Game Maker's Apprentice, The

The Game Maker's Apprentice is a book, written by Mark Overmars and Jacob Habgood teaching game development and game design. It uses Game Maker as the software that will be used to create these games. Its release has been announced on 15th of July 2006, and Game Maker 6.1a was shipped with it.

Title
The title of the book may seem a little odd at first look. Its meaning is explained several times:

"the player is your apprentice and a good game designer uses their level designs to teach the player how to master the game."

Which means that the player is the game designer's apprentice. As a game designer, the player is your friend, and your job is to help them!