Mostly Codeless Game Development: New School Game Engines - Softcover

Ciesla, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 148422969X ISBN 13: 9781484229699

Publisher: Apress, 2017

Synopsis

Get a head start in your game development career with this all-genre guide for absolute beginners. Whether you're into action games, role-playing games, or interactive fiction, we've got you covered. Mostly Codeless Game Development empowers new developers with little or no previous programming experience and explores all major areas of game development in a succinct, entertaining fashion.

Have you dreamed of making your own video game? Do you find the prospect daunting? Fear not. A new generation of game engines has emerged. Lengthy and complicated feats of programming are largely a thing of the past in video game development. To create commercially viable games you simply need the right tools, many of which are discussed in this book. A gigantic software team isn't a must-have prerequisite for success. The one-person operation is back.

What You Will Learn

 

• Master the concepts and jargon used in game creation for the beginner
  
• Find the best game development suite for your project
  
• Make the most out of related graphics and audio production software
  
• Discover video game marketing essentials
  

Who This Book Is For  

People with no programming experience who desire a career in the video game industry as producers or independent, single-person developers.

About this title

About the Author

Robert Ciesla is a freelance writer from Helsinki, Finland. He has a BA in journalism and a knack for writing urban fiction and directing short films. Robert has worked on many video games on several platforms since being a kid in the mid-nineties. His personal website is at robertciesla.com.

From the Back Cover

Get a head start in your game development career with this all-genre guide for absolute beginners. Whether you're into action games, role-playing games, or interactive fiction, we've got you covered. Mostly Codeless Game Development empowers new developers with little or no previous experience and presents all major areas of game development in a succinct, entertaining fashion.

Have you dreamed of making your own video game? Do you find the prospect daunting? Fear not. A new generation of game engines has emerged. Lengthy and complicated feats of programming are largely a thing of the past in video game development. To create commercially viable games you simply need the right tools, many of which are discussed in this book. A gigantic software team isn't a must-have prerequisite for success. The one-person operation is back.

You will:

• Master the concepts and jargon used in game creation for the beginner
  
• Find the best game development suite for your project
  
• Make the most out of related graphics and audio production software
  
• Discover video game marketing essentials

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 148422969X
• ISBN 13: 9781484229699
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 244