Jessica Brown

Beginning .NET Game Programming in C# /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Beginning .NET Game Programming in C# by David Weller, Alexandre Santos Lobao, Ellen Hatton Publisher Apress Published Date 2008-01-01 Page Count 440 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430207213 BACK A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD AN IDEA. What if I could make the power of the DirectX API available to the developers who were going to be using the new set of lan guages and common language runtime that Microsoft was developing? The idea was intriguing, and opening up a larger portion of the world to DirectX was a goal I was only too happy to endorse. Besides, what developer doesn't want to write games? It seems that at least once a week I am answering questions directly regard ing the performance of managed code, and Managed DirectX in particular. One of the more common questions I hear is some paraphrase of "Is it as fast as unmanaged code?" Obviously in a general sense it isn't. Regardless of the quality of the Managed DirectXAPI, the fact remains that it still has to run through the same DirectXAPI that the unmanaged code does. There is naturally going to be a slight overhead for this, but does it have a large negative impact on the majority of applications? Of course it doesn't. No one is suggesting that one of the top-of-the-line polygon pushing games coming out today (say, Half Life 2 or Doom 3) should be written in Managed DirectX, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a whole slew of games that could be. I'll get more to that in just a few moments. More Information

Introduction to DevOps with Chocolate, LEGO and Scrum Game /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Introduction to DevOps with Chocolate, LEGO and Scrum Game by Dana Pylayeva Publisher Apress Published Date 2017-01-23 Page Count 140 Categories Computers / Programming / General, Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Hardware / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484225651 Discover a role-based simulation game designed to introduce DevOps in a very unusual way. Working with LEGO and chocolate, using avatars, personas, and role cards, you will gain an understanding of the Dev and Ops roles as well as their interdependencies. Throughout the game, players go through a range of emotions and learn to expand the boundaries of individual roles, acquire T-shaped skills, and grow the Scrum-team circle to include Operations. The game combines ideas from "The Phoenix Project" with the experience gained from real-life challenges, encountered by development and operations teams in many organizations. Security vulnerabilities, environments patching, deployment code freeze, development and operations silos - the game helps simulate an end-to-end product delivery process and visualize the bottlenecks in the value delivery flow. Introduction to DevOps with Chocolate, LEGO and Scrum Game engages all five senses to maximize learning effectiveness and in three sprints takes players through a gamified DevOps transformation journey. What You Will Learn Play the Chocolate, LEGO and Scrum role-simulation game Gain knowledge of DevOps and how to apply the game to itSee how this game illustrates the DevOps cycle as a case studyWho This Book Is For Programmers or system admins/project managers who are new to DevOps. DevOps trainers and Agile Coaches who are interested in offering a collaborative and engaging learning experience to their teams. More Information

Sudoku Programming with C /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Sudoku Programming with C by Giulio Zambon Publisher Apress Published Date 2015-03-25 Page Count 300 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Programming / General, Computers / Programming Languages / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484209958 Sudoku Programming with C teaches you how to write computer programs to solve and generate Sudoku puzzles. This is a practical book that will provide you with everything you need to write your own books of Sudoku Classic and Samurai puzzles. But be warned: after reading it, you'll discover that the puzzles in your local paper are not so challenging after all! We like Sudokus because they test our capacity to recognize and interpret patterns. But how are the clues generated? Where do those quasi-symmetrical configurations come from? When the author explored the Web to find out, he discovered that there were many sites that explained how to solve Sudokus, but none that told him how create them. He also saw many sites and apps to play Sudoku, but, perhaps not surprising, no indication of how they worked. So, he had to develop his own applications in order to find out. And, from the very start, he decided that he would publish the code for anyone else to use and perhaps tinker with, but the author wrote it in such a way that also lets readers with limited knowledge of programming techniques understand it. In fact, you could decide to start generating thousands of puzzles almost immediately, and go through the explanations of algorithms and techniques later, a bit at a time. The author chose to write the application in ‘plain old C’ because he wanted to make the code accessible to as many people as possible. In this book, you will find an explanation of all solving strategies, and the code to implement them. Writing the Solver application was more difficult than writing the Generator, because it required designing and implementing each strategy separately. However, the author wanted to include a solving program capable of listing the strategies necessary to solve any particular puzzle. He also wanted to check whether a puzzle was solvable analytically, without any guessing. This book includes the full listings of both the Generator and the Solver, and explanations of all C modules, with walk-throughs and examples. More Information

Beginning Platino Game Engine /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Beginning Platino Game Engine by Abhishek Nandy, Debashree Chanda Publisher Apress Published Date 2016-11-21 Page Count 141 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Programming / General, Computers / Programming / Mobile Devices, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484224841 Learn how to build a game using Platino Studio. Follow step-by-step basics to create an app, and then add different functionalities and game logic. With Beginning Platino Game Engine you will be able to develop UWP apps using the Processing JS language. You also will be introduced to Temboo and extending the processing language to IoT. What You'll Learn: Develop using the Platino game engineBuild UWP apps using the Processing JS languageExtend the processing language to IoT with Temboo Who Is this Book for: Indie game developers, app developers interested in games, and students new to the Platino game engine and perhaps new to game development. More Information

Programming Sudoku /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Programming Sudoku by Wei-Meng Lee Publisher Apress Published Date 2006-11-22 Page Count 232 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating 3 (based on 2 ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 143020138X Sudoku is a wildly popular puzzle game. Sudoku puzzles are 9x9 grids, and each square in the grid consists of a 3x3 subgrid called a region. Your goal is to fill in the squares so that each column, row, and region contains the numbers 1 through 9 exactly once. And some squares already contain numbers or symbols, which lend clues toward the solution. Programming Sudoku provides you with great approaches to building and solving Sudoku and other similar puzzles. Using ingenious artificial intelligence and game theory techniques, you’ll learn how to get a computer to solve these puzzles for you. This is a fun, intriguing read, whether you're a novice or advanced programmer. It acknowledges the .NET platform as a base, but you’ll find this book interesting whatever your programming background. The core techniques in the book enable you to solve Sudoku on any programming platform. More Information

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Virtual Place-Based Learning /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Virtual Place-Based Learning by Reneta D. Lansiquot, Sean P. MacDonald Publisher Springer Nature Published Date 2019-12-12 Page Count 166 Categories Education / Computers & Technology, Education / Curricula, Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Computers / Programming / Games, Education / Schools / Levels / Higher, Education / General, Social Science / Sociology / General Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 3030324710 This book explores how virtual place-based learning and research has been interpreted and incorporated into learning environments both within and across disciplinary perspectives. Contributing authors highlight the ways in which they have employed a variety of methodologies to engage students in the virtual exploration of place. In the process, they focus on the approaches they have used to bring the real world closer through virtual exploration. Chapters examine how the resources of the urban environment have been tapped to design student research projects within the context of an interdisciplinary course. In this way, authors highlight how virtual place-based learning has employed the tools of mapping and data visualization, information literacy, game design, digital storytelling, and the creation of non-fiction VR documentaries. This book makes a valuable contribution to the literature, offering a model of how the study of place can be employed in creative ways to enhance interdisciplinary learning. More Information

Learn Unity for Windows 10 Game Development /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Learn Unity for Windows 10 Game Development by Sue Blackman, Adam Tuliper Publisher Apress Published Date 2016-12-21 Page Count 572 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Computer Science, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430267577 Create a game for the Windows Phone market with a heavy emphasis placed on optimization and good design decisions. While doing so, you will be introduced to key Unity concepts and functionality, weigh the pros and cons of various possibilities, and gain a good working knowledge of scripting in the Unity environment using both JavaScript and C#. Learn Unity for Windows 10 Game Development starts by exploring the Unity editor and experimenting with staple game functionality. If you are new to scripting or just new to C#, you will be able to investigate syntax, commonly used functions, and communication required to bring your ideas to life. With the book's included art assets, you will learn the ins and outs of asset choices and management while making use of Unity's 2D physics, Shuriken particle systems and Mecanim's character and state management tools. Finally, you will bring it all together to create a multi-level game as you learn how to incorporate mobile specific functionality, test on a Windows Phone device, and others for Windows 10 and ultimately, publish your game to the Windows App Store. What You Will Learn Learn C# basics for Unity Work with the Unity Editor Manage assets Use the Mecanim animation system and 2D features and physics Who This Book Is For Game developers, hobbyists and game dev students who are new to Unity or Windows Mobile game development or both. JavaScript and C# experience are helpful, but C# experience is not required. More Information

Making Games /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Making Games With JavaScript by Christopher Pitt Publisher Apress Published Date 2016-12-14 Page Count 82 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Web / Web Programming, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484224930 Develop games using the JavaScript web scripting language. This compact short book will help you learn how to use modern JavaScript to make games for web browsers. They’re effortless to use and they work everywhere. If you’ve ever wanted to make a game, join author Christopher Pitt. You’ll start with nothing and build fun games, in no time at all. What You'll LearnMake a game using JavaScriptMaster the game loopHandle player input, collision detection, gravity, ladders, and stairsWork with camera locking, mobs, and healthManage game inventoryHandle mapping and more Who This Book Is For Those who are new to game development with some experience with JavaScript and web development. More Information

Pro Java 6 3D Game Development /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Pro Java 6 3D Game Development Java 3D, JOGL, JInput and JOAL APIs by Andrew Davison Publisher Apress Published Date 2008-01-01 Page Count 528 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430202122 Create strange lands filled with mysterious objects (cows frozen in blocks of ice, chirping penguins, golden globes with wavering eyes) and throw away your keyboard and mouse, to go exploring armed only with a gamepad, power glove, or just your bare hands! Java gaming expert Andrew Davison will show you how to develop and program 3D games in Java technology on a PC, with an emphasis on the construction of 3D landscapes. It's assumed you have a reasonable knowledge of Java—the sort of thing picked up in a first Java course at school. Topics are split into three sections: Java 3D API, non-standard input devices for game playing, and JOGL. Java 3D is a high-level 3D graphics API, and JOGL is a lower-level Java wrapper around the popular OpenGL graphics API. You'll look at three non-standard input devices: the webcam, the game pad, and the P5 data glove. Along the way, you'll utilize several other games-related libraries including: JInput, JOAL, JMF, and Odejava. Learn all the latest Java SE 6 features relevant to gaming, including: splash screens, JavaScript scripting as well as the desktop and system tray interfaces. Unique coverage of Java game development using both the Java 3D API and Java for OpenGL, as well as invaluable experience from a recognized Java gaming guru, will provide you with a distinct advantage after reading this book. More Information

Making Smart Cities More Playable /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Making Smart Cities More Playable Exploring Playable Cities by Anton Nijholt Publisher Springer Published Date 2019-07-23 Page Count 377 Categories Technology & Engineering / Engineering (General), Computers / User Interfaces, Mathematics / Applied, Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Computers / Programming / Games, Technology & Engineering / Telecommunications, Computers / Artificial Intelligence / General, Technology & Engineering / General, Social Science / Sociology / General Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 9811397651 This book explores the ways in which the broad range of technologies that make up the smart city infrastructure can be harnessed to incorporate more playfulness into the day-to-day activities that take place within smart cities, making them not only more efficient but also more enjoyable for the people who live and work within their confines. The book addresses various topics that will be of interest to playable cities stakeholders, including the human–computer interaction and game designer communities, computer scientists researching sensor and actuator technology in public spaces, urban designers, and (hopefully) urban policymakers. This is a follow-up to another book on Playable Cities edited by Anton Nijholt and published in 2017 in the same book series, Gaming Media and Social Effects. More Information

Learn Unity for 2D Game Development /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Learn Unity for 2D Game Development by Alan Thorn Publisher Apress Published Date 2013-10-25 Page Count 316 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430262303 2D games are everywhere, from mobile devices and websites to game consoles and PCs. Timeless and popular, 2D games represent a substantial segment of the games market. In Learn Unity for 2D Game Development, targeted at both game development newcomers and established developers, experienced game developer Alan Thorn shows you how to use the powerful Unity engine to create fun and imaginative 2D games. Written in clear and accessible language, Learn Unity for 2D Game Development will show you how to set up a step-by-step 2D workflow in Unity, how to build and import textures, how to configure and work with cameras, how to establish pixel-perfect ratios, and all of this so you can put that infrastructure to work in a real, playable game. Then the final chapters show you how to put what you've already made to work in creating a card-matching game, plus you'll learn how to optimize your game for mobile devices. More Information

Location-Based Gaming /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Location-Based Gaming Play in Public Space by Dale Leorke Publisher Springer Published Date 2018-06-29 Page Count 266 Categories Social Science / Human Geography, Computers / Programming / Games, Social Science / General, Social Science / Sociology / Urban, Social Science / Sociology / General, Social Science / Media Studies, Science / Earth Sciences / Geography, Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 9811306834 Location-based games emerged in the early 2000s following the commercialisation of GPS and artistic experimentation with ‘locative media’ technologies. Location-based games are played in everyday public spaces using GPS and networked, mobile technologies to track their players’ location. This book traces the evolution of location-based gaming, from its emergence as a marginal practice to its recent popularisation through smartphone apps like Pokémon Go and its incorporation into ‘smart city’ strategies. Drawing on this history and an analysis of the scholarly and mainstream literature on location-based games, Leorke unpacks the key claims made about them. These claims position location-based games as alternately enriching or diminishing their players’ engagement with the people and places they encounter through the game. Through rich case studies and interviews with location-based game designers and players, Leorke tests out and challenges these celebratory and pessimistic discourses. He argues for a more grounded approach to researching location-based games and their impact on public space that reflects the ideologies, lived experiences, and institutional imperatives that circulate around their design and performance. By situating location-based games within broader debates about the role of play and digitisation in public life, Location-Based Gaming offers an original and timely account of location-based gaming and its growing prominence. More Information

Advanced Java Game Programming /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Advanced Java Game Programming by David Wallace Croft Publisher Apress Published Date 2004-04-01 Page Count 584 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating 5 (based on 1 ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430207132 Advanced Java Game Programming teaches you how to create desktop and Internet computer games using the latest Java programming language techniques. Whereas other Java game programming books focus on introductory Java material, this book covers game programming for experienced Java developers. David Wallace Croft, founder of the Game Developers Java Users Group (GameJUG), has assembled an open-source reusable game library—a Swing animation engine that allows developers to use these techniques and put out new games very rapidly. The open-source game library also includes a reusable game deployment framework and a multiplayer networking library with HTTP firewall tunneling capability for applets. All of the code is open source, including the example games. The animation has been scrupulously tested and optimized in the Swing environment, and Croft clearly explains how the code works in great detail. The graphics and audio libraries used in the examples are public domain and may also be used royalty-free for creating new games. More Information

Practical Android 4 Games Development /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Practical Android 4 Games Development by Jerome DiMarzio Publisher Apress Published Date 2012-01-24 Page Count 320 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Data Processing, Computers / Information Technology, Computers / General Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 143024030X Practical Android 4 Games Development continues your journey to becoming a hands-on Android game apps developer. This title guides you through the process of designing and developing game apps that work on both smartphones and tablets, thanks to the new Android SDK 4.0 which merges the User Interface and Experience APIs and more. The author, J.F. DiMarzio, has written eight books, including Android: A Programmer's Guide—the first Android book approved by Google—recently updated and translated for sale in Japan. He has an easy-to-read, concise, and logical writing style that is well suited for teaching complex technologies like the Java-based Android. From 2D-based casual games to 3D OpenGL-based first-person shooters, you find that learning how to create games on the fastest growing mobile platform has never been easier. Create 2D and 3D games for Android 4.0 phones and tablets such and the Motorola Xoom Build your own reusable “black box” for game development Easy-to-follow examples make creating the sample games a hands-on experience More Information

Augmented Reality Games II /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Augmented Reality Games II The Gamification of Education, Medicine and Art by Vladimir Geroimenko Publisher Springer Published Date 2019-05-23 Page Count 306 Categories Computers / User Interfaces, Computers / Programming / Games, Education / Computers & Technology, Medical / General, Computers / Operating Systems / General, Computers / Social Aspects Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 3030156206 This is the second of two comprehensive volumes that provide a thorough and multi-faceted research into the emerging field of augmented reality games and consider a wide range of its major issues. These first ever research monographs on augmented reality games have been written by a team of 70 leading researchers, practitioners and artists from 20 countries. Volume II explores the most important and challenging issues that have been raised by the use of the Augmented Reality approach and technology in the gamification of education, healthcare, medicine and art. The volume deals with a systematic analysis of educational augmented reality games, their use for health promotion in old age and for improving people’s well-being, the gamification of augmented reality art and immersive reading experiences, among other topics. Augmented Reality Games II is essential reading not only for researchers, practitioners, game developers and artists, but also for students (graduates and undergraduates) and all those interested in the rapidly developing area of augmented reality games. More Information

Beginning Facebook Game Apps Development /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Beginning Facebook Game Apps Development by Wayne Graham Publisher Apress Published Date 2012-06-10 Page Count 432 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430241713 Today's Facebook is emerging to become tomorrow's operating system, according to some. Certainly, a WebOS. Web standards-based apps using HTML5, JavaScript, CSS3 and more are now possible on Facebook. Why not get started with developing and selling Facebook game apps on Facebook's App Store? Beginning Facebook Game Apps Development gets you started with building your first game apps that run on Facebook. Become your own "Zynga" and create your own "Civilization" or "Farmville" and more. Build rich Web-based apps that you can sell on Facebook's App Store. Because these apps are built on Web standards, you can build and run on many browsers and—more interestingly—more computers, tablets, smartphones and even other devices and appliances that are Web-connected or enabled. More Information

Ray Tracing Gems /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Ray Tracing Gems High-Quality and Real-Time Rendering with DXR and Other APIs by Eric Haines, Tomas Akenine-Möller Publisher Apress Published Date 2019-02-26 Page Count 607 Categories Computers / Software Development & Engineering / Computer Graphics, Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Artificial Intelligence / Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484244265 This book is a must-have for anyone serious about rendering in real time. With the announcement of new ray tracing APIs and hardware to support them, developers can easily create real-time applications with ray tracing as a core component. As ray tracing on the GPU becomes faster, it will play a more central role in real-time rendering. Ray Tracing Gems provides key building blocks for developers of games, architectural applications, visualizations, and more. Experts in rendering share their knowledge by explaining everything from nitty-gritty techniques that will improve any ray tracer to mastery of the new capabilities of current and future hardware. What you'll learn: The latest ray tracing techniques for developing real-time applications in multiple domains Guidance, advice, and best practices for rendering applications with Microsoft DirectX Raytracing (DXR) How to implement high-performance graphics for interactive visualizations, games, simulations, and more Who this book is for:Developers who are looking to leverage the latest APIs and GPU technology for real-time rendering and ray tracing Students looking to learn about best practices in these areas Enthusiasts who want to understand and experiment with their new GPUs More Information

Pro Processing for Images and Computer Vision with OpenCV /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Pro Processing for Images and Computer Vision with OpenCV Solutions for Media Artists and Creative Coders by Bryan WC Chung Publisher Apress Published Date 2017-08-26 Page Count 293 Categories Computers / Computer Graphics, Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Optical Data Processing Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484227751 Apply the Processing language to tasks involved in computer vision--tasks such as edge and corner detection, recognition of motion between frames in a video, recognition of objects, matching of feature points and shapes in different frames for tracking purposes, and more. You will manipulate images through creative effects, geometric transformation, blending of multiple images, and so forth. Examples are provided. Pro Processing for Images and Computer Vision with OpenCV is a step-by-step training tool that guides you through a series of worked examples in linear order. Each chapter begins with a basic demonstration, including the code to recreate it on your own system. Then comes a creative challenge by which to engage and develop mastery of the chapter’s topic. The book also includes hints and tips relating to visual arts, interaction design, and industrial best practices. This book is intended for any developer of artistic and otherwise visual applications, such as in augmented reality and digital effects, with a need to manipulate images, and to recognize and manipulate objects within those images. The book is specifically targeted at those making use of the Processing language that is common in artistic fields, and to Java programmers because of Processing’s easy integration into the Java programming environment. What You'll LearnMake use of OpenCV, the open source library for computer vision in the Processing environment Capture live video streams and examine them frame-by-frame for objects in motion Recognize shapes and objects through techniques of detecting lines, edges, corners, and more Transform images by scaling, translating, rotating, and additionally through various distortion effects Apply techniques such as background subtraction to isolate motion of objects in live video streams Detect and track human faces and other objects by matching feature points in different images or video frames Who This Book Is For Media artists, designers, and creative coders More Information

Learn RPGs in GameMaker: Studio /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Learn RPGs in GameMaker: Studio Build and Design Role Playing Games by Ben Tyers Publisher Apress Published Date 2017-08-09 Page Count 318 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Interactive & Multimedia, Computers / Computer Graphics, Computers / Information Technology, Computers / Desktop Applications / Design & Graphics Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484229460 Carry out the pre-planning, design, and programming of role playing games (RPGs) using the popular GameMaker: Studio in this very practical and fun book. Author Ben Tyers teaches you how to create a story or plotline for the RPG, apply aesthetics, and develop core and extended gameplay. Using Learn RPGs in GameMaker: Studio, you can design and build your own RPG using the GameMaker: Studio platform. Build your first game application and deploy in an app store, on Facebook, or just on a PC. Maybe, even, make a few bucks. What You'll Learn Use the GameMaker: Studio platform to design and build a role playing game Create a story for game design purposes, using a plot line and defining characters Discover the impact of aesthetics on art style, character separation, scene development, sound design and views Master core gameplay elements such as battles, exploration, scoring, and endings Work with extended gameplay elements such as collectibles, quirks, management, and saving Employ the various core and extended gameplay elements as appropriate to your RPG Who This Book Is For Game designers or developers looking to design and build their first role playing game using the GameMaker: Studio platform. More Information

J2ME Games with MIDP2 /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } J2ME Games with MIDP2 by Carol Hamer Publisher Apress Published Date 2004-06-01 Page Count 304 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430206977 Java 2 ME (Micro Edition) is the client-side Java development platform for building wireless Java-based cell phone and PDA applications. This book addresses the fun challenge of building game applications for these kinds of portable devices. Author Carol Hamer shows you how to use J2ME for developing, using the latest MIDP 2.0 specification. If you are new to developing with J2ME, we recommend you first read Jonathan Knudsen's Wireless Java: Developing with J2ME, Second Edition. We suggest that you read this book second, then complete the "series" with David Croft's Advanced Java Game Programming, for a comprehensive Apress experience of game developing with Java. More Information

Learn Unity3D Programming with UnityScript /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Learn Unity3D Programming with UnityScript Unity's JavaScript for Beginners by Janine Suvak Publisher Apress Published Date 2014-08-18 Page Count 424 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Interactive & Multimedia, Computers / Information Technology, Computers / Desktop Applications / Design & Graphics Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430265876 Learn Unity Programming with UnityScript is your step-by-step guide to learning to make your first Unity games using UnityScript. You will move from point-and-click components to fully customized features. You need no prior programming knowledge or any experience with other design tools such as PhotoShop or Illustrator - you can start from scratch making Unity games with what you'll learn in this book.Through hands-on examples of common game patterns, you'll learn and apply the basics of game logic and design. You will gradually become comfortable with UnityScript syntax, at each point having everything explained to you clearly and concisely. Many beginner programming books refer to documentation that is too technically abstract for a beginner to use - Learn Unity Programming with UnityScript will teach you how to read and utilize those resources to hone your skills, and rapidly increase your knowledge in Unity game development. You'll learn about animation, sound, physics, how to handle user interaction and so much more. Janine Suvak has won awards for her game development and is ready to show you how to start your journey as a game developer. The Unity3D game engine is flexible, cross-platform, and a great place to start your game development adventure, and UnityScript was made for it - so get started game programming with this book today. More Information

Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development by Adam Dawes Publisher Apress Published Date 2013-08-19 Page Count 512 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Data Processing, Computers / Information Technology, Computers / General Language EN Average Rating 5 (based on 1 ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1430258373 Creating fun, sophisticated games for Windows devices large or small has never been easier! With masses of example code and fully working games for you to download and run straight away Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 Game Development is your ideal first step into modern games development. This book gives you everything you need to realize your dreams and produce fantastic games that will run on all Windows 8 devices from desktops to tablets to phones. You can code once and run everywhere. The ubiquity of Windows 8 devices makes this opportunity to good to miss! The Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 platforms have huge potential for gaming. New form-factors - such as the Surface tablet - coupled with improved processors and higher screen resolutions combine to make Windows 8 the best Windows version yet for independent games development. It's never been easier to create a fantastic game, package it up and deploy it straight to the Windows Store with its audience of millions. This book will show you how. More Information

Build your own 2D Game Engine and Create Great Web Games /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Build your own 2D Game Engine and Create Great Web Games Using HTML5, JavaScript, and WebGL by Kelvin Sung, Jebediah Pavleas, Fernando Arnez, Jason Pace Publisher Apress Published Date 2015-10-13 Page Count 468 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Software Development & Engineering / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484209524 Build Your Own 2D Game Engine and Create Great Web Games teaches you how to develop your own web-based game engine step-by-step, allowing you to create a wide variety of online videogames that can be played in common web browsers. Chapters include examples and projects that gradually increase in complexity while introducing a ground-up design framework, providing you with the foundational concepts needed to build fun and engaging 2D games. By the end of this book you will have created a complete prototype level for a side scrolling action platform game and will be prepared to begin designing additional levels and games of your own. This book isolates and presents relevant knowledge from software engineering, computer graphics, mathematics, physics, game development, game mechanics, and level design in the context of building a 2D game engine from scratch. The book then derives and analyzes the source code needed to implement thes e concepts based on HTML5, JavaScript, and WebGL. After completing the projects you will understand the core-concepts and implementation details of a typical 2D game engine and you will be familiar with a design and prototyping methodology you can use to create game levels and mechanics that are fun and engaging for players. You will gain insights into the many ways software design and creative design must work together to deliver the best game experiences, and you will have access to a versatile 2D game engine that you can expand upon or utilize directly to build your own 2D games that can be played online from anywhere. • Assists the reader in understanding the core-concepts behind a 2D game engine • Guides the reader in building a functional game engine based on these concepts • Lead s the reader in exploring the interplay between technical design and game experience design • Teaches the reader how to build their own 2D games that can be played across internet via popular browsers More Information

Practical GameMaker Projects /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Practical GameMaker Projects Build Games with GameMaker Studio 2 by Ben Tyers Publisher Apress Published Date 2018-07-09 Page Count 255 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Hardware / General, Computers / Programming / General, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 1484237455 Make ten simple, casual games, and learn a ton of GML coding along the way. Each of these games is the kind you can play when you have a minute or two free, and are great for playing on your PC, or exported to HTML5 or Android. Each game in Practical GameMaker Projects has its own chapter that explains the process of making each game, along with sketches, screenshots, coding, explanations, and tips. For each game there is a YYZ project file of the completed game that is ready to load and play. Also, all resources are available so you can make the game as you follow along in the book. Each chapter has an introduction that explains what the aim of the game is, followed by a design and coding section which will cover the coding of the game. You’re free to re-use code in your own projects, both free and paid. At the end of each chapter there is a things-to-try page that gives you five things to add to the game to improve its playability or appearance – pushing you a little to improve your planning and GML skills. What You'll LearnBuild ten game applications using GameMaker Studio 2 Use the GameMaker Markup Language along the way Master the concepts behind each of the ten game apps Design and code for each of the ten game examples Try some add-ons for each of the ten games Who This Book Is For Game developers with at least some prior game development experience. GameMaker Studio experience recommended, but not required. More Information

Lean Game Development /* Scoped styles for the book post */ #book-post { padding: 20px; } #book-post .post-container { padding: 20px; border-radius: 8px; max-width: 800px; box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.1); } #book-post .post-header { margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .post-header h1 { margin: 0; font-size: 2em; } #book-post .post-header h2 { margin: 0; font-size: 1.2em; } #book-post .book-details { width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 20px; } #book-post .book-details th, #book-post .book-details td { border: 1px solid oklch(0.351 0.0176 260); padding: 8px; text-align: left; } #book-post .book-cover { max-width: 200px; border-radius: 8px; margin: 0 auto; padding-left: 15px; float: right; } #book-post .description { line-height: 1.6; } #book-post .info-link { display: block; margin-top: 20px; } Lean Game Development Apply Lean Frameworks to the Process of Game Development by Julia Naomi Rosenfield Boeira Publisher Apress Published Date 2017-11-17 Page Count 150 Categories Computers / Programming / Games, Computers / Information Technology Language EN Average Rating N/A (based on N/A ratings) Maturity Rating No Mature Content Detected ISBN 148423216X Apply lean frameworks and other concepts of software development to the process of your game development. Resistance to Agile methodologies in the gaming industry is most often due to frustrated attempts to use lean tools and frameworks. Lean Game Development teaches you how to apply frameworks and concepts successfully to benefit you and your team. You will see how to manage, develop and coexist in a lean game development environment. You’ll understand what lean is and how it helps the gaming industry. You’ll see how to apply MVP concepts and why you should. The concepts taught are used not only in the design of the software code but also in all stages of the development process. Ideal for any game development company, including indie and small studios, Lean Game Development offers new opportunities for streamlining your workflow and benefiting your game development overall. What You'll Learn Discover how lean helps the gaming industry Understand the value of lean over Agile Apply MVP concepts to gaming industry Work with basic automated testing for gaming environment Who This Book Is For Game developers, artist, designers and project managers More Information