Ultimate Game Design: Building Game Worlds (PROGRAMMING & WEB DEV - OMG) - Softcover

Meigs, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072228997 ISBN 13: 9780072228991

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2003

Synopsis

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Create game worlds with professional techniques and insights offered by one of the gaming industry giants, Tom Meigs, who has worked at THQ, Sony, and Disney
Build games with techniques and insights from a pro. Author and game developer Tom Meigs shows you the finer points of world building and behavior scripting. Learn about level stubbing, lighting, prop and item placement, camera tricks, particle and effects systems, communication loops, Massively Multiplayer Online Games, and much more.

About this title

From the Publisher:

·MEGA-Tips in each chapter: specialized, hands-on techniques designers can employ which are directly related to the chapter's topic
·'Behind the Scenes' appear in every chapter, where key game industry gurus from Sony, Disney, Activision, Blizzard, LucasArts, 3DO share their expertise on a given topic and explain how they did cool things through a Q & A with our author.·Value! Every technique in the book can be done using free tools, including Python and J2ME, rather than expensive proprietary modeling tools.

From the Author:

Please enjoy using this book as a comprehensive introduction to game development. There are many insider interviews, case studies, and hands-on techniques included within. I've also tried to add a valuable series of reference appendices for you to explore many facets related to building games. Enjoy!

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0072228997
• ISBN 13: 9780072228991
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368