Solve your programming woes in Unity with practical design propositions Key Features Gain a comprehensive overview of Unity engine architecture and coding model Build a complete racing game using software design patterns and understand how to implement them in Unity Download the source code of the complete prototype demonstrating each of the software patterns used Book DescriptionThis book is written for every game developer ready to tackle the bigger picture and start working with advanced programming techniques and design patterns in Unity. Game Development Patterns with Unity 2021 is an introduction to the core principles of reusable software patterns and how to employ them to build components efficiently. In this second edition, you'll tackle design patterns with the help of a practical example; a playable racing game prototype where you'll get to apply all your newfound knowledge. Notable updates also include a game design document (GDD), a Unity programming primer, and the downloadable source code of a complete prototype. Your journey will start by learning about overall design of the core game mechanics and systems. You'll discover tried-and-tested software patterns to code essential components of a game in a structured manner, and start using classic design patterns to utilize Unity's unique API features. As you progress, you'll also identify the negative impacts of bad architectural decisions and understand how to overcome them with simple but effective practices. By the end of this Unity book, the way you develop Unity games will change - you'll adapt a more structured, scalable, and optimized process that will help you take the next step in your career. What you will learn Structure professional Unity code using industry-standard development patterns Identify the right patterns for implementing specific game mechanics or features Develop configurable core game mechanics and ingredients that can be modified without writing a single line of code Review practical object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques and learn how they're used in the context of a Unity project Build unique game development systems such as a level editor Explore ways to adapt traditional design patterns for use with the Unity API Who this book is forThis book is for Unity game developers who want to learn industry standards for building Unity games. Knowledge of the Unity game engine and programming in the C# language is a must, so if you're a beginner, try our Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 2021 handbook instead.

In this fourth installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series, Steve receives a distress call from his friends Max, Lucy, and Henry. They have found an abundance of treasure in a temple, but they can't get out! He immediately sets off for the desert to help his friends. Once Steve gets to them, they will all be rewarded with a supply of emeralds, gold ingots, and many other rare treasures. But saving his friends and helping them extract the treasure isn't as easy as he thinks it will be. He enlists the aid of a neighbor to help him on his quest. With his friend Kyra in tow, the two brave a trip through the nether, get stuck at sea, face hostile chicken jockeys, and become trapped in a cave filled with spiders. They have to find their way to their treasure hunter friends while battling hostile mobs in this tale about trickery and treasuring friendship. Will Steve be able to brave the nether and rescue his friends? And will anyone get to go home with chests full of treasure? Find out in this thrilling fourth installment of the Minecraft Gamer's Adventure series! Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. In particular, this adventure series is created especially for readers who love the fight of good vs. evil, magical academies like Hogwarts in the Harry Potter saga, and games like Minecraft, Terraria, and Pokemon GO. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

How game designers can use the psychological phenomenon of loss aversion to shape player experience. Getting something makes you feel good, and losing something makes you feel bad. But losing something makes you feel worse than getting the same thing makes you feel good. So finding $10 is a thrill; losing $10 is a tragedy. On an "intensity of feeling" scale, loss is more intense than gain. This is the core psychological concept of loss aversion, and in this book game creator Geoffrey Engelstein explains, with examples from both tabletop and video games, how it can be a tool in game design. Loss aversion is a profound aspect of human psychology, and directly relevant to game design; it is a tool the game designer can use to elicit particular emotions in players. Engelstein connects the psychology of loss aversion to a range of phenomena related to games, exploring, for example, the endowment effect-why, when an object is ours, it gains value over an equivalent object that is not ours-as seen in the Weighted Companion Cube in the game Portal; the framing of gains and losses to manipulate player emotions; Deal or No Deal's use of the utility theory; and regret and competence as motivations, seen in the context of legacy games. Finally, Engelstein examines the approach to Loss Aversion in three games by Uwe Rosenberg, charting the designer's increasing mastery.

Winner of the Forward Prize for Best First Collection Winner of the E. M. Forster Award Winner of the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize Shortlisted for the John Pollard Poetry Prize A Sunday Times, New Statesman and Telegraph Book of the Year 2019 'Every poem in this book is a marvel. Taken all together they make up a work of almost miraculous depth and beauty' Sally Rooney 'A poetry debut fit to compare with Seamus Heaney. This wonderful long poem is up there with the greats' Sunday Times When Stephen Sexton was young, video games were a way to slip through the looking glass; to be in two places at once; to be two people at once. In these poems about the death of his mother, this moving, otherworldly narrative takes us through the levels of Super Mario World, whose flowered landscapes bleed into our world, and ours, strange with loss, bleed into it. His remarkable debut is a daring exploration of memory, grief and the necessity of the unreal.

If you like playing computer games, why not make your own? This book has all you need to build amazing games, including thrilling racing challenges, zany platform games, and fiendish puzzles.

Follow the simple steps to become an expert coder, using the latest version of the popular programming language Scratch™ 3.0 in this new edition.

Improve your coding skills and create your own games, before remixing and customizing them. Jumpy Monkey will show you how to simulate gravity in your games, or give Dog's Dinner a go to learn about collision detection.

Pick up the fundamentals of computer programming in steps that make even the most difficult coding concepts fun and easy to understand. Don't just learn how computer code works - understand why it's done that way.

Then share your games online and challenge friends and family to beat each other's scores. Once you 've whizzed through the book, the possibilities are endless!

Create stunning 3D games in a short amount of time using Amazon Lumberyard, a free and exciting game development platform. This book is a ground-up, out-of-the-box tutorial on 3D game development and programming with Lua and Amazon Lumberyard with little or no game development experience required. Beginning Game Development with Amazon Lumberyard walks you through the user interface of the Amazon Lumberyard engine; teaches you how to develop detailed terrain using heightmaps, megatextures, weather, and vegetation; and takes you through exporting the game for distribution. The book will show you how to create a player as well as enemies while not getting bogged down with third-party tools for animation or model creation. You will also work with simple physics, colliders, meshes, weather generation, Lua scripting, user interface development, and much more. By the end of the book, you will be able to create many different types of video games using the Amazon Lumberyard engine and even have a completed project ready to release or put in your portfolio. What You Will Learn Discover the mechanics and terminology of game development Familiarize yourself with the Amazon Lumberyard game engine in detail Modify game scripts using the Lua language Discover how to optimally structure game layers Who This Book is For Developers, programmers, and would-be game designers who have long wanted to dip their toes into the world of game development but have found other game engines and platforms to have too high a barrier to entry.

Ready to make amazing games for the iPhone and iPad? With Apple's Swift programming language, it's never been easier. This updated cookbook provides detailed recipes for managing a wide range of common iOS game-development issues, ranging from 2D and 3D math, SpriteKit, and OpenGL to augmented reality with ARKit. You get simple, direct solutions to common problems found in iOS game programming. Need to figure out how to give objects physical motion, or want a refresher on gaming-related math problems? This book provides sample projects and straightforward answers. All you need to get started is some familiarity with iOS development in Swift. For more information and resources, check out the book's website at https://www.secretlab.com.au/books/ios-game-dev-cookbook-swift.

The detective genre has explored supernatural and paranormal themes throughout its colorful history. Stories of detectives investigating spiritualists, ghostly apparitions, the occult and psychics have spanned pulp fiction magazines, comic books, novels, film, television, animation and video games. This encyclopedia covers the history of the genre in its multiple forms and informs and adds to the knowledge of either the new or informed reader. Its A-Z format provides ready reference by title, detective fans browsing for new discoveries will enjoy the entertaining style.

Kunstliche Intelligenz, Digitalisierung und Algorithmen Diese Themen verandern unsere Gesellschaft. Game Hacking, die Blockchain und Monetarisierung durch KI Systeme sind integraler Bestandteil der Computerspiele Branche, die mit ihrem OEkosystem seit Jahrzehnten Wachstum generiert und von hoher gesellschaftlicher und wirtschaftlicher Bedeutung ist. Dieser Quick Guide zeigt auf, wie Game Hacking und die damit einhergehende Entwicklung, Distribution und Vermarktung von Cheat Software funktioniert, einer Form der digitalen Produkt Piraterie und des Cybercrime. Auch die Blockchain, die nach dem Bitcoin-Hype ihr wahres Potenzial als Peer-to-Peer Distributed Ledger Technology entfaltet und mit welcher nicht nur Blockchain-Games entwickelt werden, ist verstandlich erlautert und dokumentiert. Die Funktion und moegliche Bedeutung von In-Game Items als Crypto Currencies, Crypto Assets und Tokens wird hinterfragt Kunstliche Intelligenz, Bestandteil einer jeden Game Engine, erfahrt durch neue Monetarisierungsmodelle wie Cloud Gaming, Lootboxen und Steam Early Access neue Dimensionen, die in diesem Quick Guide verstandlich erlautert sind. Finden Sie hier die wichtigsten inhaltlichen Punkte: Kunstliche Intelligenz und Monetarisierung verstehen Cloud Gaming, Lootboxen und Steam Early Access erfolgreich managen In-Game Items, Crypto Assets und Tokenization wertsteigernd steuern Blockchain und Peer-to-Peer Distributed Ledger Technology anwenden Game Hacking, Cheat Software und Cybercrime abwehren Machine Learning, neuronale Netze und Cyberconsciousness sowie deren Bedeutung fur die Computerspiele Branche, werden aggregiert dargelegt, die jungsten und zukunftigen Entwicklungen aufgezeigt. Alle Themengebiete werden konsequent aus der betriebswirtschaftlichen oder Managementperspektive dargelegt und bilden einen hohen Praxisbezug. Drei Experten- Interviews vertiefen die juristischen, technologischen und betriebswirtschaftlichen Dimensionen.

The latest edition of this bestselling game development reference offers proven tips and techniques for the real-time rendering of special effects and visualization data that are useful for beginners and seasoned game and graphics programmers alike. Exploring recent developments in the rapidly evolving field of real-time rendering, GPU Pro6: Advanced Rendering Techniques assembles a high-quality collection of cutting-edge techniques for advanced graphics processing unit (GPU) programming. It incorporates contributions from more than 45 experts who cover the latest developments in graphics programming for games and movies. The book covers advanced rendering techniques that run on the DirectX or OpenGL runtimes, as well as on any other runtime with any language available. It details the specific challenges involved in creating games across the most common consumer software platforms such as PCs, video consoles, and mobile devices. The book includes coverage of geometry manipulation; rendering techniques, handheld devices programming, effects in image space, shadows, 3D engine design, graphics-related tools, and environmental effects. It also includes a dedicated section on general purpose GPU programming that covers CUDA, DirectCompute, and OpenCL examples. In color throughout, GPU Pro6 presents ready-to-use ideas and procedures that can help solve many of your daily graphics programming challenges. Example programs with downloadable source code are also provided on the book's CRC Press web page.

Computer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated, and the complexities of game-play are ever more challenging. Meanwhile, the iconography and generic forms of games are increasingly influencing a whole range of other media, from films and television to books and toys.

This book provides a systematic, comprehensive introduction to the analysis of computer and video games. It introduces key concepts and approaches drawn from literary, film and media theory in an accessible and concrete manner; and it tests their use and relevance by applying them to a small but representative selection of role-playing and action-adventure games. It combines methods of textual analysis and audience research, showing how the combination of such methods can give a more complete picture of these playable texts and the fan cultures they generate. Clearly written and engaging, it will be a key text for students in the field and for all those with an interest in taking games seriously.

Start building commercial and playable games in Unity with C# through a series of practical projects ranging from a simple 2D game to adding AR/VR experiences with this full-color guide Key Features * Create game apps, including a 2D adventure game, a 3D first-person shooter, and more * Explore Unity's component-based approach to implementing features in Unity 2022 through a GameObject hierarchy based on C# scripts * Follow steps for publishing, marketing, and maintaining your games effectively Book Description Unity 2022 by Example is a complete introduction to building games in Unity following a project-based approach. You'll be introduced to the Unity game engine and the tools available for building and customizing a game exactly the way you want while maintaining a good code foundation to build upon. Once you get familiar with the fundamentals of Unity game development, you'll start creating a 2D collection game and an adventure game followed by a 3D first-person shooter game. You'll then explore advanced topics such as machine learning by creating AI-based enemy behavior, virtual reality by extending the first-person game, and augmented reality by exploring a farming sim in a real-world setting. These topics are completed in practice while building projects using the latest game tool kits. Finally, you'll learn how to commercialize your game by publishing it to a distribution platform and maintain and support it throughout its lifespan. As you progress, you'll gain real-world knowledge and experience by taking a game from conceptual design to completion. By the end of this Unity book, you'll have strong foundational knowledge of how to structure a Unity project that is both maintainable and extensible for commercially released games. What you will learn * Navigate and use the primary windows of the editor, and the new features introduced in Unity 2022 * Create new Unity game projects and add functionality with C# code * Specify your game design and break it down into systems and components for implementation * Create beautiful playable environments quickly and use them for both 2D and 3D games * Build player characters and use them to develop complete game mechanics, the core game loop, and win/lose conditions * Get up to speed with Unity Gaming Services available for creating commercially viable games Who This Book Is For If you find yourself struggling with completing game projects in Unity and want to follow best practices while maintaining a good coding structure, then this book is for you. Aspiring game developers, as well as anyone with some experience in developing games who wants to design basic playable and commercial games in Unity with a core loop, player verbs, simple mechanics, and win/lose conditions will find this book useful. Readers are expected to have experience with the Unity Editor interface and implementing functionality by creating C# scripts.

Computer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated, and the complexities of game-play are ever more challenging. Meanwhile, the iconography and generic forms of games are increasingly influencing a whole range of other media, from films and television to books and toys.
This book provides a systematic, comprehensive introduction to the analysis of computer and video games. It introduces key concepts and approaches drawn from literary, film and media theory in an accessible and concrete manner; and it tests their use and relevance by applying them to a small but representative selection of role-playing and action-adventure games. It combines methods of textual analysis and audience research, showing how the combination of such methods can give a more complete picture of these playable texts and the fan cultures they generate. Clearly written and engaging, it will be a key text for students in the field and for all those with an interest in taking games seriously.

Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this "Who Was...? "biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest philanthropists in history.This fascinating story of a child technology genius is sure to captivate any audience

America's Digital Army is an ethnographic study of the link between interactive entertainment and military power, drawing on Robertson Allen's fieldwork observing video game developers, military strategists, U.S. Army marketing agencies, and an array of defense contracting companies that worked to produce the official U.S. Army video game, America's Army. Allen uncovers the methods by which gaming technologies such as America's Army, with military funding and themes, engage in a militarization of American society that constructs everyone, even nonplayers of games, as virtual soldiers available for deployment. America's Digital Army examines the army's desire for "talented" soldiers capable of high-tech work; beliefs about America's enemies as reflected in the game's virtual combatants; tensions over best practices in military recruiting; and the sometimes overlapping cultures of gamers, game developers, and soldiers. Allen reveals how binary categorizations such as soldier versus civilian, war versus game, work versus play, and virtual versus real become blurred-if not broken down entirely-through games and interactive media that reflect the U.S. military's ludic imagination of future wars, enemies, and soldiers.

Der Band bietet eine Zusammenschau theoretischer und praktischer Perspektiven, die sich rund um das Thema Videospiel, die Erhaltung von Information und die Beharrung auf traditionellen Designparadigmen ergeben. Die Beitrage gehen uber ihre jeweiligen Disziplinen von der verbindenden Metapher des Savegames (Speicherstandes) hinaus, um unterschiedlichste Aspekte des Designs, der Bewahrung und der Kritik von Spielen verfugbar und vernetzt nutzbar zu machen. Technische und kulturwissenschaftliche Zugange erganzen sich und stellen den Lesern multifunktionale Werkzeuge zur Nutzung, Schaffung und Analyse von Videospielen zur Verfugung. Die Herausgeber*innenProf. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wilfried Elmenreich ist Informationstechniker am Institut fur Vernetzte und Eingebettete Systeme und halt einen Lehrstuhl fur Smart Grids an der Alpen-Adria-Universitat Klagenfurt. Mag. Dr. Rene Reinhold Schallegger arbeitet im Bereich der anglophonen Kulturwissenschaften sowie der Game Studies und ist Assoziierter Professor am Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik. Felix Schniz MA ist Universitatsassistent und Doktoratsstudierender am Institut fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik der Alpen-Adria-Universitat Klagenfurt. Gemeinsam sind sie die Begrunder des Masterstudiengangs Game Studies and Engineering an der Alpen-Adria-Universitat Klagenfurt. Sonja Gabriel ist Hochschulprofessorin fur Medienpadagogik und Mediendidaktik an der KPH Wien/Krems und in der Padagog*innenbildung tatig. Sie forscht und publiziert im Bereich Digital Game-Based Learning und Wertevermittlung durch digitale Spiele. Mag. Gerhard Poelsterl ist Fachreferent fur Medienpadagogik im Bundeskanzleramt OEsterreich. Im Bereich Gaming ist er fur die Bundesstelle fur die Positivpradikatisierung von digitalen Spielen (BuPP.at) zustandig. Wolfgang B. Ruge MA ist Lektor an der Universitat Wien und Geschaftsfuhrer der Bildungsgrund. Agentur- und Kultur und Medienpadagogik KG.

Learn to set up a Pi-based game development environment, and then develop a game with Lua, a popular scripting language used in major game frameworks like Unreal Engine (BioShock Infinite), CryEngine (Far Cry series), Diesel (Payday: The Heist), Silent Storm Engine (Heroes of Might and Magic V) and many others. More importantly, learn how to dig deeper into programming languages to find and understand new functions, frameworks, and languages to utilize in your games. You'll start by learning your way around the Raspberry Pi. Then you'll quickly dive into learning game development with an industry-standard and scalable language. After reading this book, you'll have the ability to write your own games on a Raspberry Pi, and deliver those games to Linux, Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android. And you'll learn how to publish your games to popular marketplaces for those desktop and mobile platforms. Whether you're new to programming or whether you've already published to markets like Itch.io or Steam, this book showcases compelling reasons to use the Raspberry Pi for game development. Use Developing Games on the Raspberry Pi as your guide to ensure that your game plays on computers both old and new, desktop or mobile. What You'll Learn Confidently write programs in Lua and the LOVE game engine on the Raspberry Pi Research and learn new libraries, methods, and frameworks for more advanced programming Write, package, and sell apps for mobile platforms Deliver your games on multiple platforms Who This Book Is ForSoftware engineers, teachers, hobbyists, and development professionals looking to up-skill and develop games for mobile platforms, this book eases them into a parallel universe of lightweight, POSIX, ARM-based development.

Create a fully working multiplayer game from scratch using TypeScript, Socket.IO, and the community edition of Phaser.js. You will achieve amazing feats in the browser without having to install any software. This book teaches you how to use the Phaser game engine APIs to tap into physics, and how to utilize HUD information and fire lasers. Let's Build a Multiplayer Phaser Game dives into the details to show you how to create a multiplayer game from beginning to end. Once you have finished this book, you will be well versed in creating not only a game, but also an application that you can extend with new functionality to enjoy with your friends. What You'll Learn Discover the ins and outs of Socket.IO for real-time web communication Use TypeScript to allow your project to be typed and self-documenting See how gaming mechanics work to make a game entertaining Get a deeper understanding of how to structure your working directory and your code Scale what you have created Who This Book Is For Developers who want to know how to create and structure a complex online game

Things just got serious! Fortnite-obsessed Tyler is going for gold in the local Fortnite tournament. But he's got a lot of real life drama to deal with - crazy best friends, girl trouble and prying parents. Plus who's the mystery rival squad online... and why do they seem so familiar? Readers will learn all-new Fortnite tips, tricks and secrets along with Tyler, while reading about his hilarious adventures in the game and at school. Original illustrations and easy-to-read text make this the ideal book for Fortnite-obsessed reluctant readers and fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates. Book three in a series, this independent and unofficial chapter book combines an accessible Fortnite play guide with the laugh-out-loud story of Tyler's quest for gaming glory.