Digital animation

This book covers real-time shading systems, their design and how they work.

This book explains how to use the symbolic differentiation system D* for applications in computer games and engineering simulation.

This book focuses on advanced rendering techniques that run on the DirectX and/or OpenGL run-time with any shader language available.

Ever since Lorensen and Cline published their paper on the Marching Cubes algorithm, isosurfaces have been a standard technique for the visualization of 3D volumetric data.

Based on course notes of SIGGRAPH course teaching techniques for real-time rendering of volumetric data and effects; covers both applications in scientific visualization and real-time rendering.

This undergraduate-level computer graphics text provides the reader with conceptual and practical insights into how to approach building a majority of the interactive graphics applications they encounter daily.

Important elements of games, movies, and other computer-generated content, shadows are crucial for enhancing realism and providing important visual cues.

As animation software becomes more advanced and graphics become more refined, the opportunity to create informative detail becomes more achievable in your characters.

Written for game programmers and developers, this book covers GPU techniques and supporting applications that are commonly used in games and similar real-time 3D applications.

Implementing physical simulations for real-time games is a complex task that requires a solid understanding of a wide range of concepts from the fields of mathematics, physics, and software engineering.

This collection of articles provides practical and relevant tools, tips, and techniques for those working in the digital audio field.

Physics is really important to game programmers who need to know how to add physical realism to their games.

This book addresses the new interaction modalities that are becoming possible with new devices by looking at user interfaces from an input perspective.

A novel approach for the classroom or self-study, Learn to Code with Games makes coding accessible to a broad audience.

Want to work in UI/UX in the video games industry?

This book charts the history of more than 20 years of animation festivals.

By finding and building around a strong core mechanism, we can access new levels of elegance and discover fresh new ideas in our game designs.

GPU Pro3, the third volume in the GPU Pro book series, offers practical tips and techniques for creating real-time graphics that are useful to beginners and seasoned game and graphics programmers alike.

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

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

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

The latest edition of this bestselling game development reference offers proven tips and techniques for the real-time rendering of special effects and visualization data that are useful for beginners and seasoned game and graphics programmers alike.

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

Founder of BlenderMadeEasy, Stephen Pearson, will take your Blender skills to the next level by helping you create realistic simulations like fire, water, and explosions in this beginner-friendly illustrated guideKey FeaturesGain in-depth knowledge of each physics-based simulation that Blender has to offerConstruct advanced fire, smoke, and liquid animations using Blender's built-in Mantaflow systemCreate nine different realistic animations with step-by-step guides using every simulation in BlenderPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionReady to unleash the power of visual effects?

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.

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

Founder of BlenderMadeEasy, Stephen Pearson, will take your Blender skills to the next level by helping you create realistic simulations like fire, water, and explosions in this beginner-friendly illustrated guideKey FeaturesGain in-depth knowledge of each physics-based simulation that Blender has to offerConstruct advanced fire, smoke, and liquid animations using Blender's built-in Mantaflow systemCreate nine different realistic animations with step-by-step guides using every simulation in BlenderPurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookBook DescriptionReady to unleash the power of visual effects?

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.

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.

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.

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.