Games category: 11191 books

Learn Game Design, Prototyping, and Programming with Today’s Leading Tools: Unity™ and C#   Award-winning game designer and professor Jeremy Gibson has spent the last decade teaching game design and working as an independent game developer. Over the years, his most successful students...

Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of today’s hit video games. You’ll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiences—a combination of elegant game mechanics,...

The Lua language allows developers to create everything from simple to advanced applications and to create the games they want. Creating a good game is an art, and using the right tools and knowledge is essential in making game development easier.This book will guide you through each part of...

If you believe that winning at casino games depends entirely on chance or luck, then this is not the book for you. If, on the other hand, you think that it’s crucial to have an effective strategy in order to win, then you simply can’t do without it. The green table is the most democratic place to...

When it comes to gambling, there’s no better game to beat the odds—and win big—than blackjack. But there’s more to it than just doubling down. You will learn about the mysterious—and surprisingly legal—skill of card counting, casino etiquette, single vs. team play, tournament play, variation...

Learning how to play Bingo isn't hard at all! If you're the kind of person who likes games and especially games that keep you on your toes you've come to the right place! Bingo is a fun game that you can go out and play with your friends, make new ones or play at home online. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

The Ultimate Fischer Collection! The Chess Publishing Event of the Decade! The years after the Second World War saw international chess dominated by the Soviets Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian and then Spassky held the world crown, treating it as if it were almost an integral part of their country...

Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the world's best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess. Powerful attacking and resourceful defending, bloodthirsty tactical battles,...

The game of chess is undoubtedly one of the oldest and most enduring form of board games ever known to mankind. With several variants and rules cutting across continents for decades, this amazing game of wits and pure intellect has shaped many generations, influenced war generals in their formation...

Mind-bending analysis and instructive comment from a man who has participated in world chess at the very highest levels. World championship candidate and three-times British Champion Jon Speelman annotates the best of his games. He is renowned as a great fighter and analyst, and a highly original player. This book provides entertainment and instruction in abudance.

Increase your chess knowledge within the year! In this book, Andrew Soltis analyzes 365 key chess games in an easy way for busy people. In this book, 365 of the most instructive short games of chess are analyzed, step by step, by well-respected author Andrew Soltis. Arranged as daily lessons, this...

Master the fascinating game of Go with this expert guidebook. Go is a two-player board game that first originated in ancient China but is also very popular in Japan and Korea. There is significant strategy and philosophy involved in the game, and the number of possible games is vast—even...

Making a game can be an intensive process, and if not planned accurately can easily run over budget. The use of procedural generation in game design can help with the intricate and multifarious aspects of game development; thus facilitating cost reduction.This form of development enables games to...

While the earliest character representations in video games were rudimentary in terms of their presentation and performance, the virtual characters that appear in games today can be extremely complex and lifelike. These are characters that have the potential to make a powerful and emotional connection with gamers. As virtual characters become more