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Surviving Game School...and the Game Industry After That

Surviving Game School...and the Game Industry After That

Surviving Game School speaks about what to expect in a top game design or game development college program and what to expect once students get out. Making games is not at all the same as playing games. Uncommonly blunt the book reveals the rigors – and the joys – of working in this industry. Along the way the book touches on themes of time management creativity teamwork and burnout. The authors explore the impact working in the game industry can have on personal relationships and family life. The book closes with advice about life’s goals and building and keeping a sensible balance between work and everything else. Key Features: What you can expect from a top college Game Design Program from an experienced college professor What to expect while working in the games industry from 25-year veteran game developer. How to find an industry job after gaining a relevant college degree How to build and maintain a satisfying career in the games industry | Surviving Game School…and the Game Industry After That

GBP 46.99
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Twists Tilings and Tessellations Mathematical Methods for Geometric Origami

Twists Tilings and Tessellations Mathematical Methods for Geometric Origami

Twists Tilings and Tessellation describes the underlying principles and mathematics of the broad and exciting field of abstract and mathematical origami most notably the field of origami tessellations. It contains folding instructions underlying principles mathematical concepts and many beautiful photos of the latest work in this fast-expanding field. | Twists Tilings and Tessellations Mathematical Methods for Geometric Origami

GBP 66.99
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The Handbook of Integration

The Handbook of Integration

This book is a compilation of the most important and widely applicable methods for evaluating and approximating integrals. It is an indispensable time saver for engineers and scientists needing to evaluate integrals in their work. From the table of contents: - Applications of Integration - Concepts and Definitions - Exact Analytical Methods - Approximate Analytical Methods - Numerical Methods: Concepts - Numerical Methods: Techniques | The Handbook of Integration

GBP 59.99
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Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays Volume 1

Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays Volume 1

This classic on games and how to play them intelligently is being re-issued in a new four volume edition. This book has laid the foundation to a mathematical approach to playing games. The wise authors wield witty words which wangle wonderfully winning ways. In Volume 1 the authors do the Spade Work presenting theories and techniques to dissect games of varied structures and formats in order to develop winning strategies. | Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays Volume 1

GBP 180.00
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Production Volume Rendering Design and Implementation

Production Volume Rendering Design and Implementation

Due to limited publicly available software and lack of documentation those involved with production volume rendering often have to start from scratch creating the necessary elements to make their system work. Production Volume Rendering: Design and Implementation provides the first full account of volume rendering techniques used for feature animation and visual effects production. It covers the theoretical underpinnings as well as the implementation of a working renderer. The book offers two paths toward understanding production volume rendering. It describes:Modern production volume rendering techniques in a generic context explaining how the techniques fit together and how the modules are used to achieve real-world goalsImplementation of the techniques showing how to translate abstract concepts into concrete working code and how the ideas work together to create a complete systemAs an introduction to the field and an overview of current techniques and algorithms this book is a valuable source of information for programmers technical directors artists and anyone else interested in how production volume rendering works. Web ResourceThe scripts data and source code for the book’s renderer are freely available at https://github. com/pvrbook/pvr. Readers can see how the code is implemented and acquire a practical understanding of how various design considerations impact scalability extensibility generality and performance. | Production Volume Rendering Design and Implementation

GBP 46.99
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Game Development Tools

Game Development Tools

This book brings the insights of game professionals DCC creators hardware vendors and current researchers together into a collection that focuses on the most underrepresented and critical part of game production: tools development. The first gems-type book dedicated to game tools this volume focuses on practical implementable tools for game development professionals. Topics range from asset tracking to improving remote version control performance to robust and efficient IO. Technical artists as well as game play audio and graphics programmers will find new tools to improve work flow and help build games faster. | Game Development Tools

GBP 175.00
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From Trotsky to Gödel The Life of Jean van Heijenoort

From Trotsky to Gödel The Life of Jean van Heijenoort

This story of a highly intelligent observer of the turbulent 20th century who was intimately involved as the secretary and bodyguard to Leon Trotsky is based on extensive interviews with the subject Jean van Heijenoort and his family friends and colleagues. The author has captured the personal drama and the professional life of her protagonist-ranging from the political passion of a young intellectual to the scientific and historic work in the most abstract and yet philosophically important area of logic-in a very readable narrative. | From Trotsky to Gödel The Life of Jean van Heijenoort

GBP 180.00
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Blender for Animation and Film-Based Production

Blender for Animation and Film-Based Production

See Why Blender Is Right for Your Studio‘s Pipeline Blender for Animation and Film-Based Production explores why Blender is ideal for animation films. It demonstrates Blender‘s capability to do the job in each production department. Whether you are a beginner or more advanced user you‘ll see why Blender should be taken into consideration in animation and film production. This Blender reference will help you: Manage your projects from start to finish Understand the different stages in any animation production See how studios work and develop their animation projects Describing the versatility and power of Blender the book shows you why studios should incorporate Blender in their pipeline. It avoids tedious tutorials and incomprehensible examples. Instead the book guides you toward finding efficient solutions for issues with your production files or pipeline. It familiarizes you with the animation industry and explores the risks involved in choosing Blender as a primary tool in animation studios.

GBP 175.00
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Miracles Mystics Mathematicians Searching for Deep Reality

Miracles Mystics Mathematicians Searching for Deep Reality

Miracles Mystics Mathematicians: Searching for Deep Reality focuses on the lives and writings of some of history’s most influential mathematicians and the impact that their mystical beliefs had on their lives and on their mathematical work. Modern biographers often cleanse the lives of renowned scientists of any hint of mysticism or occultism. Such threads are sometimes regarded as relics of the superstitious past; flaws that need to be hushed up marginalized or reinterpreted. This book represents a minor attempt to push back against this tendency and to examine these aspects of the history of mathematics with seriousness and intellectual curiosity. Features A breadth of scope covering many centuries Suitable for anyone interested in mathematics history philosophy paranormal phenomena psi-research mysticism or in any combination of the above An almost unique account of known histories examined from a new vantage point Sasho Kalajdzievski is a Senior Scholar in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Manitoba. | Miracles Mystics Mathematicians Searching for Deep Reality

GBP 44.99
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The Art of Fluid Animation

The Art of Fluid Animation

Fluid simulation is a computer graphic used to develop realistic animation of liquids in modern games. The Art of Fluid Animation describes visually rich techniques for creating fluid-like animations that do not require advanced physics or mathematical skills. It explains how to create fluid animations like water smoke fire and explosions through computer code in a fun manner. The book presents concepts that drive fluid animation and gives a historical background of the computation of fluids. It covers many research areas that include stable fluid simulation flows on surfaces and control of flows. It also gives one-paragraph summaries of the material after each section for reinforcement. This book includes computer code that readers can download and run on several platforms so they can extend their work beyond what is described in the book. The material provided here is designed to serve as a starting point for aspiring programmers to begin creating their own programs using fluid animation.

GBP 175.00
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Complex Dynamics Families and Friends

Complex Dynamics Families and Friends

Complex Dynamics: Families and Friends features contributions by many of the leading mathematicians in the field such as Mikhail Lyubich John Milnor Mitsuhiro Shishikura and William Thurston. Some of the chapters including an introduction by Thurston to the general subject of complex dynamics are classic manuscripts that were never published before but have influenced the field for more than two decades. Other chapters contain fresh original work and bring readers to the current frontier of research. The title reflects the fruitful interplay between diverse mathematical fields bound together by the common theme of complex dynamics including hyperbolic geometry number theory group theory combinatorics general dynamics and many more. At the same time the title alludes to the spirit of mathematical friendship among the researchers in this area. This book is a tribute to John Hubbard one of the most inspiring pioneers in the field of complex dynamics. | Complex Dynamics Families and Friends

GBP 59.99
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Origami 5 Fifth International Meeting of Origami Science Mathematics and Education

Origami 5 Fifth International Meeting of Origami Science Mathematics and Education

Origami5 continues in the excellent tradition of its four previous incarnations documenting work presented at an extraordinary series of meetings that explored the connections between origami mathematics science technology education and other academic fields. The fifth such meeting 5OSME (July 13-17 2010 Singapore Management University) followed the precedent previous meetings to explore the interdisciplinary connections between origami and the real world. This book begins with a section on origami history art and design. It is followed by sections on origami in education and origami science engineering and technology and culminates with a section on origami mathematics the pairing that inspired the original meeting. Within this one volume you will find a broad selection of historical information artists descriptions of their processes various perspectives and approaches to the use of origami in education mathematical tools for origami design applications of folding in engineering and technology as well as original and cutting-edge research on the mathematical underpinnings of origami. | Origami 5 Fifth International Meeting of Origami Science Mathematics and Education

GBP 175.00
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Origami Design Secrets Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art Second Edition

Origami Design Secrets Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art Second Edition

The magnum opus of one of the worlds leading origami artists the second edition of Origami Design Secrets reveals the underlying concepts of origami and how to create original origami designs. Containing step-by-step instructions for 26 models this book is not just an origami cookbook or list of instructions it introduces the fundamental building blocks of origami building up to advanced methods such as the combination of uniaxial bases the circle/river method and tree theory. With corrections and improved illustrations this new expanded edition also covers uniaxial box pleating introduces the new design technique of hex pleating and describes methods of generalizing polygon packing to arbitrary angles. With coverage spanning the foundations of origami construction and advanced methods using both paper and pencil and custom-built free software Origami Design Secrets helps readers cultivate the intuition and skills necessary to develop their own designs. It takes them beyond merely following a recipe to crafting a work of art. | Origami Design Secrets Mathematical Methods for an Ancient Art Second Edition

GBP 175.00
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Experimental Design From User Studies to Psychophysics

Experimental Design From User Studies to Psychophysics

As computers proliferate and as the field of computer graphics matures it has become increasingly important for computer scientists to understand how users perceive and interpret computer graphics. Experimental Design: From User Studies to Psychophysics is an accessible introduction to psychological experiments and experimental design covering the major components in the design execution and analysis of perceptual studies. The book begins with an introduction to the concepts central to designing and understanding experiments including developing a research question setting conditions and controls and balancing specificity with generality. The book then explores in detail a number of types of experimental tasks: free description rating scales forced-choice specialized multiple choice and real-world tasks as well as physiological studies. It discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each type and provides examples of that type of experiment from the authors’ own work. The book also covers stimulus-related issues including popular stimulus resources. It concludes with a thorough examination of statistical techniques for analyzing results including methods specific to individual tasks. | Experimental Design From User Studies to Psychophysics

GBP 59.99
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Level Design Processes and Experiences

Level Design Processes and Experiences

In this book veteran game developers academics journalists and others provide their processes and experiences with level design. Each provides a unique perspective representing multiple steps of the process for interacting with and creating game levels – experiencing levels designing levels constructing levels and testing levels. These diverse perspectives offer readers a window into the thought processes that result in memorable open game worlds chilling horror environments computer-generated levels evocative soundscapes and many other types of gamespaces. This collection invites readers into the minds of professional designers as they work and provides evergreen topics on level design and game criticism to inspire both new and veteran designers. Key Features: Learn about the processes of experienced developers and level designers in their own words Discover best-practices for creating levels for persuasive play and designing collaboratively Offers analysis methods for better understanding game worlds and how they function in response to gameplay Find your own preferred method of level design by learning the processes of multiple industry veterans | Level Design Processes and Experiences

GBP 48.99
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Game Design Workshop A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games Fourth Edition

Game Design Workshop A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games Fourth Edition

This book helps you to create the digital games you love to play using a non-technical approach to game design without the need for programming or artistic experience. Award-winning author Tracy Fullerton demystifies the creative process with clear and accessible guidance on the formal and dramatic systems of game design. Using examples of popular games illustrations of design techniques and refined exercises to strengthen your understanding of how game systems function the book gives you the skills and tools necessary to create a compelling and engaging game. This fully updated 4th edition includes expanded coverage of new platforms and genres of play including casual games and games for learning. It expands on agile development processes and includes a host of new perspectives from top industry game designers. Game Design Workshop puts you to work prototyping playtesting and revising your own games with time-tested methods and tools. These skills will provide the foundation for your career in any facet of the game industry including design producing programming and visual design. | Game Design Workshop A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games Fourth Edition

GBP 52.99
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Game Anim Video Game Animation Explained

Game Anim Video Game Animation Explained

What makes the difference between great video game animation and the purely functional and how does this relatively new medium of non-linear animation creation differ from the more traditional fields of film and television? This book de-mystifies the animation side of game development explaining every step of the process while providing valuable insights and work philosophies for creating the best game animation for beginners and professionals alike. Taking readers through a complete game production this book provides a clear understanding of expectations of the game animator at every stage featuring game animation fundamentals and how they fit within an overall project to offer a holistic approach to the field of game animation. Key Features Accumulated knowledge based on nearly two decades of insightful experience in all areas of video game animation. Establishes the fundamentals of creating great video game animation and how to achieve them. A step-by-step explanation of every stage of a game production from the animator’s perspective. Readers should come away with an understanding of the expectations of a video game animator. | Game Anim Video Game Animation Explained

GBP 140.00
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The Art of Game Design A Book of Lenses Third Edition

The Art of Game Design A Book of Lenses Third Edition

The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board card and athletic games also work in top-quality video games. Good game design happens when you view your game from as many perspectives as possible and award-winning author Jesse Schell presents over 100 sets of questions to ask yourself as you build play and change your game until you finalise your design. This latest third edition includes examples from new VR and AR platforms as well as from modern games such as Uncharted 4 and The Last of Us Free to Play games hybrid games transformational games and more. Whatever your role in video game development an understanding of the principles of game design will make you better at what you do. For over 10 years this book has provided inspiration and guidance to budding and experienced game designers - helping to make better games faster. | The Art of Game Design A Book of Lenses Third Edition

GBP 56.99
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Misteaks. . . and how to find them before the teacher does. . . A Calculus Supplement 3rd Edition

Misteaks. . . and how to find them before the teacher does. . . A Calculus Supplement 3rd Edition

An unusual supplement to every calculus textbook Misteaks and How to Find Them before the Teacher Does is popular with students and teachers alike. Teachers love the way it encourages students to truly think about mathematics rather than simply plugging numbers into equations to crank out answers and students love the author's straightforward tongue-in-cheek style. The title of this light-hearted and amusing book might well have been Going Gray in Elementary Calculus and How to Avoid it. Changing the metaphor Barry has hit the nail on the finger in hundreds of fine examples. Philip J. Davis coauthor of The Mathematical Experience. How I wish that something like this had been available when I was a student! -Ralph P. Boas former editor of The American Mathematical Monthly. Bonus: Solution to LeWitt Puzzle | Misteaks. and how to find them before the teacher does. A Calculus Supplement 3rd Edition

GBP 170.00
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Data Sketches A journey of imagination exploration and beautiful data visualizations

Data Sketches A journey of imagination exploration and beautiful data visualizations

In Data Sketches Nadieh Bremer and Shirley Wu document the deeply creative process behind 24 unique data visualization projects and they combine this with powerful technical insights which reveal the mindset behind coding creatively. Exploring 12 different themes – from the Olympics to Presidents & Royals and from Movies to Myths & Legends – each pair of visualizations explores different technologies and forms blurring the boundary between visualization as an exploratory tool and an artform in its own right. This beautiful book provides an intimate behind-the-scenes account of all 24 projects and shares the authors’ personal notes and drafts every step of the way. The book features: Detailed information on data gathering sketching and coding data visualizations for the web with screenshots of works-in-progress and reproductions from the authors’ notebooks Never-before-published technical write-ups with beginner-friendly explanations of core data visualization concepts Practical lessons based on the data and design challenges overcome during each project Full-color pages showcasing all 24 final data visualizations This book is perfect for anyone interested or working in data visualization and information design and especially those who want to take their work to the next level and are inspired by unique and compelling data-driven storytelling. | Data Sketches A journey of imagination exploration and beautiful data visualizations

GBP 39.99
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Student Handbook for Discrete Mathematics with Ducks SRRSLEH

Student Handbook for Discrete Mathematics with Ducks SRRSLEH

Student Handbook for Discrete Mathematics with Ducks is a Student Reference Review Supplemental Learning and Example Handbook (SRRSLEH) that mirrors the content of the author‘s popular textbook Discrete Mathematics with Ducks (DMwD). This handbook provides a review of key material illustrative examples and new problems with accompanying solutions that are helpful even for those using a traditional discrete mathematics textbook. Every chapter in SRRSLEH matches the corresponding chapter of DMwD. Chapters in SRRSLEH contain the following: A list of the notation introduced in the corresponding chapter A list of definitions that students need to know from the corresponding chapter Theorems/facts of note appearing in the corresponding chapter A list of proof techniques introduced with templates and/or examples given for each one A selection of examples from DMwD written out formally and briefly rather than colloquially as in DMwD A quick refresher for any discrete math student this handbook enables students to find information easily and reminds them of the terms and results they should know during their course. Read reviews of DMwD. | Student Handbook for Discrete Mathematics with Ducks SRRSLEH

GBP 180.00
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Situational Game Design

Situational Game Design

Situational Design lays out a new methodology for designing and critiquing videogames. While most game design books focus on games as formal systems Situational Design concentrates squarely on player experience. It looks at how playfulness is not a property of a game considered in isolation but rather the result of the intersection of a game with an appropriate player. Starting from simple concepts the book advances step-by-step to build up a set of practical tools for designing player-centric playful situations. While these tools provide a fresh perspective on familiar design challenges as well as those overlooked by more transactional design paradigms. Key Features Introduces a new methodology of game design that concentrates on moment-to-moment player experience Provides practical design heuristics for designing playful situations in all types of games Offers groundbreaking techniques for designing non-interactive play spaces Teaches designers how to create games that function as performances Provides a roadmap for the evolution of games as an art form. | Situational Game Design

GBP 44.99
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3D Origami Art

3D Origami Art

Easily Create Origami with Curved Folds and Surfaces Origami making shapes only through folding reveals a fascinating area of geometry woven with a variety of representations. The world of origami has progressed dramatically since the advent of computer programs to perform the necessary computations for origami design. 3D Origami Art presents the design methods underlying 3D creations derived from computation. It includes numerous photos and design drawings called crease patterns which are available for download on the author‘s website. Through the book‘s clear figures and descriptions readers can easily create geometric 3D structures out of a set of lines and curves drawn on a 2D plane. The author uses various shapes of sheets such as rectangles and regular polygons instead of square paper to create the origami. Many of the origami creations have a 3D structure composed of curved surfaces and some of them have complicated forms. However the background theory underlying all the creations is very simple. The author shows how different origami forms are designed from a common theory.

GBP 180.00
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Ancient Loons Stories Pingree Told Me

Ancient Loons Stories Pingree Told Me

Ah I’m Pingree. We meet again. Splendid. Won’t you sit down?I looked around David’s room. Short of the library stacks I had never seen so many books piled into a single room. Where could I sit down? Every square inch of horizontal surface was covered. Books papers notes manuscripts—all congregated in random and chaotic disorder. This small encounter and the snapshot of the protagonist on the cover of this book introduce the reader to David E. Pingree the eminent classicist Orientalist historian of ancient science and member of the Department of the History of Mathematics at Brown University. This is a book of his stories retold by Phil Davis award-winning author and raconteur par excellence who reconstructs them from letters and many conversations with his friend Pingree. The stories trace connections between ancient characters historical and mythical and recreate a world in which the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake leads to unexpected pleasures and associations. They capture a world best described by Saul Lieberman’s quip about Gershom Scholem’s great work on the Kabala: Trash is trash; but the study of trash is scholarship and David Pingree’s imagined response Yes but there’s always something of value to be learned. The book is dedicated to preserving and promoting the specialized knowledge and thoughts of David Pingree a truly remarkable person and to inspire readers to follow academic tradition and at the same time explore unusual connections. | Ancient Loons Stories Pingree Told Me

GBP 69.99
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