Bring your PC, Zune, and Xbox gaming visions to life with Microsoft XNA Game Studio Develop complete 2D and 3D games with step-by-step hands-on instruction, advice, and tips from two industry...
`Imagine trying to play defense in football without ever studying offense. You would not know when a run was coming, how to defend pass patterns, nor when to blitz. In computer systems, as in...
- Category: Web
- Release Date: 2007-07-19 00:00:00
- Tags: Exploiting, Online, Games, Cheating, Massively, Distributed, Systems,
Make the Most of IBM?s Breakthrough Cell Processor in Any Gaming, Graphics, or Scientific Application IBM?s Cell processor delivers truly stunning computational power: enough to...
- Category: Programming
- Release Date: 2008-10-24 00:00:00
- Tags: Programming, Cell, Processor, Games, Graphics, Computation,
As experienced teachers of novice game designers, the authors have discovered patterns in the way that students grasp game design - the mistakes they make as well as the methods to help them to...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2004-02-01 00:00:00
- Tags: Game, Design, Workshop, Designing, Prototyping, amp;, Playtesting, Games, Gama, Network, Series,
A perfect and direct starting point for a beginner game texture artist! `The Dark Side of Game Texturing` is also an excellent reference for intermediate artists, or for those who want to further...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2004-03-23 00:00:00
- Tags: Dark, Side, Game, Texturing,
A game is only as intriguing as the characters that inhabit its world. Game Character Design Complete demonstrates each step of modeling, texturing, animating, and exporting compelling characters...
Team Leadership in the Game Industry arms you with the information you need to face and meet the challenges of finding, supporting, and retaining a talented team of employees. Specifically...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
- Tags: Team, Leadership, Game, Industry,
Security measures are a critical piece of the game development process because they not only affect the player?s ability to safely access and enjoy a game but a publisher?s ability to profit from...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2009-01-08 00:00:00
- Tags: Protecting, Games, Security, Handbook, Game, Developers, Publishers,
Enough about learning the fundamentals of the intriguing JavaFX platform; it?s now time to start implementing visually stunning and dynamic Java-based rich Internet applications (RIAs) for your...
Mastering Unreal Technology, Volume I: Introduction to Level Design with Unreal Engine 3 is your start-to-finish guide to modding and level design with the world?s hottest new gaming engine:...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2009-07-31 00:00:00
- Tags: Mastering, Unreal, Technology, Volume, Introduction, Level, Design, Unreal, Engine,
Using XNA Game Studio 3.0, any programmer can master the art of game development and begin selling games to millions of Xbox 360 users worldwide. Now, there?s a practical, comprehensive guide to...
Quickly emerging from the fast-paced growth of mobile communications and wireless technologies, pervasive games take gaming away from the computer screen and back to the three-dimensional world....
Do you remember landmark games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Asteroids ? Well, here?s an exciting opportunity to build and/or port these games to one of the hottest mobile and netbooks...
Every Windows user has spent many frustrating hours trying to figure out ways to optimize system performance. Understanding Win 9x and tuning it to be more efficient can be very time-consuming....
- Category: Windows
- Release Date: 1999-12-01 00:00:00
- Tags: Optimizing, Windows, Games, Graphics, Multimedia,
What do you need to know to create a game for the iPhone? Even if you've already built some iPhone applications, developing games using iPhone's gestural interface and limited screen layout...
- Category: iPhone
- Release Date: 2009-11-16 00:00:00
- Tags: iPhone, Game, Development, Developing, amp;, games, Objective, Animal, Guide,
A practical guide to creating real-time responsive online 3D games in Silverlight 3 using C#, XBAP WPF, XAML, Balder, and Farseer Physics Engine Develop online interactive 3D games and scenes...
- Category: Rich Internet Application
- Release Date: 2009-10-15 00:00:00
- Tags: Game, Development, Microsoft, Silverlight, Beginner's, Guide,
We've all sneaked the odd five minutes here or there playing the latest Flash game that someone sent round the office, but creating those games is trickier than it looks. The aim of Foundation...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2009-05-25 00:00:00
- Tags: Foundation, Game, Design, Flash, Foundations,
For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but a means for...
Mastering Unreal Technology, Volume II: Advanced Level Design Concepts with Unreal Engine 3 is your start-to-finish guide to state-of-the-art Unreal Tournament 3 modding and level design....
Are you an aspiring game developer with a great idea, but no practical knowledge for turning that idea into reality? 3D Game Programming All in One is the comprehensive guide you need! This new...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2006-11-06 00:00:00
- Tags: Game, Programming, All, One, Second, Edition,
Build fully functional, professional 3D games with realistic environments, sound, dynamic effects, and more! Kick start game development, and build ready-to-play 3D games with easeUnderstand...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2009-10-01 00:00:00
- Tags: Unity, Game, Development, Essentials,
Within the world of video games, characters become almost living entities. Through the use of logic and artificial intelligence, the video-game character is able to act and react to each...
`3D Game Programming for Teens` is a comprehensive, step-by-step introduction to 3D game programming for both teenagers and non-programmers. Organized into three parts, the book begins with an...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2006-05-18 00:00:00
- Tags: Game, Programming, Teens,
Many programmers frequently have limited backgrounds in the mathematics and physics needed for game development or other complex applications. Sooner or later, all programmers run into coding...
- Category: Game Programming
- Release Date: 2009-07-23 00:00:00
- Tags: Mathematics, Physics, Programmers, Game, Development, Series,
Explore the training needed to become a computer game developer, a lucrative and exciting career. Also gives readers a chance to examine how computer games are created - from an idea to a...
Discover the exciting world of game programming and 3D graphics creation using DirectX 10! `Beginning DirectX 10 Game Progmramming` is an introductory guide to creating fantastic graphics,...
- Category: DirectX
- Release Date: 2007-08-27 00:00:00
- Tags: Beginning, DirectX, Game, Programming,
Learn how to create more challenging and dynamic games with AI and Artificial Life in Video Games. AI, or artificial intelligence, builds better games by directing behaviors inside the games that...
- Category: Artificial Intelligence
- Release Date: 2008-05-15 00:00:00
- Tags: Artificial, Life, Video, Games,
If you have basic programming experience, this book is your ideal guide for writing games using Visual Basic .NET and Managed DirectX 9. This Second Edition includes almost entirely new...
- Category: Visual Basic
- Release Date: 2007-09-25 00:00:00
- Tags: Microsoft, Visual, Basic, Game, Programming, Teens,
Cinematography for Games covers the space between the game and film industries by pointing out the most relevant cinematic techniques in today's hottest games, and including interviews with the...
One look at the App Store will show you just how hot iPhone games have become. Games make up over 25 percent of all apps, and over 70 percent of the apps in the App Store's Most Popular...
