Brunner - Getting started with Clickteam Fusion

Jrgen Brunner is currently working as a game designer and an indie developer in Austria and Germany. You can definitely call him a video game enthusiast , which he has been since the 1980s. Remembering the first gaming sessions on a friend's Amiga 500 , he tries to stay as connected as possible to the main goal of every game: fun!

He studied game design and music at the University of Applied Sciences in Salzburg, and received his degree in 2010 with the diploma thesis "Jump 'n' Run Evolution".

While working as a researcher at the Pervasive experience lab ( P.e.l.s ) in his former university, he had the privilege of exploring augmented reality and pervasive games as well as Kinect hacks.

Jrgen made his way to the professional gaming industry as a game and level designer in 2012. Besides this, he also works on his own indie games. His love and passion for retro graphics, music, and art can be experienced in every new game and in every new song. The greatest success of his indie career so far might be the release of the award winning game Pitiri 1977 on Steam in 2014.

Besides working on games, he is also a passionate musician. As well as playing six instruments, Jrgen still tries to spend every free minute on music and sound design, or with his band SaberRider.

Thanks to Ela, Chrisi, Marti, and Lina. Because of you guys, I feel like Stephen King while writing a book about video games!

Jenna Brown is a graduate from Emily Carr University of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation. When she was young, she learned coding online, and since then has worked to create her own games and projects. She has taught the subject of game designing at several schools, including Digital Media Academy, and taught animation at Capilano University at Summer Fun Camps and Reel to Real Film Festival.

I would like to acknowledge my grandfather RK Brown for encouraging me to learn and teaching me that learning new things is a wonderful lifelong adventure. I would also like to acknowledge my family, friends, teachers, students, my mother Shannon, and Toan for encouraging me to create, learn, and teach. Without these people, I would not be creating games, nor would I be reviewing this book. They have my deepest thanks.

Albert Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Game Design and Development program at Cogswell College in Sunnyvale, California. He has led students in developing serious games using game engines for the Boeing Company, Neurosky, and Ericsson. His team won the Boeing Performance Excellence Award in 2008.

Prior to joining Cogswell in 2007, Mr. Chen was a professional game developer for over twelve years working at Electronic Arts, LucasArts, Factor 5, and the 3DO Company. He has a BA in International Relations from UC Davis and will receive a Master of Arts in Entrepreneurship and Innovation from Cogswell College in 2014.

I would like to thank my family for their love and support: Joy, Kayli, Brandon, and my mother, Sin-Hing Chen.

Timothy Hess has been creating video games since he was a teenager. He began making simple games using Game Factory, and later using Clickteam Fusion. This love of video games and their creation led him to the University of Baltimore, where he earned a BS in Simulation and Digital Entertainment. Recently, he received a MA in Interactive Design and Game Development from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Currently, he is working on a space exploration game using Clickteam Fusion and numerous other endeavors with teams of his colleagues online. Some of his work can be seen by visiting TimHess3D.com.

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Preface

When I was a kid I wanted to know how to create my own video games. Unfortunately, I wasn't much of a programmer and nobody could really tell me where or how to start my development career. The gaming scene has mainly been appreciated by slightly nerdy kids like myself and the gaming industry has been much smaller than today.

Well, what can I say, times have changed! And video games are a well-respected art form, business, and even lifestyle these days. Together with this scene, the ways of game development have changed and it is much easier to learn how to create video games today.