Computer Games Design

Game data science, defined as the practice of deriving insights from game data, has created a revolution in the multibillion-dollar games industry ...

With annual gross sales surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars each of the last two years, the digital games industry may one day challenge theatrical...

This book explains the fundamentals of being a talented games Environment Artist by outlining the key considerations that most Environment Artists ...

This tutorial-based book allows readers to create a first-person game from start to finish using industry-standard (and free to student) tools of U...

This book is a way of sharing insights empirically gathered, over decades of interactive media development, by the author and other children’s desi...

This tutorial-based book allows readers to create a first-person game from start to finish using industry-standard (and free to student) tools of U...

Rigging for Games: A Primer for Technical Artists Using Maya and Python is not just another step-by-step manual of loosely related tutorials. Using...

What really makes a video game story interactive? What's the best way to create an interactive story?How much control should players be given? Do t...

A compilation of key chapters from the top Focal game art books available today - in the areas of Max, Maya, Photoshop, and ZBrush. The chapters pr...

Master the secrets behind video game production - from concept to completion - with these comprehensive tips and tricks from two accomplished, work...

This book introduces the basics in game usability and overall game UX mindset and techniques, as well as looking at current industry best practices...

A comprehensive look inside the art of the Diablo series, featuring never-before-seen concept art. The Art of Diablo features more than twenty yea...

A source of inspiration and nostalgia, The Little Book of Video Games is a lighthearted collection of 70 of the most iconic and influential classic...

The Game Design Deep Dive series examines a specific game system or mechanic over the course of the history of the industry. This entry will examin...

This book, the first multi-disciplinary study of nostalgia and videogame music, allows readers to understand the relationships and memories they of...

This book, the first multi-disciplinary study of nostalgia and videogame music, allows readers to understand the relationships and memories they of...

Video games are among the most popular media on the planet, and billions of people inhabit these virtual worlds on a daily basis. This book investi...

Rigging for Games: A Primer for Technical Artists Using Maya and Python is not just another step-by-step manual of loosely related tutorials. Using...

This book, written and edited by members of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) Game Writing Special Interest Group, follows the a...

Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Lighting gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient s...

Wolfgang Engel’s GPU Pro 360 Guide to Lighting gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous seven GPU Pro volumes into a convenient s...

Well-known Maya professional, Michael Ingrassia, takes readers through his unique style of modeling: "Image Based Modeling" where efficient, realis...

Throughout the 1990s, artists experimented with game engine technologies to disrupt our habitual relationships to video games. They hacked, glitche...