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Author
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
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 from Go to Texas Hold'em and Magic: The Gathering to Dishonored 2, Hiwiller teaches indispensable lessons about game decision-making, playability, narrative, mechanics, chance, winning,...
Author
Publisher
Packt Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Get up to speed with a series of performance-enhancing coding techniques and methods that will help you improve the performance of your Unity applications Key Features Optimize graphically intensive games using the latest features of Unity such as Electronic Clearance Service (ECS) and the Burst compiler Explore techniques for solving performance issues with your VR projects Learn best practices for project organization to save time through an improved...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Inefficient meetings plague even the most well-run organizations. In 50 Activities to Kickstart Your Meetings, productivity and games expert Sivasailam Thiagarajan explains how to use fifty tried-and-true methods to get the most out of every meeting. This book teaches the strategy of employing games, activities, and simulations to facilitate extraordinary meeting productivity and creativity. It teaches meeting planners and organizers how to use games...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sams
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, Sams Teach Yourself Unity Game Development in 24 Hours will help you master the Unity 2018 game engine at the heart of Ori and the Blind Forest, Firewatch, Monument Valley, and many other sizzling-hot games! This book's straightforward, step-by-step approach teaches you everything from the absolute basics through sophisticated game physics, animation, and mobile device deployment techniques. Every lesson builds...
Author
Publisher
Packt Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Immerse yourself in the Unreal game projects with this book, written by four highly experienced industry professionals with many years of combined experience with Unreal Engine. Elevating Game Experiences with Unreal Engine 5 will walk you through the latest version of Unreal Engine by helping you get hands-on with the game creation projects. The book starts with an introduction to the Unreal Editor and key concepts such as actors, blueprints, animations,...
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Learn simple yet powerful, modern-day techniques used in various gaming genres, including casual and puzzle, strategy and simulation, action-adventure, and role-playing. This book is your pocket-sized guide to designing interesting and engaging mechanics for any type of game. Exploring Game Mechanics is a cornucopia of concepts related to gameplay mechanics that you can use to create games that are fun and rewarding to play. Dive into key gameplay...
Author
Publisher
Apress L.P
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Create games from start to finish while learning game design and programming principles using the GameMaker Studio 2 game engine and GameMaker Language (GML). Game Development with GameMaker Studio 2 covers all aspects of game design and development from the initial idea to the final release, using an award-winning game engine. You learn how to create real-world video games based on classic and legendary video game genres. Each game project introduces...
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Get a head start on making your games efficiently by avoiding common design and development pitfalls. Video games combine art and programming; this unique position has opened up opportunities for many pitfalls. This book takes you through the fundamentals of game making and the usual mistakes and bad practices that can harm your games. We start with the common difficulties and challenges, ways to find the gaps, and game design. Next, we discuss game...
Author
Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In just 24 sessions of one hour or less, this guide will help you create great 2D and 3D games for any platform with the 100% free Godot 3.0 game engine. Its straightforward, step-by-step approach guides you from basic scenes, graphics, and game flow through advanced shaders, environments, particle rendering, and networked games. Godot's co-creator and main contributorwalk you through building three complete games, offering advanced techniques you...
11) Godot Engine game development projects: build five cross-platform 2D and 3D games with Godot 3.0
Author
Publisher
Packt Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Learn All the Design & Development Skills You Need to Make Great Games with Unity, the Worlds Most Popular Professional Game Engine If you want to design and develop games, there is no substitute for strong, hands-on experience with modern techniques and tools. That is exactly what this book provides. Leading instructor and indie game developer Jeremy Gibson Bond covers all three disciplines that you need to succeed: game design theory, rapid iterative...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
For years, there has been widespread speculation, but very little consensus, about the relationship between violent video games and violence in the real world. Joystick Warriors provides the clearest account yet of the latest research on this issue. Drawing on the insights of media scholars, military analysts, combat veterans, and gamers themselves, the film trains its sights on the wildly popular genre of first-person shooter games, exploring how...
Publisher
CRC Press, an imprint of A K Peters/CRC Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Game AI Pro3: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals presents state-of-the-art tips, tricks, and techniques drawn from developers of shipped commercial games as well as some of the best-known academics in the field. This book acts as a toolbox of proven techniques coupled with the newest advances in game AI. These techniques can be applied to almost any game and include topics such as behavior trees, utility theory, path planning, character behavior,...
Author
Publisher
CRC Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Master game design and digital art principles simultaneously with this all-in-one guide to creating games in the cutting-edge game engine Unity. Reworked for C# and Unity 2018 & 2019, and bursting with images and tutorials, Penny de Byl's Holistic Game Development with Unity will help the reader gain the multidisciplinary skills needed to succeed in the independent game industry . Holistic Game Development with Unity includes new coverage on Augmented...
Author
Publisher
mitp Verlag
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Mit diesem Buch erstellst du kinderleicht deine eigenen Spiele mit Roblox, der beliebtesten Online-Spieleplattform für Kinder und Jugendliche. Dafür brauchst du nichts weiter als einen Computer mit Internetverbindung und dieses Buch. Mithilfe einfacher Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen und anschaulicher Bilder findest du dich schnell in Roblox Studio zurecht und entwirfst deine ersten eigenen Gegenstände und Spielwelten. Du lernst die Roblox-Programmiersprache...
Author
Publisher
Dpunkt.verlag
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Mit diesem Buch erstellst du deine ersten Multiplayer-Spiele mit Roblox Studio. Du erschaffst aus den Roblox-Vorlagen eigene Welten mit von dir gestalteten Landschaften und bevölkerst sie mit selbst gebauten Objekten und Gegnern (von A wie Auto bis Z wie Zombie). Du lernst, wie du NPCs aus der Roblox Studio-Toolbox für dich anpasst und mit der Dialog-Funktion in dein Spiel einbindest. Dann erweckst du alles mit Scripts zum Leben und testest das...
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