GameMaker Programming By Example

It's a good book with somewhat straight forward explanations for the beginning GML programmer. I say "somewhat", because there are a couple of incidents early on that aren't explained clearly and made continuing a little hard. I'm saying this as a someone who already has experience with C++, Java, and a little GML. Thankfully, examples for all the code is available on the publishers website. Overall, I think the book is worth the price and would recommend it to anyone looking to learn GML and Game Maker.

Difficult to read very choppy and bland writing.This is the 7th book on GML that I'm reading and so far it has been the least enjoyable to read. It is almost as if the writer just listed a bunch of facts and crammed them into long paragraphs then moves on...kind of confusing, hard to explain.Only because I already set a goal to read 10 GML books by the end of this month, will I continue reading this book it is that difficult to follow.There are better books if you only want to read a couple to learn GM:S. Pretty munch any other one except the apprentice/companion books because they are too obsolete.