Game feel : a game designer's guide to virtual sensation

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9780123743282

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358 p. ; 24 cm.

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Fundamentals of game design

Now in its third edition, the classic book on game design has been completely revised to include the latest developments in the game industry. Readers will learn all the fundamentals of concept development, gameplay design, core mechanics, user interfaces, storytelling, and balancing. They'll be introduced to designing for mobile devices and touch screens, as well as for the Kinect and motion-c…

Video game storytelling : what every developer needs to know about narrative …

UNLOCK YOUR GAME'S NARRATIVE POTENTIAL! With increasingly sophisticated video games being consumed by an enthusiastic and expanding audience, the pressure is on game developers like never before to deliver exciting stories and engaging characters. With Video Game Storytelling, game writer and producer Evan Skolnick provides a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow guide to storytelling basics and how…

The Art of eorzea : stormblood

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79 p. ; 27 cm.

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793.932 Fin a

Unreal engine blueprints visual scripting projects : learn blueprints visual …

Design and Develop feature-rich professional 3D games using Visual Scripting System in Unreal Engine 4 Key Features Create exhilarating and interactive 3D games with Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints Take your game designs from inspiration to a fully playable game without writing a single line of code Learn to use visual scripting to develop gameplay mechanics, UI, visual effects, AI, and more Book De…

The board game designer's guide : the easy 4 step process to create amazing g…

Do you have a board game idea, but can't get it out of your head? Use my 4 I's Framework, and you'll get your game to the table and quickly discover if it will be the next Cards Against Humanity (hint: good!) or the next Trump: The Game (hint: not so good!). Have you made a game, but it's just sitting in a closet somewhere? Dust off that box and let The Board Game Designer's Guide get you unstu…

Unreal Engine 4 for beginners

This full-color book concentrates heavily on four key areas: Environments - Construct beautiful virtual worlds with moving objects and sounds Inputs - Enter and explore the worlds you construct by creating a Character and specifying how it ...

The art of Destiny

A celebration of the dynamic art at the heart of the game, featuring hundreds of pieces of concept illustrations, cinematic imagery, early sketches, and world-building graphic design. Covering the meticulous artistic development behind each class, vehicle, weapon, and environment, this lush and comprehensive overview explores the game's sweeping world, grand scope, and vibrant visuals.

The art & design of Final Fantasy XV

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9789082457667

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Unpaged p. ; 24 cm.

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793.932 Bra a

The game designer's playlist : innovative games every game designer needs to …

Game Designers: Learn from the Masters! In The Game Designers Playlist, top game design instructor Zack Hiwiller introduces more than 70 remarkable games, revealing how they work, why they're great, and how to apply their breakthrough techniques in your own games. Ranging from Go to Texas Hold'em and Magic: The Gathering to Dishonored 2, Hiwiller teaches indispensable lessons about game decisio…

Unreal Engine 4 for design visualization : developing stunning interactive vi…

Unreal Engine 4 for Design Visualization is the first UE4 development guide written for non-gaming professionals and artists, bringing together all the knowledge they need to leverage UE4's immense power. World-class UE4 expert Thomas B. Shannon first introduces Unreal Engine 4's components and technical concepts, giving readers a strong foundation for all that comes next. Next, he mentors read…

Unreal engine VR cookbook : developing virtual reality with UE4

Understand basic VR concepts and terminology -- Implement VR logic with Blueprint visual scripting -- Create basic VR projects with Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, Gear VR, Google VR, PSVR, and other environments -- Recognize and manage differences between seated and standing VR experiences -- Set up trace interactions and teleportation -- Work with UMG and 2D UIs Implement character inverse kinematics …

Works of game : on the aesthetics of games and art

An exploration of the relationship between games and art that examines the ways that both gamemakers and artists create game-based artworks. Games and art have intersected at least since the early twentieth century, as can be seen in the Surrealists' use of Exquisite Corpse and other games, Duchamp's obsession with Chess, and Fluxus event scores and boxes—to name just a few examples. Over the…

Sam's teach yourself Unreal engine 4 game development in 24 hours

"In just 24 lessons of one hour or less, learn how to start using Unreal Engine 4 to build amazing games for Windows, Mac, PS4, Xbox One, iOS, Android, the web, Linux -- all of them! This book's straightforward, step-by-step approach shows you how to work with Unreal Engine 4's interface, its workflows, and its most powerful editors and tools. In just hours you'll be creating effects, scripting…

The game inventor's guidebook : how to invent and sell board games, card game…

Provides step-by-step advice and guidelines on getting a board game, card game, role-playing game, or tabletop game published.

Unreal Engine 4 game development essentials : master the basics of Unreal Eng…

Master the basics of Unreal Engine 4 to build stunning video games About This Book Get to grips with the user interface of Unreal Engine 4 and find out more about its various robust features Create dream video games with the help of the different tools Unreal Engine 4 offers Create video-games and fully utilize the power of Unreal Engine 4 to bring games to life through this step-by-step guide …

Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine : build professional 3D games w…

Whether you are an experienced game designer or artist looking to test your latest idea, or a complete novice looking to build their first video game, this is a great place to start learning how to build complex game mechanics quickly and easily without writing any text code. No programming experience required!

The art of Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog are responsible for developing some of the most iconic games of this generation including Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter and Uncharted. Now they invite you on a 30-year retrospective tour with this beautifully designed volume. Charting their 30-year history from being the precocious pup of the gaming world, to their current status as one of the industry's pedigree breeds, The Art o…

Even ninja monkeys like to play : gamification, game thinking & motivational …

A guide to using gamification and game thinking to create engaging experiences for people. This book takes you on journey through the theories on which gamification is built, onto practical advice for building gamified solutions. "A book that dances in the space where psychology and game design meet, offering practical guidance to gamification - all tied together with Andrzej's best-in-class ca…

Actionable gamification : beyond points, badges, and leaderboards

The new era of Gamification and Human-Focused Design optimizes for motivation and engagement over traditional Function-Focused Design. Within the industry, studies on game mechanics and behavioral psychology have become proliferate. However, few people understand how to merge the two fields into experience designs that reliably increases business metrics and generates a return on investment. Ga…