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• AI to UI - An introduction to game development in Flash terms
• You Have to Start Somewhere - the building blocks of Flash games
• On the Job - Different use cases for Flash game development
• Dev Utopia - Striving for standards and ideals.
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First Published in 2010. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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This book covers Flash for the everyday developer. The average Flash developer doesn't have luxurious timelines, employers who understand the value of reusability, or the help of an information architect to design a usable experience. This book helps bridge the gap for these coders who may be used to C++, Java, or C# and want to move over to Flash. Griffith covers real-world scenarios pulled from his own experiences developing games for over 8 years in the industry. Gifts from Griffith's REAL-WORLD experiences include: Game design templates and pre-written scripts to automate tasks within Flash; Classes for handling common math computations used in gaming, so that game developers can see how to set up a simple game flow; Powerful debugging tools for your games(debuggers for Flash games are hard to come by, and this book provides them for you). The associated web site offers: Code from the game examples in the book with fully build-able source files. Additional code snippets, classes, and utilities. Scripts for automating tedious and repetitive tasks within Flash. Template game-design documents for planning game proposals in the same manner outlined in the book. Links to other helpful online resources for both Flash and game development.
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• Beginning enchant.js development
• JavaScript basics
• Basic features of enchant.js
• Advanced features of enchant.js
• Game design
• Creating an arcade shooter
• Creating a stand-alone 3-D game.

HTML5 Game Programming with enchant.js gives first-time programmers of all ages the tools to turn their video game ideas into reality. A step-by-step guide to the free, open-source HTML5 and JavaScript engine enchant.js, it is ideally suited for game fans who have always wanted to make their own game but didn't know how. It begins with the foundations of game programming and goes on to introduce advanced topics like 3D. We live in an age where smartphones and tablets have made games more ubiquitous than ever. Based around HTML5, enchant.js is ideally suited for aspiring game programmers who have always been intimidated by code. Games written using enchant.js take only a few hours to write, and can be played in a browser, iOS, and Android devices, removing the stress of programming to focus on the fun. Discover the joy of game development with enchant.js. Provides a comprehensive, easy guide to game programming through enchant.js Gives aspiring game developers a tool to realize their ideas Introduces readers to the basics of HTML5 and JavaScript programming.
(source: Nielsen Book Data) HTML5 Game Programming with enchant.js gives first-time programmers of all ages the tools to turn their video game ideas into reality. A step-by-step guide to the free, open-source HTML5 and JavaScript engine enchant.js, it is ideally suited for game fans who have always wanted to make their own game but didn{u2019}t know how. It begins with the foundations of game programming and goes on to introduce advanced topics like 3D. We live in an age where smartphones and tablets have made games more ubiquitous than ever.�Based around HTML5, enchant.js is ideally suited for aspiring game programmers who have always been intimidated by code. Games written using enchant.js take only a few hours to write, and can be played in a browser, iOS, and Android devices, removing the stress of programming to focus on the fun. Discover the joy of game development with enchant.js. Provides a comprehensive, easy guide to game programming through enchant.js Gives aspiring game developers a tool to realize their ideas Introduces readers to the basics of HTML5 and JavaScript programming.

Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of Games and Rules take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the game mechanics. Games are control circuits that organize the game world with their (joint) players and establish motivations in a dedicated space, a "Magic Circle, " whereas game mechanics are constructs of rules designed for interactions that provide gameplay. Those rules form the base for all the excitement and frustration we experience in games. This anthology contains individual essays by authors with backgrounds in game design and game studies, who lead the discourse to get to the bottom of game mechanics in video games and the real world.
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This book is a concise introduction to emerging concepts and ideas found at the intersection of contemporary behavioural science and artificial intelligence. The book explores how these disciplines interact, change, and adapt to one another and what the implications of such an interaction are for practice and society. AI for Behavioural Science book begins by exploring the field of machine behaviour, which advocates using behavioural science to investigate artificial intelligence. This perspective is built upon to develop a framework of terminology that treats humans and machines as comparable entities possessing their own motive power. From here, the notion of artificial intelligence systems becoming choice architects is explored through a series of reconceptualisations. The architecting of choices is reconceptualised as a process of selection from a set of choice architectural designs, while human behaviour is reconceptualised in terms of probabilistic outcomes. The material difference between the so-called "manual nudging" and "automatic nudging" (or hypernudging) is then explored. The book concludes with a discussion of who is responsible for autonomous choice architects.

• Preface. Acknowledgements. Editors. Contributors.
• Chapter 1 Another Set of Eyes in Anesthesiology.
• Chapter 2 Dermatological Machine Learning Clinical Decision Support System.
• Chapter 3 Vision and AI.
• Chapter 4 Thermal Dose Modeling for Thermal Ablative Cancer Treatments by Cellular Neural Networks.
• Chapter 5 Ensembles of Convolutional Neural Networks with Different Activation Functions for Small to Medium-Sized Biomedical Datasets.
• Chapter 6 Analysis of Structural MRI Data for Epilepsy Diagnosis Using Machine Learning Techniques.
• Chapter 7 Artificial Intelligence-Powered Ultrasound for Diagnosis and Improving Clinical Workflow.
• Chapter 8 Machine Learning for E/MEG-Based Identification of Alzheimer's Disease.
• Chapter 9 Some Practical Challenges with Possible Solutions for Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.
• Chapter 10 Detection of Abnormal Activities Stemming from Cognitive Decline Using Deep Learning.
• Chapter 11 Classification of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy and NAFLD through Decision Tree Algorithm.
• Chapter 12 The Cutting Edge of Surgical Practice: Applications of Machine Learning to Neurosurgery.
• Chapter 13 A Novel MRA-Based Framework for the Detection of Cerebrovascular Changes and Correlation to Blood Pressure.
• Chapter 14 Early Classification of Renal Rejection Types: A Deep Learning Approach. Index.
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Provides a comprehensive overview of machine learning and deep learning techniques for biomedical imaging Includes thoracic imaging, abdominal imaging, brain imaging, and retinal imaging Covers new and emerging methods in machine learning Features contributions from leading experts Presents tools to improve computer aided diagnosis.
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• Foreword Introduction
• Part1: Sparking Interactive Magic Chapter 1: The Power of Play Chapter 2: Creating Invitations to Play Chapter 3: Maintaining Engagement
• Part 2: Engaging the Senses Chapter 4: Old Brains in a Modern World Chapter 5: Seeing is Believing: Visual Perception Chapter 6: Seeing is Believing: Art and Animation Chapter 7: The Magic of Audio: How We Hear Chapter 8: The Magic of Audio: Designing Soundscapes for Kids
• Part 3: Knowing Your Audience Chapter 9: How Kids Learn Chapter 10: Ages and Stages: Why Kids Do What They Do Chapter 11: Gender: Understanding the Play Patterns of Girls and Boys
• Part 4: Creating Digital Playgrounds Chapter 12: Interface Chapter 13: The User Relationship Chapter 14: Characters, Avatars, and Agents Chapter 15: Supporting Play Patterns Chapter 16: Community and Virtual Worlds
• Part 5: Enhancing the Design Process Chapter 17: Predesign Considerations Chapter 18: The Design Process Chapter 19: The Production Process Chapter 20: Testing with Kids
• Part 6: Case Studies Chapter 21: Case Study: Club Penguin Chapter 22: Case Study: Noodle Words
• Conclusion Afterword Acknowledgments Credits Endnotes Bibliography Index.
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This book is a way of sharing insights empirically gathered, over decades of interactive media development, by the author and other children's designers. Included is as much emerging theory as possible in order to provide background for practical and technical aspects of design while still keeping the information accessible. The author's intent for this book is not to create an academic treatise but to furnish an insightful and practical manual for the next generation of children's interactive media and game designers. Key Features Provides practical detailing of how children's developmental needs and capabilities translate to specific design elements of a piece of media Serves as an invaluable reference for anyone who is designing interactive games for children (or adults) Detailed discussions of how children learn and how they play Provides lots of examples and design tips on how to design content that will be appealing and effective for various age ranges Accessible approach, based on years of successful creative business experience, covers basics across the gamut from developmental needs and learning theories to formats, colors, and sounds.
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Multiple-Valued Logic Design: An Introduction explains the theory and applications of this increasingly important subject. Written in a clear and understandable style, the author develops the material in a skillful way. Without using a huge mathematical apparatus, he introduces the subject in a general form that includes the well-known binary logic as a special case. The book is further enhanced by more 200 explanatory diagrams and circuits, hardware and software applications with supporting PASCAL programming, and comprehensive exercises with even-numbered answers for every chapter. Requiring introductory knowledge in Boolean algebra, 2-valued logic, or 2-valued switching theory, Multiple-Valued Logic Design: An Introduction is an ideal book for courses not only in logic design, but also in switching theory, nonclassical logic, and computer arithmetic. Computer scientists, mathematicians, and electronic engineers can also use the book as a basis for research into multiple-valued logic design.
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• Embrittlement of Stainless Steel Coated Electrodes Diego Henrique A. Nascimento, Rogerio Martins Gomes, Elizabeth Fialho Wanner, and Mariana Presoti Introduction Manufacturing Process Process Modeling Process Optimization Final Remarks
• Learning Fuzzy Rules from Imbalanced Datasets using Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms Edward Hinojosa C., Heloisa A. Camargo, and Yvan Tupac V. Introduction Imbalanced Dataset Problem Fuzzy Rule-Based Systems Genetic Fuzzy Systems Proposed Method: IRL-ID-MOEA Experimental Analysis Final Remarks
• Hybrid Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms with Collective Intelligence Daniel Cinalli, Luis Marti, Nayat Sanchez-Pi, and Ana Cristina Bicharra Garcia Introduction Foundations Preferences and Interactive Methods Collective Intelligence for MOEAs Algorithms Experimental Results Final Remarks
• Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization Fuzzy Gain Scheduling Control Edson B. M. Costa and Ginalber L. O. Serra Introduction Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy modelling Fuzzy gain scheduling control Experimental results Glossary
• Multiobjective evolutionary algorithms for smart placement Renzo Massobrio, Jamal Toutouh, and Sergio Nesmachnow Introduction Vehicular Communication Networks Materials and methods: metaheuristics, evolutionary computation and multiobjective optimization RSU deployment for VANETs Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for the RSU-DP Experimental Analysis Final Remarks
• Solving Multi-Objective Problems with MOEA/D and Quasi-Simplex Local Search Lucas Prestes, Carolina Almeida, and Richard Goncalves Introduction Multi-objective Optimization Problems Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm based on DecompositionDi_erential Evolution Quasi-Simplex Local Search Proposed Algorithm - MOEA/DQS Experiments and Results Final Remarks
• Multi-objective Evolutionary Design of Robust Substitution Boxes Nadia Nedjah and Luiza de Macedo Mourelle Introduction Preliminaries for Substitution Boxes Evolutionary Algorithms: Nash Strategy and Evolvable Hardware Evolutionary Coding of Resilient S-Boxes Evolvable Hardware Implementation of S-Boxes Performance Results Final Remarks
• Multi-objective approach to the Protein Structure Prediction Problem Ricardo H. R. Lima, Vidal Fontoura, Aurora Pozo, and Roberto Santana Introduction Protein Structure Prediction The HP Model Multi-objective Optimization A bi-objective optimization approach to HP protein folding Experiments Final Remarks
• Multi-objective IP Assignment for E_cient NoC-based System Design Maamar Bougherara, Rym Rahmoun, Amel Sadok, Nadia Nedjah, Mouloud Koudil, and Luiza de Macedo Mourelle Introduction Related Work NoC Internal Structure Application and IP Repository Models The IP Assignment Problem Assignment with MOPSO Algorithm Objective Functions Results Conclusions.
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Real-world engineering problems often require concurrent optimization of several design objectives, which are conflicting in cases. This type of optimization is generally called multi-objective or multi-criterion optimization. The area of research that applies evolutionary methodologies to multi-objective optimization is of special and growing interest. It brings a viable computational solution to many real-world problems. Generally, multi-objective engineering problems do not have a straightforward optimal design. These kinds of problems usually inspire several solutions of equal efficiency, which achieve different trade-offs. Decision makers' preferences are normally used to select the most adequate design. Such preferences may be dictated before or after the optimization takes place. They may also be introduced interactively at different levels of the optimization process. Multi-objective optimization methods can be subdivided into classical and evolutionary. The classical methods usually aim at a single solution while the evolutionary methods provide a whole set of so-called Pareto-optimal solutions. Evolutionary Multi-Objective System Design: Theory and Applications provides a representation of the state-of-the-art in evolutionary multi-objective optimization research area and related new trends. It reports many innovative designs yielded by the application of such optimization methods. It also presents the application of multi-objective optimization to the following problems: Embrittlement of stainless steel coated electrodes Learning fuzzy rules from imbalanced datasets Combining multi-objective evolutionary algorithms with collective intelligence Fuzzy gain scheduling control Smart placement of roadside units in vehicular networks Combining multi-objective evolutionary algorithms with quasi-simplex local search Design of robust substitution boxes Protein structure prediction problem Core assignment for efficient network-on-chip-based system design.
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• PART I: ABOUT INFORMATION SYSTEMS Why Information Systems Matter in Business: And to You Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Value of Information Systems and Information Systems What Is Information, Really? Legal and Ethical Information Use Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Case
• 1: Trusting A Spreadsheet Too Much Questions Case
• 2: Swissquote Questions References Role of Information Systems in Business Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways A Perspective On Information Systems Competitive Strategies Five Basic Competitive Forces Value Chain Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Case Questions Case
• 1: Using Social Media to Compete Questions Case
• 2: Pharmacy Processes Questions References PART II: TECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS Information Systems Hardware Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Computer Structure Switches: The Basic Hardware Building Blocks Computer System Components Computer Categories Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: The Green Grid Measures Energy Efficiency Questions Case
• 2: Meltin'Pot Deploys Blade Servers Questions References Information Systems Software Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Software Concepts System Software Application Software Software Licensing Embedded Software Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 2: Rescuing Food Questions References Data, Databases, and Database Management Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways The Database Concept Operational Databases Databases for Decision Making Database Management Systems Database Security Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: Netflix Moves to Cassandra Questions Case
• 2: Mapping Aleppo Questions References Information Networks Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Communication Links And Networks Communication Links And Devices Local Area Networks Wide Area Networks And The Internet Internet Applications Network Security Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: Connecting Remote Areas in Michigan Questions Case
• 2: Helping Mothers Have Healthy Babies in Ghana Questions References PART III: INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT WORK Integrating the Organization Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways History: Information Silos Functional Information Systems Transaction Processing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Enterprise Application Integration Intranets Integrating Society Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: City Of Edinburgh Modernizes Questions Case
• 2: Serenic Accounting Software Questions References Connecting with Customers and Suppliers Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways E-Business And E-Commerce Customer Relationship Management Connecting Through Social Networks Supply Chain Management Extranets Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: AliMed EDI Questions Case
• 2: The Risky Supply Chain Questions References Making Better Decisions Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Decision-Making Concepts Model-Driven Decisions Data-Driven Decisions Group Decisions Dashboards Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: Predictive Analytics And Yogurt Questions Case
• 2: Data Warehousing At Volvo Questions References PART IV: MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEMS Planning and Selecting Information Systems Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways The Information Systems Steering Committee Setting Priorities Make Or Buy? Selecting Software After the Contract Is Signed Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: Muddle Through or Replace? Questions Case
• 2: Planning for Data Growth Questions References Developing Information Systems Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Overview Of Software Development The System Development Life Cycle Approach Other System Development Approaches Managing The Development Process Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions Case
• 1: The Gendarmes Move to Linux Questions Case
• 2: Moody's And Aaron's Go Agile Questions References Managing Information Systems Chapter Outline Why This Chapter Matters Chapter Take-Aways Linking Strategy Information Systems Department Information Systems Jobs And Careers Managing Information Systems Security Key Point Recap Key Terms Review Questions Discussion Questions Springfield Metro Medical Associates Questions CASE
• 1: Underwater Data Centers: Should You Worry? Questions CASE
• 2: Snoops on The Inside Questions References Index.
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Most information systems textbooks overwhelm business students with overly technical information they may not need in their careers. Information Systems: What Every Business Student Needs to Know takes a new approach to the required information systems course for business majors. For each topic covered, the text highlights key "Take-Aways" that alert students to material they will need to remember during their careers. Sections titled "Where You Fit In" and "Why This Chapter Matters" explain how the topics being covered will impact students once they are on the job. Review questions, discussion questions, and summaries are also included in each chapter to reinforce learning. The book is presented in four parts: About Information Systems: covers general information systems concepts that students need to know as they learn about real-world information systems Technology Fundamentals: supplies a foundation in information technology that fills the gaps most students have when they learn through trial and error Information Systems at Work: details the nitty-gritty of how actual companies use information systems in the real word Managing Information Systems: addresses the issues involved in selecting, developing, and managing information systems The text includes a running case study that follows two management information systems majors in college. As the two main characters study the information systems of a medical practice, students follow along and learn valuable lessons as they see how the case plays out. In addition to the running case study, each chapter also includes two mini cases that illustrate the concepts discussed in that chapter. Maintaining a focus on the essential concepts students must know before entering the business world, this book covers the subject of information systems in a manner that students will find accessible.
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• Indie Game Development: The Best Job in the World!
• Chapter 1: Development Tools and Resources
• Chapter 2: Self-Publishing
• Chapter 3: QA, Localizations & Age Ratings
• Chapter 4: PR & Reaching Out to the Press
• Chapter 5: Marketing
• Chapter 6: Advertising
• Chapter 7: Websites, Forums & Source Control
• Chapter 8: Funding
• Chapter 9: Tax, Legal & Other Odds and Ends.
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The indie game developer's complete guide to running a studio. The climate for the games industry has never been hotter, and this is only set to continue as the marketplace for tablets, consoles and phones grow. Seemingly every day there is a story of how a successful app or game has earned thousands of downloads and revenue. As the market size increases, so does the number of people developing and looking to develop their own app or game to publish. The Indie Game Developer Handbook covers every aspect of running a game development studio-from the initial creation of the game through to completion, release and beyond. Accessible and complete guide to many aspects of running a game development studio from funding and development through QA, publishing, marketing, and more. Provides a useful knowledge base and help to support the learning process of running an indie development studio in an honest, approachable and easy to understand way. Case studies, interviews from other studies and industry professionals grant an first-hand look into the world of indie game development.
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• Author
• 1 Interface Cheats 1.1 Factory Reset 1.2 Last-Session Recovery 1.3 Recovering Overwritten Files 1.4 Start-Up Files 1.5 Multiple Scenes 1.6 Asset Sharing and Reusing 1.7 User Preferences 1.8 Multimonitor Setup 1.9 First-Person Controls 1.10 Align Camera to Viewport 1.11 MatCap 1.12 Text Editing 1.13 Scroll Editing 1.14 Hide the Splash Screen 1.15 Dual Outliners 1.16 Viewport Visibility
• 2 Selections 2.1 Edit Selection Modes 2.2 Layers and Selections 2.3 Layer Management 2.4 Groups 2.5 Vertex Groups 2.6 Selecting NGons 2.7 Edge Loops and Shortest Path Selections 2.8 Selecting Perimeter Edges 2.9 Selecting UV Seams and Linked Selection 2.10 Selecting Objects from Patterns 2.11 Random Selection 2.12 Selection and Visibility 2.13 Lasso Selection 2.14 Selective Texture Painting 2.15 Vertex Weights and Selection
• 3 Modeling3.1 Modeling from References 3.2 Nondestructive Deformations 3.3 One-Sided Polygons 3.4 Duplication and "Multiple Modeling" 3.5 Water, Waves, and Oceans 3.6 Quads and Triangles 3.7 Bending 3.8 Meshes from Edges 3.9 Spline Modeling 3.10 Rebuilding Meshes: Retopology 3.11 Grease Pencil Modeling
• 4 UV Mapping Cheats 4.1 The UV Image Editor 4.2 Smart UV Project 4.3 Manual Mapping 4.4 Diagnosing and Fixing Map Distortions 4.5 Camera Mapping 4.6 Atlas Texturing 4.7 Packing and Layout 4.8 Copying UVs 4.9 Overlapping UVs 4.10 Breaking Islands 4.11 Exporting UV Layouts 4.12 The 0-1 Space 4.13 Pinning and Unwrapping
• 5 Texturing and Materials 5.1 Blender Render versus Cycles 5.2 Viewport Rendering 5.3 Layered Painting: Blender Internal 5.4 Flattening Layer Painting 5.5 Camera Project Painting 5.6 Flat Projection 5.7 UV Cloning 5.8 Configuring a Stencil Brush 5.9 Node Wrangler 5.10 Stroke Methods
• 6 Rigging and Animation Cheats 6.1 Keyframing, Auto-Key, and Optimization 6.2 Motion Paths: Following and Clamping 6.3 Curves and Colors 6.4 Animation Baking 6.5 Squash and Stretch 6.6 Hierarchical Rigging 6.7 Selection Controls 6.8 Hooks 6.9 Grease Pencil Referencing and Animation 6.10 Rigify
• 7 Rendering Cheats 7.1 Rendering Wireframes 7.2 Texture Baking 7.3 Progressive Refine 7.4 Tiles and Bounces 7.5 Render Selections 7.6 Manual Culling 7.7 Comparative Renders 7.8 Render Layers 7.9 Render Layers and Image Files 7.10 Combining Render Layers 7.11 Light Portals
• 8 Add-Ons 8.1 More Objects! 8.2 Image Planes 8.3 F2 Add-On 8.4 Landscape Tool 8.5 Trees and More Trees! 8.6 Pie Menus 8.7 Camera Navigation 8.8 Scene Information 8.9 Layer Management 8.10 Blend File Packaging 8.11 Dynamic Space Bar 8.12 OpenStreetMap 8.13 Easy FX-Special Effects 8.14 Books
• 9 Game Development Cheats 9.1 Standardize Units 9.2 Normals and Backface Culling 9.3 Real-Time Rendering 9.4 Modeling for Games: Information and Auto-Merging 9.5 UV Seams: Visualization 9.6 UV Seams: Combining Islands 9.7 Object Combining and Modularity 9.8 Exporting: Native versus Nonnative 9.9 Exporting Animations 9.10 Collision Meshes 9.11 Lightmap UVs 9.12 Empties and Hierarchies 9.13 Blender Export Limitations
• 10 Interoperability 10.1 SVG and Inkscape 10.2 Blend Swap 10.3 Free Images and Textures 10.4 Blender Cloud and Texture Library 10.5 Working with Colors and Color Palettes 10.6 Maps and Terrain Displacement 10.7 MakeHuman 10.8 Renderers: V-Ray and RenderMan Index.
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Blender is a vast and customizable 3D-modeling application used by many artists across creative industries, from television to games. This newest book, in Alan Thorn's How to Cheat series, offers insightful and bite-sized power-tips to help you develop Blender mastery. More than five hundred figures illustrate interesting shortcuts and clever ways to improve your Blender workflow. A companion website at http://www.alanthorn.net provides bonus content, including videos and resources to help sharpen your skills further. How to Cheat in Blender 2.7x is for Blender users of all levels, offering time-saving tips and powerful techniques to increase your productivity. Key Features Bite-sized tips and tricks that can be read in any order Illustrated examples and step-by-step guides for improving your workflow Explores practical applications and real-world contexts Demonstrates "lesser-known" and unconventional tips Improves your efficiency and workflow.
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• GRAPHICS AND RENDERING. The Open Game Engine Exchange Format. Realistic Blending of Skies, Water, and Terrain. Fog with a Linear Density Function. Vegetation Management in Leadwerks Game Engine
• 4. Smooth Horizon Mapping. Buffer-Free Generation of Triangle Strip Cube Vertices. Edge-Preserving Smoothing Filter for Particle Based Rendering. Variable Precision Pixel Shading for Improved Power Efficiency. A Fast and High-Quality Texture Atlasing Algorithm. PHYSICS. Rotational Joint Limits in Quaternion Space. Volumetric Hierarchical Approximate Convex Decomposition. Simulating Soft Bodies Using Strain Based Dynamics. GENERAL PROGRAMMING. Generic, Lightweight, and Fast Delegates in C++. Compile-Time String Hashing in C++. Static Reflection in C++ Using Tuples. Portable SIMD Programs Using ISPC. Shared Network Arrays as an Abstraction of Network Code from Game Code Logic. CHARACTER CONTROL AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. Vision Based Local Collision Avoidance. A Programming Framework for Autonomous NPCs. Beyond Smart Objects: Behavior-Oriented Programming for NPCs in Large Open Worlds. A Control System for Enhancing Entity Behavior. A Control System Based Approach to Entity Behavior.
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This book, the third volume in the popular Game Engine Gems series, contains 22 new chapters that concisely present particular techniques, describe clever tricks, or offer practical advice within the subject of game engine development. Each chapter is filled with the expert knowledge and wisdom of seasoned professionals from both industry and acade.
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• Part I: Basic Problem Solving and Program Design.-
• 1. The Science of Problem Solving.-
• 2. The N-Puzzle Problem.-
• 3. Randomness.- Part II: Generative Recursion.-
• 4. Introduction to Generative Recursion.-
• 5. Sorting.-
• 6. Searching.-
• 7. N-Puzzle Version 2.-
• 8. N-Puzzle Version 3.- Part III: Accumulative Recursion.-
• 9. Accumulators.-
• 10. N-Puzzle Versions 4 and 5.-
• 11. Iteration.-
• 12. N-Puzzle Version 6.-
• 13. Continuation-Passing Style.- Part IV: Mutation.-
• 14. Sharing Values.-
• 15. Mutation Sequencing.-
• 16. Vectors.-
• 17. In-Place Operations.-
• 18. The Chicken and the Egg Paradox.- Part V: Epilogue.-
• 19. Where to go from here.
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This textbook presents a systematic methodology for program development by using design recipes, i.e. a series of steps, each with a specific outcome, that takes a problem solver from a problem statement to a working and tested programmed solution. It introduces the reader to generative recursion, heuristic searching, accumulative recursion, tail recursion, iteration, mutation, loops, program correctness, and vectors. It uses video game development to make the content fun while at the same time teaching problem-solving techniques. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents introductory material on basic problem solving and program design. It starts by reviewing the basic steps of a design recipe using structural recursion on a list. It then proceeds to review code refactoring-a common technique used to refine programs when a better or more elegant way is found to solve a problem-and introduces the reader to randomness. Next, Part II explores a new type of recursion called generative recursion. It navigates the reader through examples involving fractal image generation, efficient sorting, and efficient searching techniques such as binary, depth-first, and breadth-first search. Part III then explores a new type of recursion called accumulative (or accumulator) recursion. Examples used include finding a path in a graph, improving insertion sorting, and list-folding operations. Finally, Part IV explores mutation. To aid the reader in properly sequencing mutations it presents Hoare Logic and program correctness. In addition, it introduces vectors, vector processing, in-place operations, and circular data. Throughout the whole book complexity analysis and empirical experimentation is used to evaluate solutions. This textbook targets undergraduates at all levels as well as graduate students wishing to learn about program design. It details advanced types of recursion, a disciplined approach to the use of mutation, and illustrates the design process by developing a video game exploiting iterative refinement.
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• Table of Contents Getting Started with Flutter Games Working with the Flame Engine Building a Game Design Drawing and Animating Graphics Moving the Graphics with Input Playing Sound Effects and Music Designing Your Own Levels Scaling the game for web and desktop Implementing Advanced Graphics Effects Making Intelligent Enemies With AI Finishing the Game Appendix: Answers.
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Build a complete game from start to finish using Flutter and Flame while getting acquainted with each building block in game design along the way Key Features Begin your Flutter game development journey with step-by-step instructions and best practices Understand the Flame game engine and its essential elements for making games, sprite animation, tilemaps, and audio Build enjoyable games with Flutter that can be played across different platforms Book DescriptionWith its powerful tools and quick implementation capabilities, Flutter provides a new way to build scalable cross-platform apps. In this book, you'll learn how to build on your knowledge and use Flutter as the foundation for creating games. This game development book takes a hands-on approach to building a complete game from scratch. You'll see how to get started with the Flame library and build a simple animated example to test Flame. You'll then discover how to organize and load images and audio in your Flutter game. As you advance, you'll gain insights into the game loop and set it up for fast and efficient processing. The book also guides you in using Tiled to create maps, add sprites to the maps that the player can interact with, and see how to use tilemap collision to create paths for a player to walk on. Finally, you'll learn how to make enemies more intelligent with artificial intelligence (AI). By the end of the book, you'll have gained the confidence to build fun multiplatform games with Flutter. What you will learn Discover the Flame engine and how to use it in game programming in Flutter Organize the graphics and sounds used in your game Animate a sprite in your games and detect when the player collides with tiles Run the game as a web page and desktop app Expand our player control with key navigation Build your first game and make your enemies more intelligent with AI for games Who this book is forIf you are a Flutter developer looking to apply your Flutter programming skills to games development, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of Dart will assist with understanding the concepts covered.
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• CHAPTER 1: WHY DO WE PLAY GAMES? Sub -topics: * What players look for in a game: Novelty, creativity, and a sense of achievement* Appeal of different game genres such as action RPGs, puzzles, casual and simulation games* Role of game art and game aesthetics in increasing player motivation* What are game mechanics? * Impact of game mechanics on the player experience
• CHAPTER 2: CREATING FUN GAMEPLAY Sub - topics:* Difference between linear and non-linear games * Controlling flow of non-linear, player-choice based games * Controlling difficulty of gameplay through game balancing and teaching player through in-game tutorials* Storytelling and the game narrative * Creating quests and missions for establishing the end-goal of the game
• CHAPTER 3: FREEDOM TO EXPLORE NEW WORLDSSub - topics:* Implementing player progression by developing player's skills and abilities and levelling up the player through achievements* Movement mechanics: controlling the player through user input* Mechanics for in-game travel with the help of maps and guides, transport vehicles, instant teleportation methods, and shortcuts in the game levels* Game world and environment mechanics, including concepts such as creating infinite open worlds through procedural generation and realistic weather systems
• CHAPTER 4: DEFEAT, COLLECT, REPEATSub - topics: * Enemy and NPC generation using artificial intelligence and creating combat mechanics* Establishing victory and defeat conditions* Managing the player inventory, controlling the internal game economy, and resource management in games* Implementing a reward system such as collection or trading of in-game currency, spawing natural resources in the game* Unlocking new game levels and areas and greater player customization as the character levels up
• CHAPTER 5: CHOOSE YOUR MECHANICSSub - topics: * Tips for choosing game mechanics* Designing game mechanics for different kinds of players such as achievers, skillers, and completionists* Analysis of game mechanics in existing games of different genres: o Sims (simulation) o Fallout (role playing) o Age of empires (base building) o Life is strange (player-choice based) o No man's sky (procedurally generated survival)* Prototyping, trial and error.
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Learn simple yet powerful, modern-day techniques used in various gaming genres, including casual and puzzle, strategy and simulation, action-adventure, and role-playing. This book is your pocket-sized guide to designing interesting and engaging mechanics for any type of game. Exploring Game Mechanics is a cornucopia of concepts related to gameplay mechanics that you can use to create games that are fun and rewarding to play. Dive into key gameplay elements that improve the player experience, such as implementing in-game tutorials, controlling the flow of player-choice-based games, and building a game narrative through storytelling. Understand how to establish the game's end goal for the player to work towards by creating quests, missions, and objectives. Explore the key ideas behind creating immersive game worlds, generating better NPCs and enemies, and controlling the in-game economy. Finally, discover the unique mechanics that make established industry games so successful. What You Will Learn Discover the key elements that make gameplay immersive and entertaining Develop players and NPCs through customization and levelling up Gain insight into the tried-and-tested concepts behind modern-day games Who Is This Book ForGame development enthusiasts with little to no knowledge of game mechanics will find the content informative and useful. .
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• Foreword
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Introduction to Programming
• Chapter 2 Introduction to Game Engines
• Chapter 3 The Recipes
• Chapter 4 Introduction to Object-Oriented
• Chapter 5 Introduction to C#
• Chapter 6 Static, Singletons, and Game Managers
• Chapter 7 Endless Runner
• Chapter 8 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Non-Player Characters (NPCs)
• Chapter 9 Physics-Based Character Controller
• APPENDIX
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• A (MOSTLY SERIOUS) BASIC GAME JARGON GLOSSARY
• INDEX.
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Game Programming for Artists provides a foundation for artists and creatives to jumpstart learning to program their own games. It is an accessible and conversational guide focused on three areas: basic programming, understanding game engines, and practical code for commonly employed game systems. The best way to get into games is to make one, and this book will help artists do that!.
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• Introduction. Ideals over Ideas. Practice Makes the Plan. Remodel the Plan. New Methodologies. New Opportunities. The Art of Design.
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Punk Playthings Provocations for 21st Century Game Makers "Punk was an attitude. It was never about having a Mohican haircut or wearing a ripped T-shirt. It was all about destruction, and the creative potential within that." Malcolm Mclaren Warning: If you want a silver bullet solution for efficient game making or a step-by-step guide to receiving Indie Game Dev hero worship, you're in the wrong place. Put the book back on the shelf. Punk Playthings is an antidote to complacency and orthodoxy. Packed with probes and provocations that explore game making through fresh lenses for uncertain times, it challenges gaming monoculture by constructing a trading space for ideas and learning from across domains and cultures. Punk Playthings has zero respect for boundaries between mediums, industries, sectors, specialisms or disciplines. Instead, it challenges you to expand your cultural capital, think laterally and make new connections. Punk Playthings advocates a truly independent mindset and DIY approach for creating playful experiences with cultural resonance. It proclaims creative entrepreneurship as the true legacy of punk. Punk Playthings is not for everyone. But it might be for you.
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• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Editor Cheats
• Chapter 2: Asset & Importing Cheats
• Chapter 3: Scene, Component and GameObject Cheats
• Chapter 4: Animation and Time
• Chapter 5: Persistence and Accessibility
• Chapter 6: Cameras, Rendering and Lighting
• Chapter 7: Coding & MonoDevelop Tricks
• Chapter 8: Performance and Optimization
• Chapter 9: Physics, Collisions and Path-Finding
• Chapter 10: Debugging and Building Index.
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Looking to become more efficient using Unity? How to Cheat in Unity 5 takes a no-nonsense approach to help you achieve fast and effective results with Unity 5. Geared towards the intermediate user, HTC in Unity 5 provides content beyond what an introductory book offers, and allows you to work more quickly and powerfully in Unity. Packed full with easy-to-follow methods to get the most from Unity, this book explores time-saving features for interface customization and scene management, along with productivity-enhancing ways to work with rendering and optimization. In addition, this book features a companion website at www.alanthorn.net, where you can download the book's companion files and also watch bonus tutorial video content. Learn bite-sized tips and tricks for effective Unity workflows Become a more powerful Unity user through interface customization Enhance your productivity with rendering tricks, better scene organization and more Better understand Unity asset and import workflows Learn techniques to save you time and money during development.
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• 1. Introducing and Contrasting Backend Development Goal: In this chapter introduce the background of this book, how I came to the idea to write it, what is the goal, who is this book for, and the technology stack I am going to discuss. Also, give a bit of insight into the gaming ecosystem, which other providers and technologies are there, how those compare to the actually described ones. I want to discuss the key components and features that address the fundamental pain points and requirements of our target audience.
• 1.1. Initial Thoughts 1.2. Game Backend and Frontend 1.3. Game Engines 1.4. Unity 1.5. BaaS (Backend-as-a-Service) vs. Public Cloud 1.6. Popular BaaS providers, comparison 1.7. Top5 Cloud providers, comparison 1.8. Indie vs. AAA games and their requirements
• 2. Concepts of Backend Development Goal: In this chapter, I am going to describe the general concepts related to game backend development. The description is independent of the technology used and helps the reader understand what are the features we can have if we extend our game frontend with backend capabilities.
• 2.1. Overview 2.2. Leaderboard 2.3. Matchmaking 2.4. Player Authentication 2.5. Chat 2.6. Analytics 2.7. Server Hosting 2.8. Selling Items 2.9. Artificial Intelligence
• 3. Setting up a Simple Local Multiplayer Game. Goal: This part will cover the prerequisites for the next chapters. I will show how to use Unity Assets, Mirror Networking library, and other tools and techniques to implement a simple local multiplayer game. The reader can also download the source code from GitHub directly. We will build upon this game in the next chapters, where we implement the features from the previous chapter.
• 3.1. Prerequisites 3.2. Sample Game 3.3. Multiple Unity Instances 3.4. Mirror Networking 3.5. Local Multiplayer Game 3.6. Advanced Networking
• 4. Up and Running on PlayFab Goal: This is one of the core chapters. Here I describe how to implement backend features to games. This also includes source code, so the reader can use them in their game right away. It also includes explanations, best practices, tips and tricks and pitfalls developers should know. It is all very specific and practical. I use the PlayFab BaaS (Backend-as-a-Service) and API to implement these features.
• 4.1. Overview 4.2. Setting up PlayFab 4.3. Leaderboard 4.4. Matchmaking 4.5. Player Authentication 4.6. Chat 4.7. Analytics 4.8. Server Hosting 4.9. Selling Items 4.10. Artificial Intelligence
• 5. Build Your Own Custom Game Backend in Azure Goal: This is another way to reach the same goals as in the earlier chapter, but now by using Azure. (Hint: game developers can implement backend features by turning to a BaaS provider like PlayFab. Then they don't need to build cloud infrastructure components like virtual machines or databases by themselves). In this chapter the developer choose the hard way, and build his own Microsoft Azure cloud based game backend. The same features as above are built here, again with source code and explanations.
• 5.1. Overview 5.2. Setting up Microsoft Azure 5.3. Leaderboard 5.4. Matchmaking 5.5. Player Authentication 5.6. Chat 5.7. Analytics 5.8. Server Hosting 5.9. Selling Items 5.10. Artificial Intelligence
• 6. Next Steps in Game Development Learning Goal: I want to draw a conclusion on my experience building game backend with both a BaaS (PlayFab) and a cloud (Azure) service provider. I want to help game developers make the right decision based on their situation. Some of the key aspects are budget, skills, time, team size, target market and region. I consider adding here a section with further readings providing references to sources I found useful.
• 6.1. Final Thoughts 6.2. References.
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Up your game developer skills by learning game backend development with Microsoft Azure and PlayFab. Robust backend infrastructure support is essential for all modern games. Implementing game backend features became easier with the emergence of GBaaS (Game Backend-as-a-Service) providers and the advance of the cloud. Multiplayer gaming, leaderboards, game analytics, and virtual economies are all backed by cloud services. As a game developer, understanding core game backend features and implementation techniques is an important addition to your game developer skill set. Understanding game backend development will not only give you a competitive advantage, it will also eventually allow you to create better games. This book will help you get started. It teaches all the core concepts, using downloadable source code, so that you can experiment right away following a learning-by-doing approach. After reading this book, you will have a solid grasp of key game backend services and know how to implement them. What You Will Learn Understand core concepts around game backend development Use the PlayFab API to implement backend features Build game backend infrastructure using Microsoft Azure cloud (architecture and implementation) Contrast the traditional Azure cloud- and PlayFab (GBaaS)-based implementations of game backend capabilities Reuse source code to enable backend capability in your own games Discover different ways for authenticating players Implement a multiplayer game in Unity with the help of mirror networking Create a matchmaker to bring together players for an online game session Establish leaderboards to reinforce player competition Build a virtual economy and monetize your game Set up game analytics and gain insight into players' behavior Let players communicate with each other by taking advantage of cognitive services Learn how to implement server-side custom game backend logic Who This Book Is For Game developers who may be skilled in game development, but who possess little to no skills in GBaaS and cloud computing. This book is also for professionals working in the cloud solutions space who want to learn about the specific challenges of the gaming domain.
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• Introduction to Unreal Engine
• 4. Project Type Selection and Setup. An Overview of the Level Design Process. Blocking Our Level. Adding Objects to Our Level. Exploring Blueprints. Materials in Unreal Engine
• 4. Basic Lighting Concepts. Matinee. Particle Systems. Advanced Blueprint Techniques. Advanced Lighting Techniques. Working With Terrains.
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This book serves as an introduction to the level design process in Unreal Engine 4. By working with a number of different components within the Unreal Editor, readers will learn to create levels using BSPs, create custom materials, create custom Blueprints complete with events, import objects, create particle effects, create sound effects and combine them to create a complete playable game level. The book is designed to work step by step at the beginning of each chapter, then allow the reader to complete similar tasks on their own to show an understanding of the content. A companion website with project files and additional information is included.
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