This book brings together the knowledge and perspectives of numerous past and present games industry leaders and practitioners to form a clear picture of how leadership operates in a game development studio.
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.
Dave Eberly's 3D Game Engine Design was the first professional guide to the essential concepts and algorithms of real-time 3D engines and quickly became a classic of game development.
The World Politics of Disco Elysium analyzes the distinctive political claims and original arguments on a wide range of international political issues of the highly-acclaimed Marxist video game Disco Elysium (2019), which takes place in a speculative fictional world anchored in a post-Soviet Estonian perspective.
In GPU Pro5: Advanced Rendering Techniques, section editors Wolfgang Engel, Christopher Oat, Carsten Dachsbacher, Michal Valient, Wessam Bahnassi, and Marius Bjorge have once again assembled a high-quality collection of cutting-edge techniques for advanced graphics processing unit (GPU) programming.
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.
An In-Depth, Practical Guide to GPGPU Programming Using Direct3D 11GPGPU Programming for Games and Science demonstrates how to achieve the following requirements to tackle practical problems in computer science and software engineering:RobustnessAccuracySpeedQuality source code that is easily maintained, reusable, and readableThe book primarily add
People have played games forever, but it's only in the past few decades that people really started thinking about what games are, how they work, and how to make them better.
Game AI Uncovered: Volume Three continues the series with another collection of chapters from 18 of the top game AI professionals and researchers, from around the world.
Streamline game development with proven design patterns and create scalable, reliable architectures effortlesslyKey FeaturesSave time and avoid pitfalls in game development with proven design patternsLeverage the tools in the Godot editor to benefit from native implementations of design patterns such as the observer and singletonLearn SOLID principles and refactoring techniques to build scalable, reusable architectures for robust gamesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionGame development demands more than just creativity; it requires code that's as dynamic and adaptable as the games you dream of creating.
Streamline game development with proven design patterns and create scalable, reliable architectures effortlesslyKey FeaturesSave time and avoid pitfalls in game development with proven design patternsLeverage the tools in the Godot editor to benefit from native implementations of design patterns such as the observer and singletonLearn SOLID principles and refactoring techniques to build scalable, reusable architectures for robust gamesPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionGame development demands more than just creativity; it requires code that's as dynamic and adaptable as the games you dream of creating.
A comprehensive guide to mastering the mathematical concepts essential for computer graphics and game programming, featuring practical examples and coding exercises.