Way finding

Boss battles!

Multi-platform publishing

Spreading the word about your awesome game!

Summary

A. The Challenges of Game Development

Examples of developers who made it big

Phil Fish and FEZ

Edmund and Tommy-Super Meat Boy

The challenges of game development

How GameSalad makes it all easy

Index

GameSalad Essentials

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Credits

Author

Miguel DeQuadros

Reviewers

Aaron Beaty

Dirk Schembri

Acquisition Editor

Neha Nagwekar

Content Development Editor

Shubhangi Dhamgaye

Technical Editors

Akashdeep Kundu

Deepti Tuscano

Copy Editor

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Project Coordinator

Harshal Ved

Proofreaders

Simran Bhogal

Paul Hindle

Clyde Jenkins

Indexer

Rekha Nair

Production Coordinator

Nilesh R. Mohite

Cover Work

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About the Author

Miguel DeQuadros is a game developer and founder of the independent development studio Wurd Industries, based in Ontario, Canada. He has been developing iPhone games since the release of the App Store back during the exciting release of iOS 2.0. Since then, working under Wurd Industries, he has developed and released nine games and one entertainment app worldwide on the App Store, with more to come.

Originally interested in 3D animation and graphical design, in 2008, he got the game development "bug" and has been developing iPhone apps ever since, which also allows him to use his creativity and knowledge of 3D animation for cutscenes and videos within his apps, and he loves every minute of it. Starting from his first project, Toy Tennis, back in 2008 down to his current project, SpaceRoads, for the PC, Mac, and other platforms, he now has switched focus away from mobile platforms, and is focusing on PC, Mac, and console-based development. He now primarily uses Unity3D, 3D Studio Max, and the Unreal engine for his current and future projects in an aim to create very high-quality games.

His games can be seen on the App Store on iOS, Steam Greenlight, Amazon, and IndieCity, and of course on his website, www.wurdindustries.com. His games have been reviewed on YouTube by Action Soup Studios, who have also interviewed him about the games.

He began expressing interest in GameSalad when it was first launched in March 2009, but never started using it until January 2010 when he started to develop his third iOS game, iMMUNE 2: Rise of the Salmonella, a 2D platformer sequel to the iMMUNE series. To this day, he continues as a professional member of the GameSalad community and continues to use GameSalad for prototyping and developing games for iOS devices, and has even even branched out to personal computer game development.

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my dad, John, even though he called me every 2 seconds to see how my book was going. I'd also like to th...