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Microsoft XNA Game Studio 3.0 Unleashed

by Chad Carter
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2009

Using XNA Game Studio 3.0, any programmer can master the art of game development and begin selling games to millions of Xbox 360 users worldwide. Now, there’s a practical, comprehensive guide to game development with Microsoft’s powerful new XNA Game Studio 3.0 and the entire XNA Framework. In...

The Gamer's Brain

How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design

by Celia Hodent
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017

Making a successful video game is hard. Even games that are well-received at launch may fail to engage players in the long term due to issues with the user experience (UX) that they are delivering. That’s why makers of successful video games like Fortnite and Assassin’s Creed invest both time...

Multiplayer Game Programming

Architecting Networked Games

by Josh Glazer, Sanjay Madhav
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2015

The Practical Guide to Building Reliable Networked Multiplayer Games Networked multiplayer games are a multibillion dollar business: some games now attract tens of millions of players. In this practical, code-rich guide, Joshua Glazer and Sanjay Madhav guide you through every aspect...

Cocos2d Cross-Platform Game Development Cookbook - Second Edition

by Siddharth Shekar
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016

Develop games for iOS and Android using Cocos2d with the aid of over 70 step-by-step recipes About This Book Learn to efficiently use Cocos2d to develop cross-platform games, and have them work on iOS as well as Android Get acquainted with industry-wide professional tools such as Glyph Designer,...

Unity 2017 Mobile Game Development

by John P. Doran
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017

Learn to create, publish and monetize your mobile games with the latest Unity 2017 tool-set easily for Android and iOS About This Book One-stop solution to becoming proficient in mobile game development using Unity 2017 Port your Unity games to popular platforms such as iOS and Android Unleash...

Building a 3D Game with LibGDX

by Sebastian Di Giuseppe, Andreas Kruhlmann, Elmar van Rijnswou
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016

Learn how to build an exciting 3D game with LibGDX from scratch About This Book Implement an exhaustive list of features that LibGDX unleashes to build your 3D game. Write, test, and debug your application on your desktop and deploy them on multiple platforms. Gain a clear understanding of the...

Learning AWS Lumberyard Game Development

by Dr. Edward Lavieri
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016

Create stunning 3D multiplayer games with integrated cloud-based features About This Book Build a multiplayer 3D game from scratch using the features of Amazon's Lumberyard Explore the world of Lumberyard along with Twitch and various key Amazon Web Services to build a game This step-by-step...

Make a 2D Arcade Game in a Weekend

With Unity

by Jodessiah Sumpter
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2015

Create and complete your first 2D arcade game in Unity. In this book you will learn to create an arcade classic brick breaker game from beginning to end. You will plan the game flow, add the graphics and create the game logic using the C# language, then build the UX to complete your game. By the time...

Swift Game Development

Learn iOS 12 game development using SpriteKit, SceneKit and ARKit 2.0, 3rd Edition

by Siddharth Shekar, Stephen Haney
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018

Embrace the mobile gaming revolution by creating popular iOS games with Swift 4.2 Key Features Learn to create games for iPhone and iPad with the latest Swift Programming language Understand the fundamental concepts of game development like game physics, camera action, sprites, controls, among...

Agile Game Development with Scrum

by Clinton Keith
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2010

Deliver Better Games Faster, On Budget—And Make Game Development Fun Again! Game development is in crisis—facing bloated budgets, impossible schedules, unmanageable complexity, and death march overtime. It’s no wonder so many development studios are struggling to survive. Fortunately,...

Players Making Decisions

Game Design Essentials and the Art of Understanding Your Players

by Zack Hiwiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015

Game designers today are expected to have an arsenal of multi-disciplinary skills at their disposal in the fields of art and design, computer programming, psychology, economics, composition, education, mythology—and the list goes on. How do you distill a vast universe down to a few salient points? Players...

Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C# - Second Edition

by Alan Thorn
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017

Master realistic animations and graphics, particle systems, game AI and physics, sprites and VR development with Unity 2017 About This Book Create professional grade games with realistic animation and graphics, particle systems and game physics with Unity 2017 Unleash the power of C# scripting...

Learn 2D Game Development with C#

For iOS, Android, Windows Phone, Playstation Mobile and More

by Kelvin Sung, Jack Keng-Wei Chang, Rob Zhu
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2014

2D games are hugely popular across a wide range of platforms and the ideal place to start if you’re new to game development. With Learn 2D Game Development with C#, you'll learn your way around the universal building blocks of game development, and how to put them together to create a real working...

Fundamentals of Game Design

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by Ernest Adams
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010

To create a great video game, you must start with a solid game design: A well-designed game is easier to build, more entertaining, and has a better chance of succeeding in the marketplace. Here to teach you the essential skills of player-centric game design is one of the industry’s leading authorities,...