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Pro Android Games

Apress, 2009

Do you remember landmark games like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Asteroids? Well, here’s an exciting opportunity to build and/or port these games to one of the hottest mobile and netbooks platforms today: Google’s Android.

Pro Android Games teaches you how to build cool games like Space Blaster and...

Flash 5 Cartoons and Games f/x and Design

Coriolis Group Books, 2001

There was a time when making an animated film meant, at the very least, a huge investment in time and equipment. Flash 5 Cartoons and Games demonstrates how things have changed, teaching a new generation of animators that all you really need is an ordinary PC or Mac and Macromedia's Flash authoring program.

Diverse and powerful,...

What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies and Social Media

Jossey-Bass, 2011

Educational technology experts explain how to best integrate technology into K-12 schools, from blogs, wikis and podcasts to online learning, open-source courseware, and educational gaming to social networking, online mind-mapping, and using mobile phones.

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Windows 10 Guidebook: A tour into the future of computing

Jublo IT Solutions, 2015

Windows 10 is really easy to use with this guide – for Windows insiders upgrading from Windows 7 or 8.1 to Windows 10, as well as for first-time users that want to learn about the operating system basics.
Chapters 1 and 2 present the new and changed features in Windows 10. Furthermore, we describe what you have to watch...

Programming Linux Games

No Starch Press, 2001

Programming Linux Games discusses important multimedia toolkits (including a very thorough discussion of the Simple DirectMedia Layer) and teaches the basics of Linux game programming. Readers learn about the state of the Linux gaming world, and how to write and distribute Linux games to the Linux gaming community.

This book is...

Professional XMPP Programming with JavaScript and jQuery (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)

Wrox Press, 2010

Create real-time, highly interactive apps quickly with the powerful XMPP protocol

XMPP is a robust protocol used for a wide range of applications, including instant messaging, multi-user chat, voice and video conferencing, collaborative spaces, real-time gaming, data synchronization, and search. This book teaches you how to harness the...

Developing Serious Games (Game Development Series)

Charles River, 2006

With the impressive growth the games industry has enjoyed for the past decade, game developers, educators, and marketing firms are excitedly envisioning serious games applications for computer game technologies. These applications- serious games- represent opportunities for game developers to apply their talents to areas outside of the...

Game Design: Theory and Practice

Wordware Publishing, 2001

One of the most important but least discussed elements of a computer game is the gameplay that makes a game compelling and entertaining. Game Design: Theory & Practice focuses on this elusive topic and how you can ensure your title has the best gameplay possible. Richard Rouse discusses in detail key game design topics including game balancing,...

Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition

Apress, 2008

Gain a fundamental understanding of Python’s syntax and features with the second edition of Beginning Python, an up–to–date introduction and practical reference. Covering a wide array of Python–related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web...

Practical Tinker Board: Getting Started and Building Projects with the ASUS Single-Board Computer

Apress, 2018

Get started with the ASUS Tinker Board and begin building and expanding your own projects. This book covers the basic operating systems offered by ASUS for the Tinker Board and Tinker Board S, TinkerOS and Android, and then dives deeper into its capabilities for projects; such as a music streamer or a weather display with...

XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide - Visual Basic Edition

Packt Publishing, 2011

The Microsoft XNA Framework provides a powerful set of tools to allow development teams of any size, from the individual developer to larger independent teams, to rapidly develop high-performance quality games for multiple Microsoft-related platforms.

This book will present a series of video games, utilizing Visual Basic and...

Generation Xbox: How Videogames Invaded Hollywood

Yellow Ant Media Ltd, 2012

Hollywood is under attack from videogames. Movies defined the 20th century but games are now pushing them aside as the medium that captures our time, fascination and money. Generation Xbox digs into the love-hate relationship between games and cinema that has led us to this point. It's a story of disaster, triumph and Angelia Jolie in hot...

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