• Design and develop interactive and professional user interfaces (UIs) for games in Unity
• Discover how to implement and deal with various in-game UI elements that will impress your players
• This practical recipe guide will help you to efficiently create powerful and remarkable UIs...

Learn the pros and the cons of the most frequently used distros in order to find the one that is right for you. You will explore each distro step by step, so that you don't have to endure hours of web surfing, countless downloads, becoming confused by new concepts and, in the worst cases, reading complex and marathon installation guides....

As the interconnectivity between humans through technical devices is becoming ubiquitous, the next step is already in the making: ambient intelligence, i.e. smart (technical) environments, which will eventually play the same active role in communication as the human players, leading to a co-evolution in all domains where real-time...

• Unlock and discover how to tackle clusters of raw data through practical examples in R
• Explore your data and create your own models from scratch
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This book introduces the latest visual effects (VFX) techniques that can be applied to game programming. The usefulness of the physicality-based VFX techniques, such as water, fire, smoke, and wind, has been proven through active involvement and utilization in movies and images. However, they have yet to be extensively applied in the game...

• Learn game architecture and design patterns with concrete examples using proper software engineering principles
• Save time and money with this handy reference...

With computer hacking attacks making headline news on a frequent occasion, it is time for companies and individuals to take a more active stance in securing their computer systems. Kali Linux is an Ethical Hacking platform that allows good guys to use the same tools and techniques that a hacker would use so they can find issues with their...

• Learn patterns, practices, and the terminology of Identity Management
• Learn how to install OpenAM 10.x
• Protect web and application servers using policy agents
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