by Sanjay Madhav
You can program games in many languages, but C++ remains the key language used by many leading development studios. Since it's the language used in their enormous code bases, it's the language they need to maintain and improve their games, and look for most often when hiring new developers. Game Programming in C++ is today's practical, hands-on approach to programming 3D video games in C++. Drawing on the a...
Price: $34.47 | Publisher: Addison-Wesley | Release: 2018
by Sam Keene
Google's new ARCore and Daydream VR platforms enable you to deliver advanced augmented and virtual reality games and apps on a wide spectrum of modern Android devices. Now for the first time, there's a comprehensive deep dive into both ARCore and Daydream for every Android developer and designer. Multi-award-winning AR/VR developer Sam Keene takes a hands-on approach, leading you through all aspects of the ...
Price: $38.64 | Publisher: Addison-Wesley | Release: 2018
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 lessons about game decision-making, playability, narrative, mechanics, chance, w...
Price: $32.01 | Publisher: Addison-Wesley | Release: 2018
Building Games with Ethereum Smart Contracts 
by Kedar Iyer, Chris Dannen
Learn how to take your existing knowledge of Ethereum and Solidity to the next level. Hone your development skills and become more familiar with the syntax of the Solidity language by working through well-tested, well-documented intermediate-level sample projects.You will begin by covering the basics of Ethereum, Solidity, and gaming theory. From there, you will move onto sample projects that use smart cont...
Price: $28.06 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
by Bob Dukish
Get started with Arduino and computer coding. This book is intended for those new to the Arduino and computer coding. and looking to gain the skills to write microcontroller programs that can act on given inputs and operate electromechanical output devices.Coding the Arduino contains four sections: background information, game development, electronic games and projects, and expanded programs. The final chap...
Price: $30.75 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
by Ben Tyers
Make ten simple, casual games, and learn a ton of GML coding along the way. Each of these games is the kind you can play when you have a minute or two free, and are great for playing on your PC, or exported to HTML5 or Android.Each game in Practical GameMaker Projects has its own chapter that explains the process of making each game, along with sketches, screenshots, coding, explanations, and tips. For each...
Price: $26.63 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
by Jeanine Meyer
Gain a deep, practical knowledge of HTML and JavaScript that will provide an introduction to programming and enable you to build interactive websites. This completely updated second edition explains HTML, JavaScript and CSS in the context of working examples and contains full-color screen shots of the programs in action.You'll begin at an introductory level, learning the essentials of HTML5 and JavaScript a...
Price: $33.04 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2018
Game Programming using Qt 5 Beginner's Guide, 2nd Edition 
by Pavel Strakhov, Witold Wysota, Lorenz Haas
Qt is the leading cross-platform toolkit for all significant desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms and is becoming popular by the day, especially on mobile and embedded devices. It's a powerful tool that perfectly fits the needs of game developers. This book will help you learn the basics of Qt and will equip you with the necessary toolsets to build apps and games.The book begins by how to create an appli...
Price: $49.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018
Unity 2018 Artificial Intelligence Cookbook, 2nd Edition
by Jorge Palacios
Interactive and engaging games come with intelligent enemies, and this intellectual behavior is combined with a variety of techniques collectively referred to as Artificial Intelligence. Exploring Unity's API, or its built-in features, allows limitless possibilities when it comes to creating your game's worlds and characters. This cookbook covers both essential and niche techniques to help you take your AI ...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018
Mastering Game Development with Unreal Engine 4, 2nd Edition
by Matt Edmonds
To make a basic combat game from scratch, you will quickly override existing UE4 classes, and add and implement simple C++ functions while running and building them. These are all discussed as a short summary for new developers and as a quick refresher for experienced developers. Next, you will build a combat player character with expanded controls, create logic for a character, swap weapons, attack and mov...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2018