by Rob Miles
Start writing software that solves real problems, even if you have absolutely no programming experience! This friendly, easy, full-color book puts you in total control of your own learning, empowering you to build unique and useful programs. Microsoft has completely reinvented the beginning programmer's tutorial, reflecting deep research into how today's beginners learn, and why other books fall s...
Price: $18.71 | Publisher: Microsoft Press | Release: 2017
Node.js in Action, 2nd Edition 
by Alex Young, Bradley Meck, Mike Cantelon, Tim Oxley, Marc Harter, T.J. Holowaychuk, Nathan Rajlich
You already know JavaScript. The trick to mastering Node.js is learning how to build applications that fully exploit its powerful asynchronous event handling and non-blocking I/O features. The Node server radically simplifies event-driven real-time apps like chat, games, and live data analytics, and with its incredibly rich ecosystem of modules, tools, and libraries, it's hard to beat!Based on the best...
Price: $25.18 | Publisher: Manning | Release: 2017
by Richard Bartle
This follow-up volume to MMOs from the Inside Out is a further collection of bold ideas, information, and instruction from one of the true pioneers of Massively-Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games. Whereas its predecessor looked at how MMOs can change the world, MMOs from the Outside In: How Psychology, Law, Culture and Real Life see Massively-Multiplayer Role-playing Games looks at how the world can chan...
Price: $33.94 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2016
by Paul Trebilcox-Ruiz
This one-of-a-kind short book walks you through creating fantastic entertainment apps for one of the newest Android platforms. Android TV Apps Development: Building Media and Games will demystify some of the newest APIs and present the tools necessary for building applications that run on Android TV.Walking through example applications, you will learn the vocabulary necessary to solve real-world problems an...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2016
Unreal Engine 4 Game Development Essentials
by Satheesh PV
Unreal Engine 4 is a complete suite of game development tools that gives you power to develop your game and seamlessly deploy it to iOS and Android devices. It can be used for the development of simple 2D games or even stunning high-end visuals. Unreal Engine features a high degree of portability and is a tool used by many game developers today.This book will introduce you to the most popular game developme...
Price: $28.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2016
The Android Game Developer's Handbook
by Avisekhar Roy
Gaming in android is an already established market and growing each day. Previously games were made for specific platforms, but this is the time of cross platform gaming with social connectivity. It requires vision of polishing, design and must follow user behavior. This book would help developers to predict and create scopes of improvement according to user behavior.You will begin with the guidelines and r...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2016
Unity 5.x Game AI Programming Cookbook
by Jorge Palacios
Unity 5 comes fully packaged with a toolbox of powerful features to help game and app developers create and implement powerful game AI. Leveraging these tools via Unity's API or built-in features allows limitless possibilities when it comes to creating your game's worlds and characters. This practical Cookbook covers both essential and niche techniques to help you be able to do that and more.This ...
Price: $34.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2016
Blender 3D Incredible Machines
by Christopher Kuhn
Blender 3D is one of the top pieces of 3D animation software. Machine modeling is an essential aspect of war games, space games, racing games, and animated action films. As the Blender software grows more powerful and popular, there is a demand to take your modeling skills to the next level. This book will cover all the topics you need to create professional models and renders.This book will help you develo...
Price: $54.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2016
Unity 5.x Shaders and Effects Cookbook
by Alan Zucconi, Kenneth Lammers
Since their introduction to Unity, Shaders have been notoriously difficult to understand and implement in games: complex mathematics have always stood in the way of creating your own Shaders and attaining that level of realism you crave. With Shaders, you can transform your game into a highly polished, refined product with Unity's post-processing effects.Unity Shaders and Effects Cookbook is the first ...
Price: $26.30 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2016
by Maciej Szczesnik
This recipe-based practical guide will show you how to unleash the power of animation in Unity 5.x and make your games visually impeccable. Our primary focus is on showing you tools and techniques to animate not only humanoid biped characters, but also other elements. This includes non-humanoid character animation, game world creation, UI element animation, and other key features such as opening doors, chan...
Price: $34.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2016