Digital Animation

This book provides a thorough analysis of terpsichorean lexis in Renaissance drama. Besides considering not only the Shakespearean canon but also t...

Take your animations to the next level with this essential guide to Maya 2010. Packed with character animation techniques and the secrets of profes...

This volume offers a socio-technical exploration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it reflects and reproduces certain normative represent...

Animation has a lot to do with acting. That is, character animation, not the standardized, mechanical process of animation. Acting and animation ar...

Physics forms the basis for many of the motions and behaviors seen in both the real world and in the virtual worlds of animated films, visual effec...

Want to work as a producer in the video games industry? Then this is the book for you. This book provides all the essential information and guidanc...

Game communities are inevitable – in fact, they’re one of the main features of a game. How can our online interactions be better, kinder, more prod...

Designing Virtual Worlds, authored by a true pioneer, stands as the most comprehensive examination of virtual-world design ever written. This semin...

Event-Database Architecture for Computer Games proposes the first explicit software architecture for game development, answering the problem of bui...

This book is for those who want to learn the craft or mechanics of animation, how to actually animate a scene from start to finish, or take their a...

This book is a first and long-awaited study of the directorial work of the animation master Fëdor Khitruk (1917–2012), an artist who formed in the ...

This book is for those who want to learn the craft or mechanics of animation, how to actually animate a scene from start to finish, or take their a...

Every writer dreams of creating their own game world and telling their own stories. But creating a new game from scratch is different from working ...

Learning Java Through Games teaches students how to use the different features of the Java language as well as how to program. Suitable for self-st...

GPU Pro4: Advanced Rendering Techniques presents ready-to-use ideas and procedures that can help solve many of your day-to-day graphics programming...

"An entertaining, race-against-time narrative." —Kobo review"A fast-paced look into seven-day roguelikes, something so niche most people wouldn't h...

RUNS, JUMPS AND SKIPSFrom Richard Williams' The Animator's Survival Kit comes key chapters in mini form.The Animator's Survival Kit is the essentia...

This collection offers an expansive, multiplatform exploration of the rapidly-expanding area of motion design and motion graphics, taking into acco...

This book introduces readers to artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of playable media and explores the impact of such software on everyda...

This collection offers an expansive, multiplatform exploration of the rapidly-expanding area of motion design and motion graphics, taking into acco...

Building Blocks of Tabletop Game Design: An Encyclopedia of Mechanisms, Second Edition compiles hundreds of game mechanisms, organized by category....

This book introduces readers to artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of playable media and explores the impact of such software on everyda...

"An entertaining, race-against-time narrative." —Kobo review"A fast-paced look into seven-day roguelikes, something so niche most people wouldn't h...

This book is a fast-paced look at the next two decades of the games industry with a focus on game design, the evolution of gaming markets around th...

Focussing on the independent videogames sector, this book provides readers with a vocabulary to articulate and build their games writing practice; ...

Want to work in community management in the games industry? Then this is the book for you. Filled with practical advice and real-world examples, th...

This comprehensive guide walks readers through the entire process of getting and keeping a writing job in the games industry. It outlines exactly w...

Game Dev Stories: Interviews About Game Development and Culture Volumes 1 and 2 are a collection of interviews from renowned author David L. Craddo...

This is the third edition of Character Development and Storytelling for Games, a standard work in the field that brings all of the teaching from th...

This comprehensive guide walks readers through the entire process of getting and keeping a writing job in the games industry. It outlines exactly w...