Games development and programming

As participation in game related activities increases around the world and across a larger part of the population, it is obvious that games are not just an entertainment medium for children or young people.

This book talks about the importance of social mechanics in games and how these mechanics evolved over time to accommodate new technologies and new social contexts.

This accessible, third edition textbook gives students the tools they need to analyze games, using strategies borrowed from textual analysis.

Learn the Godot 4 game engine and GDScript 2.

Game Design Critic Joshua Bycer is back with another entry in the Game Design Deep Series to focus on the youngest genre yet: soulslikes.

The fifth edition of this pioneering textbook takes video game studies into the next decade, highlighting changes in mobile, social, and casual gaming.

The fifth edition of this pioneering textbook takes video game studies into the next decade, highlighting changes in mobile, social, and casual gaming.

Game Design Critic Joshua Bycer is back with another entry in the Game Design Deep Series to focus on the youngest genre yet: soulslikes.

Integrating hands-on guidance with theoretical game design concepts, this book gives readers a solid foundation in game development.

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.

This book explores the representations of Central and Eastern European histories in digital games.

This book contains twenty four short projects in eBook or spiral-bound print format for children 8 - 12 years.

Achieve stunning photorealistic environments and create cinematic masterpieces by combining environment art, animation, VFX and cinematography with Unreal Engine Specialist, Giovanni VisaiKey FeaturesImplement advanced shaders, effects, and post-processing to make your environment look cinematicExplore techniques for achieving realistic graphic complexity with incredible performanceCreate your own materials and enhance the visuals of your gaming environmentPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionAs Unreal Engine 5 continues to conquer all industries thanks to its real-time technology, UE skills are becoming more sought after than ever.

Create video game elements using the Godot game engine, gaining practical experience in programming and video game development.

Create video game elements using the Godot game engine, gaining practical experience in programming and video game development.

"e;Create the digital games you love to play.

"e;Game Feel"e; exposes "e;feel"e; as a hidden language in game design that no one has fully articulated yet.

This volume offers new perspectives on knowledge production through various forms of togetherness.

Digital Media as Ambient Therapy explores the ways "e;mental illness"e; can emerge from our relationships (with ourselves, others, and the world), to address the concern around what kind of relationality is conducive for "e;mental health"e; and what role digital technologies can play in fostering such relationality.

Digital Media as Ambient Therapy explores the ways "e;mental illness"e; can emerge from our relationships (with ourselves, others, and the world), to address the concern around what kind of relationality is conducive for "e;mental health"e; and what role digital technologies can play in fostering such relationality.

This foundational resource on the topic of tabletop game accessibility provides actionable guidelines on how to make games accessible for people with disabilities.

This book offers new, multidisciplinary perspectives on esports, one of the most rapidly growing sectors in the sports and leisure industries.

This foundational resource on the topic of tabletop game accessibility provides actionable guidelines on how to make games accessible for people with disabilities.

This introductory textbook introduces students to mathematical concepts and helps them to understand how they apply to the field of game development.

This introductory textbook introduces students to mathematical concepts and helps them to understand how they apply to the field of game development.

"e;Create the digital games you love to play.

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

Computer games represent a significant software application domain for innovative research in software engineering techniques and technologies.

Games are no longer confined to card tables and computer screens.

The control of cameras is as important in games as it is in cinema.

From Windows Solitaire to Bejeweled to Wii Tennis, casual games have radically changed the landscape of games.

If you want to be successful in any area of game development-game design, programming, graphics, sound, or publishing-you should know how standouts in the industry approach their work and address problems.

An all-encompassing guide to game testing, offering detailed insights into bug reporting, test management, and quality assurance.

See How to Unobtrusively Incorporate Good Teaching into Your Game's MechanicsLearn to Play: Designing Tutorials for Video Games shows how to embed a tutorial directly into your game design mechanics so that your games naturally and comfortably teach players to have fun.

We are on the verge of creating an exciting new kind of interactive story form that will involve audiences as active participants.

The world is becoming increasingly mobile.

An all-encompassing guide to game testing, offering detailed insights into bug reporting, test management, and quality assurance.

Metagames: Games about Games scrutinizes how various meta devices, such as breaking the fourth wall and unreliable narrator, change and adapt when translated into the uniquely interactive medium of digital games.

The first book-length study devoted to FromSoftware games, On Soulsring Worlds explores how the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring are able to reconcile extreme difficulty in both gameplay and narrative with broad appeal.

The first book-length study devoted to FromSoftware games, On Soulsring Worlds explores how the Dark Souls series and Elden Ring are able to reconcile extreme difficulty in both gameplay and narrative with broad appeal.

Metagames: Games about Games scrutinizes how various meta devices, such as breaking the fourth wall and unreliable narrator, change and adapt when translated into the uniquely interactive medium of digital games.

Charting the increase in the use of games for the dissemination of extremist propaganda, radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization, this book examines the "e;gamification of extremism.

Charting the increase in the use of games for the dissemination of extremist propaganda, radicalization, recruitment, and mobilization, this book examines the "e;gamification of extremism.

Master Lean UX and Lean Startup techniques to improve your agile game development experience beyond Scrum.

This book will teach you fundamental mathematical concepts using Unity-based custom examples, explaining the implementations and demonstrating how these concepts are applied in building modern video game functionality.

No detailed description available for "e;Hands-On Unity Game Development"e;.

Master Lean UX and Lean Startup techniques to improve your agile game development experience beyond Scrum.

Theme is often described as the "e;why"e; of a game.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to the latest research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in one single, accessible volume.