another possibility is to buy <br>The Game Maker's Apprentice by Jacob Habgood and Mark Overmars<br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Makers-Apprentice-Development-Beginners/dp/1590596153">http://www.amazon.com/Game-Makers-Apprentice-Development-Beginners/dp/1590596153
</a><br>instructions to build 9 different games<br>two good chapters on game design<br>CD<br>All the amazon reviews rate it highly<br>I have recently bought a copy and would recommend it<br><br>- Bill<br><br>-- <br>Bill Kerr
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