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The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers

The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers

Want to become a writer in the games industry? Then this is the book is for you. Award-winning game writer Anna Megill provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot on the ladder. The book explains in simple clear language exactly what a beginner needs to know about education requirements finding job opportunities applying for roles and acing studio interviews. Professional writers will learn how to run a writers’ room manage a team create documentation for various project phases and navigate studio politics. The Pocket Mentor is designed to be a just-the-facts companion to The Game Writing Guide: Get Your Dream Job and Keep It but it stands on its own as an invaluable go-anywhere resource for beginners and seasoned pros alike. | The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Writers

GBP 29.99
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Game Design Deep Dive: Horror

Game Design Deep Dive: Horror

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 examine the history and design of the horror genre and elements in video games. The author analyzes early video game examples including the differences between survival action-horror and psychological horror. Thanks to recent hits like Five Night’s at Freddy’s Bendy and the Ink Machine and recent Resident Evil titles the horror genre has seen a strong resurgence. For this book in the Game Design Deep Dive series Joshua Bycer will go over the evolution of horror in video games and game design and what it means to create a terrifying and chilling experience. FEATURES • Written for anyone interested in the horror genre anyone who wants to understand game design or anyone simply curious from a historical standpoint • Includes real game examples to highlight the discussed topics and mechanics • Explores the philosophy and aspects of horror that can be applied to any medium • Serves as a perfect companion for someone building their first game or as part of a game design classroom Joshua Bycer is a game design critic with more than eight years of experience critically analyzing game design and the industry itself. In that time through Game-Wisdom he has interviewed hundreds of game developers and members of the industry about what it means to design video games. He also strives to raise awareness about the importance of studying game design by giving lectures and presentations. His first book was 20 Essential Games to Study. He continues to work on the Game Design Deep Dive series. | Game Design Deep Dive: Horror

GBP 42.99
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Game Dev Stories Volume 2 More Interviews About Game Development and Culture

Game Dev Stories Volume 2 More Interviews About Game Development and Culture

Game Dev Stories: Interviews About Game Development and Culture Volumes 1 and 2 are a collection of interviews from renowned author David L. Craddock as he explores all corners of the video game industry. Collected from the author's archives Game Dev Stories gathers conversations with individuals from all corners of the industry: Who they are the paths they paved and their contributions to this multibillion-dollar industry. This text offers viewpoints from well-known individuals like John Romero Tom Hall and Matt Householder. From artists and writers to programmers and designers Game Dev Stories offers amazing insights and understanding to what occurs behind the screens of your favorite games and may help inspire future game developers in pursuing their dreams. Author Bio David L. Craddock writes fiction nonfiction and grocery lists. He is the author of over a dozen nonfiction books about video game development and culture including the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man Mortal Kombat and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room and fiction for young adults including The Dumpster Club and Heritage: Book One of the Gairden Chronicles. Find him online @davidlcraddock on Twitter. | Game Dev Stories Volume 2 More Interviews About Game Development and Culture

GBP 38.99
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Game Design Tools Cognitive Psychological and Practical Approaches

Game Design Tools Cognitive Psychological and Practical Approaches

This book provides a series of transdisciplinary tools to help game designers improve their design pipeline and design output. Using approaches from psychology anthropology and sociology it offers practical tools for all the main aspects of game design from conception through to testing. Drawing on game design theory the book looks at the relationship between game design and other disciplines to create a toolbox of modern tools for game designers. It covers archetypes praxeology behavioural game design and emotional game design. Covering a wide breadth of content the book includes chapters on: Documentation Production Evaluation Analysis and Marketing tools This book will be of great interest to students on game design courses as well as early-career game designers and those looking to break into the industry. It will also be of interest to more experienced game designers looking for new game design tools. | Game Design Tools Cognitive Psychological and Practical Approaches

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Game Theory A Modeling Approach

Game Theory A Modeling Approach

Game Theory: A Modeling Approach quickly moves readers through the fundamental ideas of the subject to enable them to engage in creative modeling projects based on game theoretic concepts. The authors match conclusions to real-world scenarios and applications. The text engages students in active learning group work in-class discussions and interactive simulations. Each chapter provides foundation pieces or adds more features to help readers build game theoretic models. The chapters include definitions concepts and illustrative examples. The text will engage and challenge both undergraduate and graduate students. Features:Enables readers to apply game theorty to real-world scenariosChapters can be used for core course materials or independent stuidesExercises included at the end of the chapters follow the order of the sections in the textSelect answers and solutions are found at the end of the bookSolutions manual for instructors is available from the authors | Game Theory A Modeling Approach

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The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Testing

The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Testing

Want to work as a games tester in the video games industry? Then this is the book for you. This book provides all the essential information and guidance you need to understand the industry and get your foot in the door. This book covers everything from the education you’ll need how to look for and apply for job opportunities and the studio interview process itself. It also includes advice for what to do once you’re in the role with chapters covering how to write a bug report and creating test plans as well as interviews with top tips from experts in the industry. This book will be of great interest for all beginner and aspiring games QA testers looking to build their career. | The Pocket Mentor for Video Game Testing

GBP 29.99
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The Pocket Mentor for Game Community Management

The Pocket Mentor for Game Community Management

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 this guide offers a comprehensive introduction to building and nurturing vibrant gaming communities fostering engagement and handling challenges along the way. This book covers everything from the education you’ll need how to look for and apply for job opportunities and the studio interview process itself. It also includes tips and advice for what to do once you’re in the role with chapters covering strategy project management accessibility and dealing with trolls and toxicity. This book features insights from interviews with dozens of community managers distilling their expertise into actionable advice. Drawing from recent job listings and seasoned community professionals’ experiences it offers a comprehensive skill set that reflects the dynamic demands of community jobs in the gaming industry. This book will be of great interest to all beginner and aspiring games community managers. | The Pocket Mentor for Game Community Management

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The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

The Multiplayer Classroom: Game Plans is a companion to The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game now in its second edition from CRC Press. This book covers four multiplayer classroom projects played in the real world in real time to teach and entertain. They were funded by grants or institutions collaborations between Lee Sheldon as writer/designer and subject matter experts in various fields. They are written to be accessible to anyone-designer educator or layperson-interested in game-based learning. The subjects are increasingly relevant in this day and age: physical fitness Mandarin cybersecurity and especially an online class exploring culture and identity on the internet that is unlike any online class you have ever seen. Read the annotated often-suspenseful stories of how each game with its unique challenges thrills and spills was built. Lee Sheldon began his writing career in television as a writer-producer eventually writing more than 200 shows ranging from Charlie’s Angels (writer) to Edge of Night (head writer) to Star Trek: The Next Generation (writer-producer). Having written and designed more than forty commercial and applied video games Lee spearheaded the first full writing for games concentration in North America at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the second writing concentration at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He is a regular lecturer and consultant on game design and writing in the United States and abroad. His most recent commercial game the award-winning The Lion’s Song is currently on Steam. For the past two years he consulted on an escape room in a box funded by NASA that gives visitors to hundreds of science museums and planetariums the opportunity to play colonizers on the moon. He is currently writing his second mystery novel. | The Multiplayer Classroom Game Plans

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Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Character Behavior

Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Character Behavior

Steve Rabin’s Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Character Behavior gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous three Game AI Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology that covers character behavior in game AI. This volume is complete with articles by leading game AI programmers that focus on individual AI behavior such as character interactions modelling knowledge efficient simulation difficulty balancing and making decisions with case studies from both commercial and indie games. Key Features Provides real-life case studies of game AI in published commercial games Material by top developers and researchers in Game AI Downloadable demos and/or source code available online

GBP 39.99
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Freelance Video Game Writing The Life & Business of the Digital Mercenary for Hire

Freelance Video Game Writing The Life & Business of the Digital Mercenary for Hire

In the competitive world of video game writing and narrative design developers are losing permanent positions while freelancing careers are on the rise. Many developers don’t understand how to seize these freelancing opportunities such as understanding the business of freelancing how to go about finding work how to establish strong relationships with clients and how to sustain themselves as freelancers. Freelance Video Game Writing: The Life & Business of the Digital Mercenary for Hire offers developers guidance on achieving their freelancing goals as telecommuters. Dr. Toiya Kristen Finley presents practical insight into the profession and how to further enhance your freelancing business whether you are a newcomer in the field or an experienced freelancer. Key Features: Two sections covering the life of the freelancer and the freelance business Fifteen interviews from narrative designers game writers and other developers on topics from maintaining a healthy work–life balance to figuring out your rates to working a full-time job and freelancing on the side A comprehensive list of definitions with which freelancers need to be familiar Exercises to help augment your understanding of freelancing and improve your business | Freelance Video Game Writing The Life & Business of the Digital Mercenary for Hire

GBP 35.99
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Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Movement and Pathfinding

Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Movement and Pathfinding

Steve Rabin’s Game AI Pro 360: Guide to Movement and Pathfinding gathers all the cutting-edge information from his previous three Game AI Pro volumes into a convenient single source anthology covering movement and pathfinding in game AI. This volume is complete with articles by leading game AI programmers that explore better ways to smooth paths avoid obstacles and navigate 3D space with cutting-edge techniques. Key Features Provides real-life case studies of game AI in published commercial games Material by top developers and researchers in Game AI Downloadable demos and/or source code available online

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Building a Game Pitch How to Bottle Lightning

Building a Game Pitch How to Bottle Lightning

Based on the PocketGamer MasterClass Building a Pitch: From Concept to Document (2021) a decade’s worth of industry experience and numerous industry-level pitches for a variety of organisations including Mediatonic Epic Games and GDC this book will equip you with methodologies best practices and insights around video game pitch design. It will guide you through a step-by-step process from initial conceptualisation and idea validation to communicating your pitches on paper clearly and effectively –as well as illustrating why such a process can be highly valuable. In a day and age where video game development is more competitive than ever the value and importance of lightning in a bottle pitches has never been higher: foundational visions capable of delivering video games that stand apart from the crowd as industry-renowned titles generating immense critical or commercial success which (after the awe has abated) usually triggers the same internal question –why didn’t I think of that!? As such this book will cover: How video game pitches can determine the success potential of a video game How to conceptualise unique and compelling ideas for a video game How to validate your ideas to better determine whether they are capable of becoming lightning in a bottle experiences –or even worth prototyping How to structure format and write a video game pitch in a manner that not only helps you better expand upon and understand your own pitch but also makes it easier for others to understand and buy into This book will be of great interest to both seasoned and early-career game designers students studying game design courses and start-up founders seeking investment. | Building a Game Pitch How to Bottle Lightning

GBP 32.99
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Game Design Deep Dive Role Playing Games

Game Design Deep Dive Role Playing Games

Game Design Critic Josh Bycer is back with another entry in the Game Design Deep Dive series to discuss the Role-Playing Game genre. Arguably one of the most recognizable in the industry today what is and what isn’t an RPG has changed over the years. From the origins in the tabletop market to now having its design featured all over it is one of the most popular genres to draw inspiration from and build games around. This is a genre that looks easy from the outside to make but requires understanding a variety of topics to do right. A breakdown of RPG mechanics and systems perfect for anyone wanting to study or make one themselves The history of the genre – from tabletop beginnings to its worldwide appeal The reach of the genre – a look at just some of the many different takes on RPGs that have grown over the past 40 years An examination of how RPG systems can be combined with other designs to create brand new takes | Game Design Deep Dive Role Playing Games

GBP 38.99
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The Board Game Designer's Guide to Careers in the Industry

The Board Game Designer's Guide to Careers in the Industry

Are you thinking about working in the board game industry? Here’s what you need to know. There are so many jobs and roles that need to be filled in the board game industry. You might just have the right skills and experience to excel. But first you need to know what opportunities exist and what the hardest gaps are to fill! In this book you’ll discover • What jobs are really in demand • How you can get your foot in the door with a publisher • Jobs in the industry you’ve never even thought of • What other opportunities exist for people with skills just like yours With insights from over 40 industry pros as well as the author’s many years of experience you’ll be able to put your own skills and experience to great use in an amazing growing industry. | The Board Game Designer's Guide to Careers in the Industry

GBP 34.99
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AI for Games

AI for Games

What is artificial intelligence? How is artificial intelligence used in game development? Game development lives in its own technical world. It has its own idioms skills and challenges. That’s one of the reasons games are so much fun to work on. Each game has its own rules its own aesthetic and its own trade-offs and the hardware it will run on keeps changing. AI for Games is designed to help you understand one element of game development: artificial intelligence (AI).

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AI for Games Third Edition

AI for Games Third Edition

AI is an integral part of every video game and this book helps game developers keep up with the constantly evolving technological advances to create robust AI. The authors draw on their considerable experience and uses case studies from real games to provide a complete reference. Also included are exercises so readers can test their comprehension and understanding of the concepts and practices presented. This revised and updated Third Edition includes new techniques algorithms data structures and representations needed to create powerful AI in games. It helps experienced game developers learn new techniques and provides students with a solid understanding of game AI that will help them jumpstart their careers. | AI for Games Third Edition

GBP 38.99
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AI for Sports

AI for Sports

It seems that artificial intelligence (AI) is always just five years away but it never arrives. Recently however developments have made the practical utility of game theory a genuine reality. Will sport provide the petri dish in which AI will prove itself? What do domain specialists like managers and coaches want to know that they can’t currently find out and can AI provide the answer? What competitive advantages might AI provide for recruitment performance and tactics health and fitness pedagogy broadcasting eSports gambling and stadium design in the future? Written by leading experts in both sports management and AI AI for Sports begins to answer these and many other questions on the future of AI for sports.

GBP 22.99
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Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games

Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games

This book is a theoretical and practical deep dive into the craft of worldbuilding for video games with an explicit focus on how different job disciplines contribute to worldbuilding. In addition to providing lenses for recognizing the various components in creating fictional and digital worlds the author positions worldbuilding as a reciprocal and dynamic process a process which acknowledges that worldbuilding is both created by and instrumental in the design of narrative gameplay art audio and more. Collaborative Worldbuilding for Video Games encourages mutual respect and collaboration among teams and provides game writers and narrative designers tools for effectively incorporating other job roles into their own worldbuilding practice and vice versa. Features: Provides in-depth exploration of worldbuilding via respective job disciplines Deep dives and case studies into a variety of games both AAA and indie Includes boxed articles for deeper interrogation and exploration of key ideas Contains templates and checklists for practical tips on worldbuilding

GBP 38.99
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Cardiovascular Physiology A Text and E-Resource for Active Learning

Cardiovascular Physiology A Text and E-Resource for Active Learning

Cardiovascular disease remains the chief cause of mortality and morbidity in adults in many parts of the world and diagnosis and treatment is increasingly based on cellular intracellular and molecular parameters as well as systems analysis. Consequently it is vital that medical students learn the fundamental physiology of the cardiovascular system. This book along with its interactive electronic learning modules breathes life into the subject with animations videos and game-like decision-making. | Cardiovascular Physiology A Text and E-Resource for Active Learning

GBP 39.99
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The Science of Soccer

The Science of Soccer

Updated and revised throughout this new edition of The Science of Soccer applies scientific analysis to football giving us the answers to questions like what's the chance of a team that wins the Premiership also winning the Cup? Can you predict how many goals will be scored? What's the best height for footballers? Is the team that wins the league the best team? Starting with a qualitative description of the basic physics that relate to the ball and its bounce the author then moves through kicks and throws to a simple account of the more complex physics of a ball in flight. Fulfilling your scientific curiosity this book uncovers aspects of the game that are not normally discussed. It includes a look at game theory how the rules affect the flow and enjoyment of the game unusual statistics about players and an insight into the economics of the game. For those with a more mathematical interest in the physics the final chapter provides a readable account of the theory behind the beautiful game. Features: Accessible to anyone interested in understanding more about the science behind the sport Updated throughout with new content on transfer fees wages and the top goal-scorers Discusses topics not explored in current literature including rudimentary game theory

GBP 21.99
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Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems From the Viewpoint of Close-Loop

Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems From the Viewpoint of Close-Loop

Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems: From the Viewpoint of Close-Loop provides a comprehensive technical guide on up-to-date new secure defending theories and technologies novel design and systematic understanding of secure architecture with practical applications. The book consists of 10 chapters which are divided into three parts. The first three chapters extensively introduce secure state estimation technologies providing a systematic presentation on the latest progress in security issues regarding state estimation. The next five chapters focus on the design of secure feedback control technologies in industrial control systems displaying an extraordinary difference from that of traditional secure defending approaches from the viewpoint of network and communication. The last two chapters elaborate on the systematic secure control architecture and algorithms for various concrete application scenarios. The authors provide detailed descriptions on attack model and strategy analysis intrusion detection secure state estimation and control game theory in closed-loop systems and various cyber security applications. The book is useful to anyone interested in secure theories and technologies for industrial control systems. | Cyber Security for Industrial Control Systems From the Viewpoint of Close-Loop

GBP 42.99
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One-Week Dungeons Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge

One-Week Dungeons Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge

An entertaining race-against-time narrative. —Kobo review A fast-paced look into seven-day roguelikes something so niche most people wouldn't have heard about but the book is well written and shows how important it is to get your thoughts down so you can sort out your ideas. —Goodreads review Eleven game designers. Eight grand ideas. Seven days to will them into reality. Every year programmers around the world compete in the 7-day roguelike challenge or 7DRL a weeklong game jam where participants endeavor to design and program a roguelike role-playing game. Their obstacles: day jobs family responsibilities sleep deprivation and visionary concepts too big for 168 hours to contain. Told over a series of daily journal logs One-Week Dungeons: Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge chronicles the journeys of eleven 7DRL participants as they race to build their dream games before the clock expires. David L. Craddock writes fiction nonfiction and grocery lists. He is the author of over a dozen nonfiction books about video game development and culture including the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series and Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man Mortal Kombat and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room and fiction for young adults including The Dumpster Club and Heritage: Book One of the Gairden Chronicles. Find him online @davidlcraddock on Twitter. | One-Week Dungeons Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge

GBP 28.99
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AI for Arts

AI for Arts

AI for Arts is a book for anyone fascinated by the man–machine connection an unstoppable evolution that is intertwining us with technology in an ever-greater degree and where there is an increasing concern that it will be technology that comes out on top. Thus presented here through perhaps its most esoteric form namely art this unfolding conundrum is brought to its apex. What is left of us humans if artificial intelligence also surpasses us when it comes to art? The articulation of an artificial intelligence art manifesto is long overdue so hopefully this book can fill a gap that will have repercussions not only for aesthetic and philosophical considerations but possibly more so for the development of artificial intelligence.

GBP 22.99
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AI for School Teachers

AI for School Teachers

What is artificial intelligence? Can I realistically use it in my school? What’s best done by human intelligence vs. artificial intelligence and how do I bring these strengths together? What would it look like for me and my school to be AI Ready? AI for School Teachers will help teachers and headteachers understand enough about AI to build a strategy for how it can be used in their school. Examining the needs of schools to ensure they are ready to leverage the power of AI and drawing examples from early years to high school students this book outlines the educational implications and benefits that AI brings to school education in practical ways. It develops an understanding of what AI is and isn't and how we define and measure what we value and provides a framework which supports a step-by-step approach to developing an AI mindset focusing on ways to improve educational opportunities for students with evidence-informed interventions.

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AI for Diversity

AI for Diversity

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly impacting many aspects of people’s lives across the globe from relatively mundane technology to more advanced digital systems that can make their own decisions. While AI has great potential it also holds great peril depending on how it is designed and used. AI for Diversity questions how AI technology can lead to inclusion or exclusion for diverse groups in society. The way data is selected trained used and embedded into societies can have unfortunate consequences unless we critically investigate the dangers of systems left unchecked and can lead to misogynistic homophobic racist ageist transphobic or ableist outcomes. This book encourages the reader to take a step back to see how AI is impacting diverse groups of people and how diversity-awareness strategies can impact AI.

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