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Game Development

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A curated collection of books related to Game Development, ranked by recommendation signals.

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The Art of Game Design
The Art of Game Design

A Book of Lenses, Third Edition

3 recommendations
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Available recommendation signals cluster around NonFiction, Design, DesignArt, Game, Development lists, suggesting this book may fit readers looking for creative discipline, craft, or artistic motivation. Treat this as discovery context, not a quality guarantee.
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No coverGame Feel
Game Feel

A Game Designer's Guide to Virtual Sensation

Description

Game Feel exposes feel as a hidden language in game design that no one has fully articulated yet. The language could be compared to the building blocks of music (time signatures, chord progressions, verse)?no matter the instruments, style or time period?these building blocks come into play. Feel and sensation are similar building blocks where game ...

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Game Programming, Patterns
Description

Game Programming, Patterns brings the benefits of reusable design patterns to the world of game Programming,. Commercial game development expert Robert Nystrom presents an array of general solutions to problems encountered in game development. For example, you'll learn how doublebuffering enables a player to perceive smooth and realistic motion, and...

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Game Engine Architecture,
Description

Hailed as a "musthave textbook" (CHOICE, January 2010), the first edition of Game Engine Architecture, provided readers with a complete guide to the theory and practice of game engine software development. Updating the content to match today s landscape of game engine Architecture,, this second edition continues to thoroughly cover the major compone...

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No coverUnity in Action
Unity in Action

Multiplatform game development in C#

Description

SummaryManning's bestselling and highly recommended Unity book has been fully revised! Unity in Action, Second Edition teaches you to write and deploy games with the Unity game development platform. You'll master the Unity toolset from the ground up, adding the skills you need to go from application coder to game developer.Foreword by Jesse Schell,...

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Game Design Workshop
Game Design Workshop

A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games, Fourth Edition

Description

Game Design Workshop is a truly great book, and has become, in my opinion, the de facto standard text for beginner to intermediatelevel game design education. This updated new edition is extremely relevant, useful and inspiring to all kinds of game designers. Richard Lemarchand, Interactive Media & Games Division, School of Cinematic Arts, Uni...

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Level Up!
Level Up!

The Guide to Great Video Game Design

Description

Design and build cuttingedge video games with help from video game expert Scott Rogers! If you want to design and build cuttingedge video games but aren't sure where to start, then this is the book for you. Written by leading video game expert Scott Rogers, who has designed the hits Pac Man World, Maxim vs. Army of Zin, and SpongeBob Squarepants,...

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No coverChallenges for Games Designers
Challenges for Games Designers

NonDigital Exercises for Video Game Designers

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No coverFoundations of Game Engine Development
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No coverGAMEDEV
GAMEDEV

10 Steps to Making Your First Game Successful

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Programming, Game AI by Example
Description

Programming, Game AI by Example provides a comprehensive and practical introduction to the "bread and butter" AI techniques used by the game development industry, leading the reader through the process of designing, Programming,, and implementing intelligent agents for action games using the C Programming, language. Techniques covered include state...

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No coverUnity from Zero to Proficiency (Beginner)
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No coverUnity Game Development Cookbook

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