Games development and programming

Create a real 2D game from start to finish with ImpactJS, the JavaScript game framework that works with the HTML5's Canvas element.

Advances in 3D visualization and physics-based simulation technology make it possible for game developers to create compelling, visually immersive gaming environments that were only dreamed of years ago.

Maybe it was the recent Atari 2600 milestone anniversary that fueled nostalgia for the golden days of computer and console gaming.

Want to develop games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7?

Want to develop games for Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7?

This book is a comprehensive study on analog historical simulation games, exploring both their theoretical concepts and practical solutions.

From school lunchrooms to the White House press room, video games are an integral part of our popular culture, and the industry behind them touches all aspects of our lives, gamer and non-gamer alike.

Get Real-World Insight from Experienced Professionals in the OpenGL CommunityWith OpenGL, OpenGL ES, and WebGL, real-time rendering is becoming available everywhere, from AAA games to mobile phones to web pages.

This hands-on guide takes you through the complete process of Unity iOS game development.

GPU Pro3, the third volume in the GPU Pro book series, offers practical tips and techniques for creating real-time graphics that are useful to beginners and seasoned game and graphics programmers alike.

Good or bad level design can make or break any game, so it is surprising how little reference material exists for level designers.

Operating System Design: The Xinu Approach, Linksys Version provides a comprehensive introduction to Operating System Design, using Xinu, a small, elegant operating system that serves as an example and a pattern for system design.

Shadow Algorithms Data Miner provides a high-level understanding of the complete set of shadow concepts and algorithms, addressing their usefulness from a larger graphics system perspective.

Using Unreal Engine 3, the authors teach aspiring game makers the fundamentals of designing a computer game.

The author takes readers on an in-depth walkthrough of the Torque Game Engine---one of the most popular, powerful, and easy to use game engines available today.

Multiplayer Gaming and Engine Coding for the Torque Game Engine shows game programmers how to get the most out of the Torque Game Engine (TGE), which is an inexpensive professional game engine available from GarageGames.

For the first time in history, Microsoft has opened up its exclusive gaming platform to anyone who is interested in creating console games.

With the increase in computing speed and due to the high quality of the optical effects it achieves, ray tracing is becoming a popular choice for interactive and animated rendering.

Based on course notes of SIGGRAPH course teaching techniques for real-time rendering of volumetric data and effects; covers both applications in scientific visualization and real-time rendering.

Audio Anecdotes is a book about digital sound.

This book covers real-time shading systems, their design and how they work.

Basics of Game Design is for anyone wanting to become a professional game designer.

This book uses examples in OpenGL and OpenGL Shading Language to present the theory and application of shader programming.

This book brings the insights of game professionals, DCC creators, hardware vendors, and current researchers together into a collection that focuses on the most underrepresented and critical part of game production: tools development.

Important elements of games, movies, and other computer-generated content, shadows are crucial for enhancing realism and providing important visual cues.

Creating Games offers a comprehensive overview of the technology, content, and mechanics of game design.

Written for game programmers and developers, this book covers GPU techniques and supporting applications that are commonly used in games and similar real-time 3D applications.

This book focuses on advanced rendering techniques that run on the DirectX and/or OpenGL run-time with any shader language available.

Supported with code examples and the authors' real-world experience, this book offers the first guide to engine design and rendering algorithms for virtual globe applications like Google Earth and NASA World Wind.

Implementing physical simulations for real-time games is a complex task that requires a solid understanding of a wide range of concepts from the fields of mathematics, physics, and software engineering.

This book covers essential tools and techniques for programming the graphics processing unit.

This collection of articles provides practical and relevant tools, tips, and techniques for those working in the digital audio field.

This collection of articles provides practical and relevant tools, tips, and techniques for those working in the digital audio field.

Learn to make games that are more fun and engaging!

This book explains how to use the symbolic differentiation system D* for applications in computer games and engineering simulation.

This book is a comprehensive introduction to visual computing, dealing with the modeling and synthesis of visual data by means of computers.

Direct3D 11 offers such a wealth of capabilities that users can sometimes get lost in the details of specific APIs and their implementation.

This book contains short articles that focus on a particular technique, describe a clever trick, or offer practical advice on game engine development.

This engaging book presents the essential mathematics needed to describe, simulate, and render a 3D world.

Designed for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate courses, 3D Graphics for Game Programming presents must-know information for success in interactive graphics.

Culture Specific Items in Chinese to English Video Game Translation aims to investigate the Chinese to English translation of culture-specific items (CSIs) in the localisation of a wuxia role-playing game (RPG).

Unity for Absolute Beginners walks you through the fundamentals of creating a small third-person shooter game with Unity.

Create a game for the Windows Phone market with a heavy emphasis placed on optimization and good design decisions.

In Pro Unity Game Development with C#, Alan Thorn, author of Learn Unity for 2D Game Development and experienced game developer, takes you through the complete C# workflow for developing a cross-platform first person shooter in Unity.

Game Development Tool Essentials provides must-have tips and tricks from industry professionals for strengthening and streamlining your game tools pipeline.

HTML5 Game Development Insights is a from-the-trenches collection of tips, tricks, hacks, and advice straight from professional HTML5 game developers.

2D games are hugely popular across a wide range of platforms and the ideal place to start if you’re new to game development.

Learn Unity Programming with UnityScript is your step-by-step guide to learning to make your first Unity games using UnityScript.

Beginning Android 3D Game Development is a unique, examples-driven book for today's Android and game app developers who want to learn how to build 3D game apps that run on the latest Android 5.

Building JavaScript Games teaches game programming through a series of engaging, arcade-style games that quickly expand your JavaScript and HTML5 skills.