Beginning Java Game Development with LibGDX
by Lee Stemkoski
Design and create video games using Java, with the LibGDX software library. By reading Beginning Java Game Development with LibGDX, you will learn how to design video game programs and how to build them in Java. You will be able to create your own 2D games, using various hardware for input (keyboard/mouse, gamepad controllers, or touchscreen), and create executable versions of your games. The LibGDX library...
Price: $34.79 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2015
Program Arcade Games, 4th Edition 
by Dr. Paul Vincent Craven
Learn and use Python and PyGame to design and build cool arcade games. In Program Arcade Games: With Python and PyGame, 4th Edition, Dr. Paul Vincent Craven teaches you how to create fun and simple quiz games; integrate and start using graphics; animate graphics; integrate and use game controllers; add sound and bit-mapped graphics; and build grid-based games.After reading and using this book, you'll b...
Price: $40.55 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2015
FREE EBOOK - Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python
by Al Sweigart
Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python teaches you how to program in the Python language. Each chapter gives you the complete source code for a new game, and then teaches the programming concepts from the examples. Games include Guess the Number, Hangman, Tic Tac Toe, and Reversi. This book also has an introduction to making games with 2D graphics using the Pygame framework.Programming isn't hard. ...
Price: $7.48 | Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2015
Unity 2D Game Development Cookbook
by Claudio Scolastici
Unity is a powerful game development engine that provides rich functionalities to create 2D and 3D games.Unity 2D Game Development Cookbook is a practical guide to creating games with Unity. The book aims to serve the purpose of exploring problematic concepts in Unity for 2D game development, offering over 50 recipes that are easy to understand and to implement, thanks to the step-by-step explanations and t...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
FREE EBOOK - Mastering iOS Game Development
by Miguel DeQuadros
iOS is an operating system for Apple manufactured phones and tablets. Mobile gaming is one of the fastest-growing industries, and compatibility with iOS is now becoming the norm for game developers. SpriteKit is part of the native SDK from Apple, and enables developers to make simple entry into game development without unnecessary overhead and a long learning process. SpriteKit also provides other functiona...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Corona SDK Mobile Game Development, 2nd Edition
by Michelle M. Fernandez
Corona is a software development kit to build mobile applications for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.This book will take you through the journey of developing games right from installing Corona SDK and creating Hello World as your first app. Going further, you will learn how to script in Lua and learn some techniques to apply this in Corona SDK with demonstration. Towards the end of the book you'll ...
Price: $49.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
LibGDX Cross-Platform Development Blueprints
by Indraneel Potnis
LibGDX is a very popular open source game framework for the Java programming language. It features deployment to multiple platforms with the same code base and it is very fast. Its vast amount of features makes it very easy to learn and master game development without knowing the low-level details.LibGDX Cross-platform Development Blueprints teaches you the concepts of game development using the LibGDX fram...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
by Mark Vasilkov
Kivy is a Modern UI framework that greatly simplifies the development of cross-platform apps suitable for both mobile and desktop.This book is a practical guide that will walk you through the creation of intuitive multi-platform games and apps for day-to-day use. You will learn how to build simple, common apps such as Stopwatch and Paint. Then, we will gradually dive into more advanced Python and Kivy featu...
Price: $44.41 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Learning Cocos2d-JS Game Development
by Emanuele Feronato
Whether you are new to game development or an experienced developer, you will be surprised by how easy it is to create HTML5 cross-platform games with Cocos2d-JS. In this book, you will use JavaScript to create spectacular and exciting games of different genres.Without any dreary theory, which often discourages technical book readers, each chapter will guide you through the creation of different games, each...
Price: $29.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
by Alan Thorn
This book is an easy-to-follow guide that introduces you to advanced tips and techniques to code Unity games in C#. Using practical and hands-on examples across ten comprehensive chapters, you'll learn how C# can be applied creatively to build professional-grade games that sell.You will be able to create impressive Artificial Intelligence for enemy characters, customize camera rendering for postprocess...
Price: $30.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015