GM Book

Posted by Zac1790 on July 11, 2006, 9:13 a.m.

Has anyone ordered that Gamemaker book?

I preordered it and now that it came out it says the shipping time is 5-7 weeks…

Yeah, I know it's for n00bs. When I pressed the purchase button I got it mixed up with the Dark Basic Pro book and thought it would have the entire manual in it as well as the noob-directed parts. Well… it doesn't look like that now….

Anyone else order it? I'm afraid there will be a high rise in example created games by n00bs who bought it. Please… throw away the disc as soon as you get it. XD

jk… you payed for it, keep it.

-Zac1790

But really, what do you think about it?

5-7 weeks…

Comments

poultry 18 years, 4 months ago

DIET SODAPOPCANDY!

Zac1790 18 years, 4 months ago

Ewwww…

Josea 18 years, 4 months ago

Why people don't understand this…..

The Book is not directed to nooby kids, often noobs are kids without the money or the capability of buying a damn programing book, hence, the GM book is directed towards another audience, more mature than the kids that post edited examples.

People, start thinking. I could quote Mark saying soemthign similar, but I'm too lazy to search Mark's posts in GMC.

Zac1790 18 years, 4 months ago

hmm… I guess you're right. It's directed towards adults who want to have a hobby because adults have money. N00by kids are the ones who find free registration codes…

I know someone who did that… he's a year older than me but I'm way better at GM.

Josea 18 years, 4 months ago

Ace, 25$ can actually be quite what I've been saving for months…

noshenim 18 years, 4 months ago

can't you get the books in pfd format?

maybe it's a different book.

KaBob799 18 years, 4 months ago

Didnt mark say the book was gonna include the stuff from the next version of game maker 6.1a or whatever? with code shortcuts or whatever he called them.

flashback 18 years, 4 months ago

yes, it has stuff from 6.1A which Mark should really release some time soon, 'cause I want my PNG alpha masks in 6.2 and 6.1a is just delaying things.

flashback 18 years, 4 months ago

Yes, get a job. I can earn that in two weeks with a paper route.

Zac1790 18 years, 4 months ago

Where I live paper boys need cars. :P

All I get money from is mowing lawns and freelancing… stuff…

I can't wait for the new image system, the old one's have been driving me nuts… Even though gm says it has .gif's they're just modified bitmap strips.