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The Gamer's Brain
How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
Computer technologies are forever evolving and it is vital that computer science educators find new methods of teaching programming in order to maintain the rapid changes occurring in the field. One of the ways to increase student engagement and retention is by integrating games into the curriculum....
Location-Based Mobile Games
Design Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
This book approaches Location Based Mobile Games from a design perspective, investigating the peculiar traits that make them compelling contemporary practices and challenging fields of investigation. Relying on an interdisciplinary theoretical background and empirical studies, it delves into LBMGs’...
The Game Designer's Playlist
Innovative Games Every Game Designer Needs to Play
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Game Designers: Learn from the Masters!
In The Game Designers Playlist, top game design instructor Zack Hiwiller introduces more than 70 remarkable games, revealing how they work, why they’re great, and how to apply their breakthrough techniques in your own games.
Ranging...
Pro Processing for Images and Computer Vision with OpenCV
Solutions for Media Artists and Creative Coders
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2017
Apply the Processing language to tasks involved in computer vision--tasks such as edge and corner detection, recognition of motion between frames in a video, recognition of objects, matching of feature points and shapes in different frames for tracking purposes, and more. You will manipulate images...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Learn All About Building Your Own Games!
Video gaming can be a very entertaining experience for many people. Sometimes you will notice that hours have gone by while you are playing. If you are a person who enjoys playing video games you may want to consider creating your own video game.
The market...
Games, Design and Play
A detailed approach to iterative game design
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
The play-focused, step-by-step guide to creating great game designs
This book offers a play-focused, process-oriented approach for designing games people will love to play. Drawing on a combined 35 years of design and teaching experience, Colleen Macklin and John Sharp link the concepts and...
by Mike Geig
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Unity Game Development in 24 Hours will help you master the Unity 4 game engine at the heart of Temple Run and many other sizzling-hot mobile games! You’ll learn everything from the absolute basics through sophisticated game physics,...
by Robert Burns
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
This book is organized into three parts, separated by major milestones in gaining programming knowledge. Part 1 shows how to apply basic concepts of programming. It goes through the details of writing programs using freely available editor and compiler software. It shows how to store data in variables...
by Derek Breen
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Scratch is a fast, fun, and easy way to get started in computer science
Do you want to make cool games, impressive animations, and become an all-around Scratch super star? You've come to the right place! Packed with full-color photos and easy-to-follow instructions, Scratch For Kids For Dummies...
Advanced Game Design
A Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
In Advanced Game Design, pioneering game designer and instructor Michael Sellers situates game design practices in a strong theoretical framework of systems thinking, enabling designers to think more deeply and clearly about their work, so they can produce better, more engaging games for any device...
How to Become a Video Game Artist
The Insider's Guide to Landing a Job in the Gaming World
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Become a Player in the Business of Video Game Art
Every year video games generate billions of dollars and some of the most dynamic and engaging artwork today. It’s an ever-growing field that holds great professional opportunity, but you need the right skills and savvy if you want to stake your claim....
by Paul Johnson, Vesa Kaihlavirta
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2017
Start building fast and robust applications with the power of Rust by your side
About This Book
Get started with the language to build scalable and high performance applications
This book will help C#/C++ developers gain better performance and memory management
Discover the power of Rust...
Practical GameMaker Projects
Build Games with GameMaker Studio 2
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2018
Make ten simple, casual games, and learn a ton of GML coding along the way. Each of these games is the kind you can play when you have a minute or two free, and are great for playing on your PC, or exported to HTML5 or Android.
Each game in Practical GameMaker Projects has its own...