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Author Swamy, Nanu.

Title Collaborative online game creation / Nanu Swamy and Naveena Aswadhati
Published Boston, MA : Charles River Media/Course Technology Cengage Learning, 2009

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 MELB  784.81526 Swa/Cog  AVAILABLE
Description xx, 346 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 Welcome to the World of Casual Games -- Ch. 2 So What Exactly Is GameBrix? -- Ch. 3 Create Your First Online Game with GameBrix Express -- Ch. 4 The Animator: Web-Based Graphics and Animation Tool -- Ch. 5 Scripting with ActionScript -- Ch. 6 Building Intelligent GameBrix Objects -- Ch. 7 Re-Creating Pong Using Builder (Seahorse/Pong) -- Ch. 8 Build a Platform Game -- Ch. 9 Creating Interactive Banners -- Ch. 10 Pac-Man Clone -- Ch. 11 Space Invaders Clone -- Ch. 12 Create Fun Puzzle Games -- Ch. 13 Collaboration: Join Forces with Friends and Build Games -- Ch. 14 Go Green: Build a Recycling Game -- Ch. 15 Tile-Based Games -- Ch. 16 Building Memory Games -- Ch. 17 ELearning Word Game -- Ch. 18 ELearning Math Game -- Ch. 19 Put Yourself in the Game with a Webcam -- Ch. 20 Create an Online Multiplayer Game -- Ch. 21 Interactive Greeting Cards -- Ch. 22 Sharing, Publishing, and Making Money -- Appendix A Object States
Summary "Get ready to flex your creativity as you build custom Flash games online. Collaborative Online Game Creation shows anyone interested in game development how to create Flash-based games using GameBrix, a browser-based rich media application that runs on any Internet platform. GameBrix provides you with a comprehensive toolset to help you build games online. You'll begin by working through the steps necessary to set up your GameBrix account and then get an introduction to the application. Once you're comfortable, you'll start creating your very own Flash games, following the step-by-step instructions, and adding animations, objects, and more as you progress through the book. You'll even explore some introductory ActionScript programming concepts. Screenshots, graphics, game templates, and helpful tips and tricks will guide you through the game building process, and end-of-chapter summaries ensure you'll understand all the concepts covered." "Collaborative Online Game Creation --
provides you with everything you need to create and share browser-based Flash games. It even includes a 30-day trial subscription to the GameBrix portal so you can start building games right away. All you need to get started are some basic computer skills and a love of games. No previous programming experience required!" --Book Jacket
Notes Includes index
Subject Computer games -- Design.
Computer games -- Programming.
Author Aswadhati, Naveena.
LC no. 2008929224
ISBN 1584505605 (paperback)
9781584505600 (paperback)