Digital animation

This book teaches beginners and aspiring game developers how to develop 2D games with Unity.

The newest book in Michael Mattesi's Force Drawing series takes movement to the next level.

This book teaches the complex, sometimes confounding, and often beautiful art of directing live performance for videogames.

Produce mind-blowing visual effects with Autodesk Maya.

Since his debut in the 1980s, Lewis Klahr has built a mesmerizing and influential body of work, establishing himself as one of the foremost collage animators-or, as he prefers, a "e;re-animator.

The Definitive Game Narrative Guide is the ultimate start and end point for storytelling in video games.

Throughout cinema, there have been various techniques to depict motion, and one style in particular is the fascinating use of smears in animation.

Python's simplicity and versatility make it an ideal language for both beginners and experienced programmers.

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.

This is a strong foundation of human-centric virtual reality design for anyone and everyone involved in creating VR experiences.

Welcome to the second volume of Game Audio Programming: Principles and Practices - the first series of its kind dedicated to the art of game audio programming!

Board games are increasingly recognized as an artform of their own, but their design and aesthetics are just as important as their gameplay mechanics.

Composition for the 21st 1/2 century: Characters in Animation focuses on characters and their application in animation, illustration, games, and films.

Getting Started in ZBrush is a gentle introduction to ZBrush, today's premier digital sculpting program.

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This book explores the opportunities and challenges people with disabilities experience in the context of digital games from the perspective of three related areas: representation, access and inclusion, and community.

As technology becomes an ever more prevalent part of everyday life and population-based physical activity programmes seek new ways to increase lifelong engagement with physical activity, so the two have become increasingly linked.

Wolfgang Engel's GPU Pro 360 Guide to GPGPU gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers general purpose GPU.

This volume provides a comprehensive introduction to foundational topics in sound design for interactive media, such as gaming and virtual reality; compositional techniques; new interfaces; sound spatialization; sonic cues and semiotics; performance and installations; music on the web; augmented reality applications; and sound producing software design.

Whether trying to land that first big gig or working to perfect the necessary skills to fill a game world with sound, Aaron Marks' Complete Guide to Game Audio 3rd edition will teach the reader everything they need to know about the audio side of the multi-million dollar video game industry.

Single frame film-making has been around as long as film itself.

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

Within the field of game design, game balance can best be described as a black art.

The Key to Fully Understanding the Basics of a 3D WorldProminently used in games, movies, and on television, 3D graphics are tools of creation used to enhance how material and light come together to manipulate objects in 3D space.

Packed with examples from classic and contemporary films, The Fundamentals of Animation presents each stage of the animation production process in an engaging visual style, whilst providing an historical and critical context for four core disciplines: drawn/cel; 2D/3D stop-motion; computer generated; and experimental animation.

How can video games be fun and immerse players in fantastic worlds where anything seems possible?

Understanding Motion Capture for Computer Animation discusses the latest technology developments in digital design, film, games, medicine, sports, and security engineering.

On Animation: The Director's Perspective is a collection of interviews with 23 animated feature-film directors.

Create Stunning Renders using V-Ray in 3ds Max: Guiding the Next Generation of 3D Renderers is a step-by-step guide on how to create realistic renderings using V-Ray in 3ds Max.

This book serves as an introduction to the level design process in Unreal Engine 4.

Now in its second edition, the Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming is the definitive, go-to resource for anyone interested in the diverse and expanding video game industry.

"e;Fundamentally, making games is designing with others, everyone contributing from different angles towards the best possible product.

AI is an integral part of every video game.

Hybrid Drawing Techniques: Design Process and Presentation reaffirms the value of traditional hand drawing in the design process by demonstrating how to integrate it with digital techniques; enhancing and streamlining the investigative process while at the same time yielding superior presentation images.

Want to work as a games tester in the video games industry?

This book presents techniques for creating fluid-like animations with no required advanced physics and mathematical skills.

Written by an AAA industry expert with over 20 years of experience, this book offers comprehensive coverage of the practical skills that all successful level designers need to have.

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

Start modeling right away with this hands-on guide to learning Autodesk Maya 2016 Introducing Autodesk Maya 2016 is the official guide to the most popular and complex 3D application on the market.

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.

Stanford mathematician and NPR Math Guy Keith Devlin explains why, fun aside, video games are the ideal medium to teach middle-school math.

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

Esports Insights outlines the fundamental characteristics, features, and structures of the rapidly growing esports industry and acts as the perfect primer for readers without any prior knowledge of esports.

This book examines the state of the animation industry within the Nordic countries.

Python's simplicity and versatility make it an ideal language for both beginners and experienced programmers.

A continuation of 1994's groundbreaking Cartoons, Giannalberto Bendazzi's Animation: A World History is the largest, deepest, most comprehensive text of its kind, based on the idea that animation is an art form that deserves its own place in scholarship.

In both video games and animated films, worlds are constructed through a combination of animation, which defines what players see on the screen, and music and sound, which provide essential cues to action, emotion, and narrative.