Games

Get Into Game Dev: Tech Interview Tactics is a crash-course on how to pass a game development technical interview. It's designed to guide intermediate and experienced coders through the depth and rigor necessary to land some of the most highly...

Overcome challenges head-on in Unity 6 shader creation with the help of expert tips, practical solutions, and cutting-edge techniques from best-selling author John Doran Key Features Explore Shader Graph to develop expertise in post-processing and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765113509Author Dr Matthew Thomas PayneFormat HardbackPage Count 248Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Once the privilege of a secret few, cryptography is now taught at universities around the world. Introduction to Cryptography with Open-Source Software illustrates algorithms and cryptosystems using examples and the open-source computer algebra system of...

Turn your love of video games into a new love of programming by learning the ins and outs of writing code while also learning how to keep track of high scores, what video game heroes and loot boxes are made of, how the dreaded RNG (random number...

Professor Craig Caldwell's Story Structure and Development provides a clear and practical approach to understanding the essentials of storytelling. This book distills fundamental elements, principles, and structures, explicitly tailored for animators,...

Professor Craig Caldwell's Story Structure and Development provides a clear and practical approach to understanding the essentials of storytelling. This book distills fundamental elements, principles, and structures, explicitly tailored for animators,...

Game narrative and UX share a deep, interconnected relationship. This book explores the connections between narrative and UX to develop a framework for creating player centric stories in games by covering best practices in both crafts using a unified...

Award-winning action adventure designers Christopher Totten and Adrian Sandoval guide you on a quest to create levels for different styles of 2D action-adventure games, from top-down dungeon-crawler adventures to side-scrolling non-linear "Metroidvania"...

This book provides a starting point for anyone interested in level and game design with zero prior knowledge. By analysing existing games and levels it introduces good design ideas and works towards communicating them in either design or practical...

Game Design Deep Dive: Real-Time Strategy, focuses on what was once one of the most popular genres in the world and the one that truly kicked off the rise of esports. It has seen the most fundamental changes as a genre than anything else, and Game Design...

Discover Unreal Engine 5's powerful features and advanced PCG tools with Senior Technical Artist and Unreal Instructor, Paul Martin Eliasz and enable real-time visualization to transform game development and craft immersive, dynamic 3D environments ...

Create engaging 3D projects in Godot using C#, gain system and level design expertise, and leverage the latest Godot features to enhance your game development endeavors with this illustrated guide Key Features Acquire the design skills and theoretical...

Comprehensive guide to prompt engineering for ChatGPT, covering foundational principles and advanced techniques. Real-world examples and case studies showcasing the impact of well-crafted prompts This book provides a structured framework for exploring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798888360972Author Arnold RhinegoldFormat HardbackPage Count 195Imprint Larsen & KellerPublisher Larsen & KellerWeight(grams) 694gDimensions(mm) 276mm *...

Transform your game development journey with Unity 2022 by structuring projects, optimizing code, and designing engaging mechanics and learn all these from a Unity expert with a proven track record of building games with over 20 million downloads Key...

This entry in the Game Design Deep Dive series takes a look at the shooter genre: one that has grown with the times and whose influence can be felt from indie teams to major studios. Joshua Bycer breaks down the 30-plus-year history of one of the most...

This is a comprehensive guide to creating and customizing mods for the popular video game Farming Simulator within Blender. This book covers all aspects needed to create your own vehicle mods from start to finish.The book begins with a basic introduction...

The Metaverse: A Critical Introduction provides a clear, concise, and well-grounded introduction to the concept of the Metaverse, its history, the technology, the opportunities, the challenges, and how it is having an impact on almost every facet of...

This book provides a comprehensive overview of game economy design. It begins with a high-level overview, then utilizes subsequent chapters to break this down into finer details, showing methods to approach the various problems and challenges involved in...

Immerse yourself in the stunning, dynamic world of Destiny with never-before-seen art and exclusive interviews from the Bungie team.The Art of Destiny, Volume 3 is a celebration of the stunning, dynamic visual style beloved by Destiny fans. Featuring...

This book considers the four essential cores of game design: Mechanics, the interactive elements that allow players to be part and interact with the game itself; Economy, the resources and numerical concepts that will enable players to evaluate and...

The official companion book for the indie horror-mystery game Sally Face featuring concept art and creative insight from the game's developer, Steve Gabry. Sally Face is a gripping horror-mystery game that follows a boy with a prosthetic face. Sal...

This book presents a much-needed framework for the critical examination of miniatures games and their design. It provides the reader with both a conceptual model for understanding how these games work as well as a toolbox of mechanical approaches to...

Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science introduces students to the discrete mathematics needed later in their Computer Science coursework with theory of computation topics interleaved throughout. Students learn about mathematical concepts just in...

This is a clear, accessible manual of storytelling techniques and learning activities for spatial computing, augmented reality and mixed reality. It covers the key skills that the next generation of digital storytellers will need, providing readers with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635491302Author Zion GibsonFormat HardbackPage Count 365Imprint Larsen and Keller EducationPublisher Larsen and Keller EducationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632409461Author Harrison HowardFormat HardbackPage Count 214Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 739gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682857649Author Oscar MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Willford PressPublisher Willford PressWeight(grams) 735gDimensions(mm) 276mm * 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647260934Author William YoungFormat HardbackPage Count 251Imprint Clanrye InternationalPublisher Clanrye InternationalWeight(grams) 653gDimensions(mm)...

Game Design Critic Joshua Bycer is back with another entry in the Game Design Deep Series to focus on the youngest genre yet: soulslikes. Over a decade, From Software defined a new genre that has led to studios chasing after them hit after hit. In this...

On Animation: The Director's Perspective is a collection of interviews with 21 animated feature-film directors. These extensive interviews were conducted over the past several years by filmmakers and educators (and peers to the directors interviewd) Tom...

Implementing energy-efficient CPUs and peripherals as well as reducing resource consumption have become emerging trends in computing. As computers increase in speed and power, their energy issues become more and more prevalent. The need to develop and...

PSP GAME CREATION FOR TEENS shows teens and other beginners how to make awesome video games and cool cartoon animations for the Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP), the popular handheld game console, using Adobe Flash. This step-by-step guide provides all...

Developments in Lisp technology have been accelerated by a number of factors, including the increased interest in Artificial Intelligence and the emergence of Common Lisp. Advanced Lisp Technology, the fourth volume in the Advanced Information Processing...

Revised and updated, the second edition includes several new chapters with projects and applications. The authors keep pace with the ever-growing and rapidly expanding field of robotics. The new edition reflects technological developments and includes...

For machine intelligence applications to work successfully, machines must perform reliably under variations of data and must be able to keep up with data streams. Internet-Scale Pattern Recognition: New Techniques for Voluminous Data Sets and Data Clouds...

This book presents the Android plug-in technology used in Android development. This technology is widely used by a majority of Chinese internet companies, and is becoming more widely used worldwide. The book fully describes the history of Android plug-in...

This book provides readers with a solid understanding of game development, design, narrative, charaterization, plot, back story and world creation elements that are crucial for game writers and designers as they create a detailed world setting,...

The rapid developments in new communication technologies have facilitated the popularization of digital games, which has translated into an exponential growth of the game industry in recent decades. The ubiquitous presence of digital games has resulted...