Computer games design

Description: This tutorial-based book allows readers to create a first-person game from start to finish using industry-standard (and free to student) tools of Maya, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine.

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

Learn to see the patterns and relationships in visual mediums and buildings as you push the boundaries of design.

Game Design Critic Josh Bycer is back with another entry in the Game Design Deep Dive series to discuss the Role-Playing Game genre.

A compilation of key chapters from the top Focal game art books available today - in the areas of Max, Maya, Photoshop, and ZBrush.

This book provides a starting point for anyone interested in level and game design with zero prior knowledge.

Is the art for your video game taking too long to create?

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

Game Anim teaches the technical and artistic fundamentals of video game animation and goes further to provide practical advice and industry insights to help you become a rounded and successful game animator.

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

While some rigging books focus too much on the theory of rigging and provide little instruction, others do the exact opposite and offer no reasoning behind the button-pushing.

Well-known Maya professional, Michael Ingrassia, takes readers through his unique style of modeling: "e;Image Based Modeling"e; where efficient, realistic models can be created very quickly.

Game Programming for Artists provides a foundation for artists and creatives to jumpstart learning to program their own games.

GameGuru is an entry-level engine designed to be easy to use as well as being extremely accessible for the user.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.

The best character animation has a strong creative intent, driving a compelling performance.

The game industry continues to grow and evolve as the years pass.

Game Design Deep Dive: Free-to-Play (F2P) continues the series' focus on examining genres with a look at the history and methodology behind free-to-play and mobile games.

Learn to see the patterns and relationships in visual mediums and buildings as you push the boundaries of design.

The success of storytelling in games depends on the entire development team-game designers, artists, writers, programmers and musicians, etc.

Holistic Mobile Game Development with Unity: An All-In-One Guide to Implementing Mechanics, Art Design and Programming for iOS and Android GamesMaster mobile game design and development in this all-in-one guide to creating iOS and Android games in the cutting-edge game engine, Unity.

Costume Design for Video Games: An Exploration of Historical and Fantastical Skins explores the rich and colorful history of fashion throughout the ages.

Visual effects (VFX) are one of the most complicated components of feature film and television creation.

The Game Design Deep Dive series examines specific game systems or mechanics over the course of the history of the industry.

Uncover the history of one of the most influential video games of all time in The World of Minecraft.

This is a comprehensive guide to creating and customizing mods for the popular video game Farming Simulator within Blender.

A special quality about the medium of virtual reality is its immersive nature, allowing users to disengage from the physical world around them in order to fully interact with a digital environment.

The possibilities for creation are endless with 3D printing, sculpting, scanning, and milling, and new opportunities are popping up faster than artists can keep up with them.

Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins tell the true stories of life in the industry by people of color, LGBTQIA and other marginalized identities.

GameGuru is an entry-level engine designed to be easy to use as well as being extremely accessible for the user.

In this lavishly illustrated full-color retrospective, discover never-before-seen photos that bring to life the people and stories behind the most popular games of all time, including Space Invaders, Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, SimCity, Quake, Myst, Tomb Raider, and more.

Rigging for Games: A Primer for Technical Artists Using Maya and Python is not just another step-by-step manual of loosely related tutorials.

Want to work as an animator in the video games industry?

Game Devs & Others: Tales from the Margins tell the true stories of life in the industry by people of color, LGBTQIA and other marginalized identities.

Artists and programmers often work together on complex projects in stressful environments and things don't always go smoothly.

This book explains the fundamentals of being a talented games Environment Artist by outlining the key considerations that most Environment Artists tend to forget.

Nobuo Uematsu is one of the most influential Japanese composers of the current age.

Allegorithmic: The Company That Brought Substance to the World of 3D explores the journey of Allegorithmic, the software company behind Substance, a suite of tools that revolutionized texturing in computer graphics.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.

Looking to become more efficient using Unity?

A compilation of key chapters from the top Focal game art books available today - in the areas of Max, Maya, Photoshop, and ZBrush.

In a follow-up book, which re-iterates the principles of "e;Digital Creature Rigging: The Art & Science of CG Creature Setup in 3ds Max"e;, and enhances their relativity with advanced wing, tail and tentacle setups.

Master game design and digital art principles simultaneously with this all-in-one guide to creating games in the cutting-edge game engine Unity.

This book explains the fundamentals of being a talented games Environment Artist by outlining the key considerations that most Environment Artists tend to forget.

The definitive book on Minecraft's greatest creations.

Remember what a wild frontier the early days of home gaming were?

This book provides a comprehensive overview of video game technical animation, covering the next generation pipelines that industry developers utilise to create their games.

The Reverse Design series looks at all of the design decisions that went into classic video games.