Beginning Unreal Game Development 
by David Nixon
Get started creating video games using Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) and learning the fundamentals of game development. Through hands-on, step-by-step tutorials, you will learn to design engaging environments and a build solid foundation for more complex games. Discover how to utilize the 3D game design software behind the development of immensely popular games for PC, console, and mobile.Beginning Unreal Game Deve...
Price: $29.06 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2020
Beginning Game Programming with Pygame Zero
by Stewart Watkiss
Make fun games while learning to code. Focused on making games rather than teaching programming theory, in this book you're more likely to see code on how gravity affects a missiles trajectory instead of the most efficient way to search through data. Even then the code is kept simple as games should be about playability rather than complex physics. There are links to the official documentation when you need...
Price: $25.06 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2020
Practical Highcharts with Angular
by Sourabh Mishra
Learn to create stunning animated and interactive charts using Highcharts and Angular. Use and build on your existing knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to develop impressive dashboards that will work in all modern browsers.You will learn how to use Highcharts, call backend services for data, and easily construct real-time data dashboards. You'll also learn how you can club your code with jQuery and Ang...
Price: $16.19 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2020
Character Rigging and Advanced Animation
by Purushothaman Raju
Gain a thorough understanding of animation and character rigging using Autodesk 3ds Max to create realistic character animations. This book is split into three modules that are subsequently divided into chapters. The first module is the foundation module: in this module you'll cover, among other topics, the 12 cardinal principles of animation with reference to classic real-world examples and famous movies/a...
Price: $30.13 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019
Basic Math for Game Development with Unity 3D
by Kelvin Sung, Gregory Smith
Use Unity-based examples to understand fundamental mathematical concepts and see how they are applied when building modern video game functionality. You will gain the theoretical foundation you need, and you will know how to examine and modify an implementation.This book covers points in a 3D Cartesian coordinate system, and then discusses vectors and the details of dot and cross products. Basic mathematica...
Price: $27.80 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019
A Beginner's Guide to 3D Modeling
by Cameron Coward
A Beginner's Guide to 3D Modeling is a project-based, straightforward introduction to computer-aided design (CAD). You'll learn how to use Autodesk Fusion 360, the world's most powerful free CAD software, to model gadgets, 3D print your designs, and create realistic images just like an engineering professional - with no experience required!Hands-on modeling projects and step-by-step instructions throughout ...
Price: $14.99 | Publisher: No Starch Press | Release: 2019
by Jamis Buck
Brace yourself for a fun challenge: build a photorealistic 3D renderer from scratch! It's easier than you think. In just a couple of weeks, build a ray tracer that renders beautiful scenes with shadows, reflections, brilliant refraction effects, and subjects composed of various graphics primitives: spheres, cubes, cylinders, triangles, and more. With each chapter, implement another piece of the puzzle and m...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: The Pragmatic Programmers | Release: 2019
Developing 2D Games with Unity 
by Jared Halpern
Follow a walkthrough of the Unity Engine and learn important 2D-centric lessons in scripting, working with image assets, animations, cameras, collision detection, and state management. In addition to the fundamentals, you'll learn best practices, helpful game-architectural patterns, and how to customize Unity to suit your needs, all in the context of building a working 2D game.While many books focus on 3D g...
Price: $28.19 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019
by Adam Sinicki
Take an in-depth look into the gig economy to see how tech professionals and entrepreneurs can earn a living as freelancers and contractors. Build your own business. The pros and cons of the lifestyle and what to expect from it are discussed.In this book, author Adam Sinicki explains the impact of the gig economy and the forces that led to it as it relates to technology and working online. You will understa...
Price: $25.51 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019
Applied Cryptography in .NET and Azure Key Vault
by Stephen Haunts
Benefit from Microsoft's robust suite of security and cryptography primitives to create a complete, hybrid encryption scheme that will protect your data against breaches. This highly practical book teaches you how to use the .NET encryption APIs and Azure Key Vault, and how they can work together to produce a robust security solution.Applied Cryptography in .NET and Azure Key Vault begins with an introducti...
Price: $29.22 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2019