HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker -- Table of Contents -- HTML5 Game Development with GameMaker -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- 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 -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting to Know the Studio with Your First Game -- Making HTML game development easy -- Setting up the software -- Our first look at the Studio -- The Menu -- The Toolbar -- The Resource tree -- The Workspace -- Exploring the resource editors -- Loading your art assets with the Sprite Properties editor -- The wall sprite -- The player sprite -- Creating game objects with the Object Properties editor -- The Wall object -- The Player object -- Creating worlds with the Room Properties editor -- Running the game -- Introducing code with the Script Properties editor -- Filling the scene with the Background Properties editor -- Bringing noise with the Sound Properties editor -- A little background music -- Controlling the game with the Overlord -- The collectible -- Writing text and the Font Properties editor -- Creating complex movements with the Path Properties editor -- Using the Time Line Properties editor to spawn collectibles -- Tools for debugging your games -- Using the HTML5 DEBUG console -- Using the Windows version debugger -- Taking a look at the JavaScript code -- Summary -- 2. Triple 'A' Games: Art and Audio -- Manufacturing art assets -- Understanding the image file formats -- Importing sprite sheets -- Introducing the image editor -- Creating backgrounds with tilesets -- Animating and creating sprites -- The illusion of action.

Maximize the sprite space -- Looping an animation -- Manufacturing audio -- Understanding the audio file formats -- Using the GM:S Audio engine -- Raising the quality bar -- Consistency -- Readability -- Polish -- Summary -- 3. Shoot 'em Up: Creating a Side-scrolling Shooter -- Coding conventions -- Building the player -- Setting up the player sprite -- Controlling the player object -- Building the bullet -- Firing the bullet -- Removing bullets from the world -- Constructing three little enemies -- Making the enemy parent -- Building the FloatBot -- Creating the SpaceMine -- Making the Strafer -- Controlling the game with the Overlord -- Spawning waves of enemies -- Building the Overlord -- Dealing with the life and death of the player -- Setting up the win condition -- Respawning with a Ghost object -- Drawing the user interface -- Adding the finishing details to the game -- Adding the game music -- Making the background move -- Creating the explosions -- Summary -- 4. The Adventure Begins -- Creating animated characters -- Simplifying the character movement -- Implementing a melee attack -- Navigating between rooms -- Setting up the rooms -- Creating Room Portals -- Teleporting a persistent player -- Bringing enemies to life -- Summoning the Ghost Librarian -- Building a wandering Brawl -- Creating the Coach -- Adding finishing details to the game -- Summary -- 5. Platform Fun -- Structuring systems-based code -- Creating gravity -- Building an animation system -- Creating a collision forecasting system -- Checking the keyboard -- Building the player -- Setting up the room -- Building a boss battle -- Creating the indestructible Gun -- Constructing the first phase: The Cannons -- Building the second phase: The giant LaserCannon -- Setting the final stage: The shielded Boss Core -- Winding it up -- Summary -- 6. Toppling Towers.

Understanding the physics engine -- Activating the world -- Defining properties with fixtures -- Connecting objects with Joints -- Applying forces to objects -- Building a tower toppling game -- Constructing the Pillars and Debris -- Breaking the Pillars into Debris -- Adding in the collision sounds -- Building the demolition equipment -- Creating a Wrecking Ball -- Making a Magnetic Crane -- Completing the game -- Setting the win condition -- Creating the Equipment Menu -- Constructing the towers -- Summary -- 7. Dynamic Front Ends -- Setting up the rooms -- Initializing the main menu -- Selecting levels with 2D arrays -- Preparing the Shop using data structures -- Rebuilding the HUD -- Adding risk and reward to destruction -- Adding introductory text to each level -- Saving the player's progress -- Understanding local storage -- Writing to local storage -- Saving multiple game profiles -- Summary -- 8. Playing with Particles -- Introducing particle effects -- Understanding particle systems -- Utilizing particle emitters -- Applying particles -- HTML5 limitations -- Adding particle effects to the game -- Creating a Dust Cloud -- Adding in Shrapnel -- Making the TNT explosion -- Cleaning up the particles -- Summary -- 9. Get Your Game Out There -- Releasing a game on your own site -- Creating the application -- Hosting the game -- Uploading the game with FTP -- Integrating with Facebook -- Adding a Facebook login button -- Tracking the game with Flurry Analytics -- Setting up Flurry Analytics -- Tracking events in the game -- Sending the data to Flurry -- Understanding the Analytics -- Making money with your games -- Summary -- Index.