Starling Game Development Essentials - Softcover

This is a practical, project-based guide that will help the reader to build Isometric, turn-based games using Starling.If you are an ActionScript developer and want to create cross-platform games with Starling, this book is for you. The FlagDefense game covers some complex topics in game development which are beneficial even for those who are already creating games with Starling. Prior knowledge of Starling will help, but is not necessary.

Juwal Bose is a game developer, game designer, and technology consultant from the incredibly beautiful state of Kerala in India. He is an active figure in social media and game development SIGs, and never misses a chance to speak at technical conferences and barcamps. He conducts technical workshops for engineering students at professional colleges as a part of open source initiatives. Juwal is the Director at Csharks Games and Solutions Pvt Ltd, where he manages research and development, as well as training and pipeline integration in his area of expertise. Juwal has been actively involved with Adobe technologies, manages the Adobe user group for his state, and maintains a close relationship with the experts at Adobe in the Indian subcontinent. He has been developing games since 2004 using multiple technologies including ActionScript, Objective-C, Java, Unity, LibGDX, Cocos2D, OpenFL, Blender, and Starling. His team has created more than 350 online Flash games to date, and many of the job management games are listed at the top of leading portals worldwide. Juwal writes game development tutorials for GameDevTuts+ and manages the blog of Csharks games. His isometric tutorial for GameDevTuts+ is well received and is considered a thorough guide for developing tile-based isometric games. Juwal also takes part in game jams and recently won the Nasscom GDC's game jam with his Starling-based game, Mosquito Defense. This is Juwal's first book, but he aims to keep writing and sharing his nine years of game development experience through more books. Juwal is a voracious reader and likes to travel. His future plans also include writing fiction.