{"product_id":"creating-games-with-unity-substance-painter-maya-1","title":"Creating Games with Unity, Substance Painter, \u0026 Maya","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis tutorial-based book allows readers to create a first-person game from start to finish using industry-standard (and free to student) tools of Unity, Substance Painter, and Maya. The first half of the book lays out the basics of using Maya and Substance Painter to create game-ready assets. This includes polygonal modeling, UV layout, and custom texture painting. The book then covers rigging and animation solutions to create assets to be placed in the game, including animated first-person assets and motion-captured NPC animations. Finally, readers can put it all together and build interactivity that allows the player to create a finished game using the assets built and animated earlier in the book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Written by industry professionals with real-world experience in building assets and games\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Build a complete game from start to finish\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Learn what the pros use: construct all assets using the tools used at game studios across the world\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• All software used are free to students\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• When complete, students will have a playable version of an FPS game\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJingtian Li is a graduate of China’s Central Academy of Fine Arts and New York’s School of Visual Arts, where he earned an MFA in Computer Art. He currently is an Assistant Professor of 3D Animation \u0026amp; Game Design at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Watkins is a 20-year veteran of 3D education. He holds an MFA in 3D Animation and a BFA in Theatre Arts from Utah State University. He currently is the Coordinator and Professor of the 3D Animation \u0026amp; Game Department at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKassandra Arevalo is an instructor of 3D Animation \u0026amp; Game Design at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. She previously worked as an animator at Immersed Games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt Tovar is an industry veteran animator. He has worked at Naughty Dog, Infinity Ward, and Sony Interactive on such games as \u003ci\u003eThe Last of Us\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCall of Duty: Modern Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e, and most recently \u003ci\u003eMarvel’s Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e with Crystal Dynamics. He is an Assistant Professor of 3D Animation at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54232354881880,"sku":"9780367506018","price":72.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780367506018.jpg?v=1777188659","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/creating-games-with-unity-substance-painter-maya-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}