Games development and programming

This book presents some of the most interesting iPhone and iPad games, along with stories of the people behind these games.

Make More Immersive and Engaging Magic Systems in GamesGame Magic: A Designer's Guide to Magic Systems in Theory and Practice explains how to construct magic systems and presents a compendium of arcane lore, encompassing the theory, history, and structure of magic systems in games and human belief.

This is a clear, accessible manual of storytelling techniques and learning activities for spatial computing, augmented reality and mixed reality.

Engineers and scientists have been developing AI since the 1950s, and it has come a long way since then!

Learn to recreate iconic arcade games using Unity.

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

People imagined artificial intelligence as far back as the early 1900s.

This book unveils the secrets of extraordinarily successful games and hands you a smarter way to create exceptional engagement and convert it into revenue.

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 "e;Metroidvania"e; titles.

Master the intricacies of Unity's character controllers with a deep dive into Unity's Starter Assets.

Want to work as an audio professional in the video games industry?

Audio Anecdotes is a book about digital sound.

This book provides an industry professional's first-hand perspective on narrative design's practical usage, day-to-day roles and responsibilities, and keys to breaking in and succeeding.

Learning Java Through Games teaches students how to use the different features of the Java language as well as how to program.

Expert Guidance on the Math Needed for 3D Game ProgrammingDeveloped from the authors' popular Game Developers Conference (GDC) tutorial, Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications, Third Edition illustrates the importance of mathematics in 3D programming.

This book presents a much-needed framework for the critical examination of miniatures games and their design.

Virtual environments such as games and animated and "e;real"e; movies require realistic sound effects that can be integrated by computer synthesis.

This comprehensive guide provides educators with everything they need to teach video game design fundamentals.

This book explores the influential work of Eugene Jarvis, designer of the wildly-successful arcade games Defender, Robotron: 2084, NARC, Smash TV, and Cruis'n USA, among others.

The success of Angry Birds, Peggle, and Fruit Ninja has proven that fun and immersive game experiences can be created in two dimensions.

This covers how to use the latest development tools to create your own Virtual World powered by Unreal Engine.

This book covers how to build materials and VFX that bring your projects to life in Unreal Engine.

This is a clear, accessible manual of storytelling techniques and learning activities for spatial computing, augmented reality and mixed reality.

A ground-breaking guide to thinking about how routine activities can be designed and innovated to develop narrative meaning and a sense of purpose.