The Game Maker's Companion

Deep Learning and the Game of Go 

by Max Pumperla, Kevin Ferguson

Deep Learning and the Game of Go teaches you how to apply the power of deep learning to complex reasoning tasks by building a Go-playing AI. After exposing you to the foundations of machine and deep learning, you'll use Python to build a bot and then teach it the rules of the game.The ancient strategy game of Go is an incredible case...

Price:  $46.05  |  Publisher:  Manning  |  Release:  2019

Writing Game Center Apps in iOS 

by Vandad Nahavandipoor

Now that Apple has introduced the GameKit framework to its iOS SDK, you can integrate Game Center features directly into your iPhone and iPad apps. This concise cookbook shows you how it's done, with 18 targeted recipes for adding leaderboards, user authentication, achievements, multiplayer games, and many other features.How do you d...

Price:  $12.99  |  Publisher:  O'Reilly Media  |  Release:  2011

The Game Designer's Playlist 

by Zack Hiwiller

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 ...

Price:  $32.01  |  Publisher:  Addison-Wesley  |  Release:  2018

The Game Console 

by Evan Amos

The Game Console is a tour through the evolution of video game hardware, with gorgeous full-color photos of 86 consoles and their grisly innards. You'll start your journey with legendary consoles like the Magnavox Odyssey, Atari 2600, Nintendo Entertainment System, and the Commodore 64. The visual nostalgia trip continues with system...

Price:  $8.50  |  Publisher:  No Starch Press  |  Release:  2018

HTML5 Games Most Wanted 

by Egor Kuryanovich, Shy Shalom, Russell Goldenberg, Mathias Paumgarten, David Strauss, Seb Lee-Delisle, Gaetan Renaudeau, Jonas Wagner, Jonathan Bergknoff, Rob Hawkes, Brian Danchilla

HTML5 Games Most Wanted gathers the top HTML5 games developers and reveals the passion they all share for creating and coding great games. You'll learn programming tips, tricks, and optimization techniques alongside real-world code examples that you can use in your own projects. You won't just make games - you'll make great...

Price:  $27.84  |  Publisher:  Apress  |  Release:  2012

Creating Game Environments in Blender 3D 

by Ezra Thess Guevarra

Discover how to create a simple game environment in Blender 3D, from modeling and texturing game assets, to placing them in a scene. You'll export and import game assets as well as look at open-source game engines that will work with your game assets. Creating Game Environments in Blender 3D introduces the power of Blender 3D when cr...

Price:  $31.45  |  Publisher:  Apress  |  Release:  2020

A Scrum Book 

by Jeff Sutherland, James O. Coplien, The Scrum Patterns Group

Gain insights and depth of rationale into Scrum from many highly respected world authorities, including one of its founders, who lead you through the deep foundations of Scrum's structure and practice. Enhance and customize your Scrum practice with ninety-four organizational building blocks, called patterns, that you can freely and f...

Price:  $48.99  |  Publisher:  The Pragmatic Programmers  |  Release:  2019

GameMaker Essentials 

by Nathan Auckett

GameMaker: Studio is a great game engine that can be used to publish games to a variety of platforms. It is one of the most versatile game creation tools for professional and beginner game developers alike.Starting with the basics of learning how to install GameMaker, this book will take you all the way through to publishing your games on...

Price:  $20.99  |  Publisher:  Packt Publishing  |  Release:  2015