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3D Game Textures
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 57.95Game artists, architects, simulation developers, web designers and enthusiasts alike can learn to create everything from bricks to books in Photoshop with this step-by-step instructional guide. Because texture is 99% of what a gamer sees when playing, this topic deserves considerable coverage but has gotten little attention. Unlike anything on the... more...
3D Game Textures
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 49.95Finally the eagerly-awaited next edition of Luke Ahearn's cornerstone game art book: 3D Game Textures is on its way. The book will be refreshed per the latest rev of Photoshop and the latest game industry trends and developments. 3D Game Textures allows next-gen game artists to learn to create everything from bricks to books in Photoshop with this... more...
3D Game Textures
Taylor & Francis 2011; US$ 49.95A broadly enhanced new edition of Luke Ahearn's cornerstone game art book "3D Game Textures" is here. When digital art software was in its infancy, most digital art, especially vector art, was textureless. With the advance in software, it is now possible to incorporate texture into most types of digital art. However, if the artists cannot build their... more...
Networking and Online Games
Wiley 2006; US$ 110.00The computer game industry is clearly growing in the direction of multiplayer, online games. Understanding the demands of games on IP (Internet Protocol) networks is essential for ISP (Internet Service Provider) engineers to develop appropriate IP services. Correspondingly, knowledge of the underlying network's capabilities is vital for game developers.... more...
Game Design Secrets
Wiley 2012; US$ 34.99Design great Facebook, iOS, and Web games and learn from the experts what makes a game a hit! This invaluable resource shows how to put into action the proven design and marketing techniques from the industry's best game designers, who all started on a small scale. The book walks novice and experienced game designers through the step-by-step process... more...
Co-creating Videogames
Bloomsbury Publishing 2013; US$ 77.99Co-creativity has become a significant cultural and economic phenomenon. Media consumers have become media producers. This book offers a rich description and analysis of the emerging participatory, co-creative relationships within the videogames industry. Banks discusses the challenges of incorporating these co-creative relationships into the development... more...
Land of Lisp
No Starch Press 2010; US$ 39.95Lisp is a uniquely powerful programming language that, despite its academic reputation, is actually very practical. Land of Lisp brings the language into the real world, teaching readers Lisp by showing them how to write several complete Lisp-based games, including a text adventure, an evolution simulation, and a robot battle. While building these... more...
Spielmotive und Spielertypen abseits des Mainstreams
Springer 2012; US$ 31.99Construct Game Development Beginners Guide
Packt Publishing 2012; US$ 26.99A guide to escalate beginners to intermediate game creators through teaching practical game creation using Scirra construct with this book and ebook. more...
Evolutionary Game Design
Springer 2011; US$ 31.99The book describes the world's first successful experiment in fully automated board game design. Evolutionary methods were used to derive new rule sets within a custom game description language, and self-play trials used to estimate each derived game's potential to interest human players. The end result is a number of new and interesting games,... more...









