Games development & programming books

Martin Wilde's cutting-edge exploration of the creative potential of game audio systems addresses the latest working...  Read More >>

Shows you how to make fast, full-screen action games such as side scrollers and 3D shooters. This book covers features...  Read More >>

Find out from an industry veteran exactly what you need to do to become a game designer, tester, artist, producer,...  Read More >>

There is little doubt that computer and video games occupy a significant place in contemporary popular culture....  Read More >>

Learn everything you need to program 2D games with DirectX 8.1!  Read More >>

This book serves as a primer and a repository for the off-the-wall algorithms and techniques, and is an instrument...  Read More >>

Aimed at Java developers working on game development projects, this work covers J2ME games, extensions and all portable...  Read More >>

This text covers real-time shading systems, their design and how they work. Procedural shading, long valued for...  Read More >>

Photon mapping, an extension of ray tracing, makes it possible to efficiently simulate global illumination in complex...  Read More >>

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With the debut of its Mac App Store earlier in 2011, Apple has unveiled a new distribution platform for developers...  Read More >>

HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, used together, are revolutionizing the web. These technologies enable developers to...  Read More >>

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""This book was developed as a textbook on Games for Impact. These are games that have a goal beyond entertainment,...  Read More >>

An examination of how the Gothic appears in game space to interrogate an area of substantial importance to contemporary...  Read More >>

A joyous exploration of the cultural phenomenon that created Mario, Zelda and Pokémon, and an ode to our love of...  Read More >>

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This Element provides an analysis of digital mystery game narratives through the lens of game studies approaches,...  Read More >>

This Element provides an analysis of digital mystery game narratives through the lens of game studies approaches,...  Read More >>

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Take your game ideas from paper to pixels using Sprite Kit, Apple's 2D game development engine. Build two exciting...  Read More >>

Game development is a high-stakes, high-pressure world where failure often feels inevitable, and success relies...  Read More >>

In this fourth edition, Jason Gregory presents both the theory and practice of game engine software development....  Read More >>

This is a comprehensive guide to the process of generating ideas for creating character and environment art. It...  Read More >>

In this fourth edition, Jason Gregory presents both the theory and practice of game engine software development....  Read More >>