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Adobe Creative 3D Workflows brings a practical approach to understanding not only how to begin working with 3D assets but how each of the relevant Adobe apps interact through the creation and application of 3D materials, models, and effects across different workflows.

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 Routledge Handbook of Esports offers the first fully comprehensive, interdisciplinary study of esports, one of the fastest growing sectors of the contemporary sports and entertainment industries.

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

Completely updated, this second edition explains how to use the interconnectedness of social networks to make stickier, more compelling games on all types of devices.

This hands-on guide takes you through the complete process of Unity iOS game development.

This book is among the first books to provide an in-depth look at how to implement Python with Maya,.

Music and Sonic Environments in Video Games brings together a range of perspectives that explore how music and sound in video games interact with virtual and real environments, often in innovative and unexpected ways.

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

Every animated film and video game production spends a large percentage of its resources and time on advancing the quality of the digital characters inhabiting the world being created.

Despite the proliferation of video games in the twenty-first century, the theory of game design is largely underdeveloped, leaving designers on their own to understand what games really are.

Discussing the state of play in contemporary popular culture, specifically the role of crime and crime control in the video game medium, this book discusses the criminological importance of video games.

This book invites the reader to expand their idea of esports as an independent niche and consider it an integral part of a growing multi and transmedia ecosystem that includes the global entertainment industry, where music plays an essential role.

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

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.

May 11, 1997, was a watershed moment in the history of artificial intelligence (AI): the IBM supercomputer chess engine, Deep Blue, beat the world Chess champion, Garry Kasparov.

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.

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.

Blender 2D Animation: The Complete Guide to the Grease Pencil, Second Edition describes how to access the Grease Pencil component in Blender and create 2D animation within the Blender 3D environment.

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.

Adobe Creative 3D Workflows brings a practical approach to understanding not only how to begin working with 3D assets but how each of the relevant Adobe apps interact through the creation and application of 3D materials, models, and effects across different workflows.

"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.

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

This book, written and edited by members of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Game Writing Special Interest Group, follows the acclaimed Professional Techniques for Video Game Writing to deliver practical advice from seasoned veterans on the special challenges of writing for first-person shooter games (FPS), role-playing games (R

Advances in technology have enabled animators and video game designers to design increasingly realistic, human-like characters in animation and games.

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.

This book takes a real-world, in-depth journey through the game-design process, from the initial blue sky sessions to pitching for a green light.