Gaming & Animation

The book provides an up-to-date introduction to the latest version of Unity and its workflow by guiding readers through various prototypes. These range from 2D to 3D game concepts for PC and mobile, will allow readers to get acquainted with several important concepts and allow them to become compete..

Police Corruption in the NYPD: From Knapp to Mollen explores how the New York Police Department experienced two major investigations within a quarter of a century. It compares the states of corruption within the NYPD during the Knapp and Mollen commissions, examining why corruption continued and why..

Suitable for animators, this title helps you to discover how to create dynamic, dramatic performances and believeable character interaction. It helps you to analyze scripts, sound, acting, action and performance with the practical hints and tips, hands-on assignments and animated examples...

While formal training and communication can continue to be a foundational approach to developing employees in the workplace, alternate reality games (ARGs) provide a framework for increased and sustained engagement within business organizations. This book leads you through the fundamentals of ARGs. ..

Windows Networking Tools: The Complete Guide to Management, Troubleshooting, and Security explains how to use built-in Windows networking tools and third-party networking products to diagnose network problems, address performance issues, and enhance the overall security of your system and network. I..

Takes you on a guided tour through an entire lifetime of techniques, practical hands-on advice and insight into an entire industry. With advice, critical comment, and inspiration for every student of the arts, this title comes with completely relevant techniques and tools for the contemporary animat..

Pocket Book of Electrical Engineering Formulas provides key formulas used in practically all areas of electrical engineering and applied mathematics. This handy, pocket-sized guide has been organized by topic field to make finding information quick and easy. The book features an extensive index and ..

Create 2D Mobile Games with Corona SDK..

Mastering Unity is absolutely essential in an increasingly competitive games market where agility is expected. This book provides you with an end-to-end solution for Unity game development with Maya. It takes you step-by-step through the process of developing an entire game from scratch - including ..

This book covers the computational aspects of geometric modeling and rendering 3D scenes. Special emphasis is given to the architectural aspects of interactive graphics, geometric modeling, rendering techniques, the graphics pipeline, and the architecture of 3D graphics systems. The text describes b..

Creating a video game for children? Whether you are a seasoned game designer, a children‘s media professional, oe an instructor teaching the next generation of game designers, Designing Games for Children is the first book dedicated to serving the specific needs of children‘s game designers...

A guide to sound design for animation that explains the theory and workings behind sound for image, and provides an overview of the stems and production path to help you to create your soundtrack. It presents practical workflows, techniques and tools for soundtrack development for animation...