The Game Maker's Companion by Jacob Habgood

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You’ll go on to discover techniques to add depth and believability to the characters and stories in your games, including The Monomyth, cut scene storyboarding, and character archetypes. This culminates in the creation of an original atmospheric platform-adventure which will take your GML programming skills to new heights. There’s even a handy reference section at the back of the book which will be invaluable for adding common features to your own games.

With contributions from four games industry professionals and a highly respected member of the Game Maker community, The Game Maker’s Companion is another labor of love that will give you even more hours of enjoyment than the original. If you already own Game Maker, then you really must own this book as well.

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You can follow the design of the atmospheric platform-adventure game Shadows on Deck from original concept to a completed vertical slice of gameplay, see how professional designers create engaging storylines with believable characters, learn how to modify the Shadows on Deck artwork to include in your own games.

You can experience a practical journey into game development which has been unparalleled since The Game Maker’s Apprentice to gain access to professional game resources from Shadows on Deck which you are free to use in your own Game Maker games.

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Game Development Essentials: An Introduction 3rd Edition

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Thought-provoking questions help readers develop and fine-tune the skills specific to game development. Game demos, accessibility games, and articles offer new material for the companion DVD for a complete hands-on experience. It is an authoritative, industry-driven introduction to the world of game development, with updates that keep readers current and well-prepared for a successful career in the field.

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Jeannie Novak is the lead author and series editor of the widely acclaimed GAME DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS series (with over 15 published titles), co-author of PLAY THE GAME: THE PARENT'S GUIDE TO VIDEO GAMES, and co-author of three pioneering books on the interactive entertainment industry--including CREATING INTERNET ENTERTAINMENT. She is also co-founder of Novy Unlimited and CEO of Kaleidospace, LLC (dbaIndiespace), providing curriculum development and consulting services for corporations, educators, and creative professionals in games, music, film, education, and technology.

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Game Coding Complete 4th Edition, Mike McShaffry

Game Coding Complete 4th Edition PDF Download Ebook. Mike McShaffry and David Graham present the newest edition of the essential, hands-on guide to developing commercial-quality games. Written by two veteran game programmers, the book examines the entire game development process and all the unique challenges associated with creating a game.

In this excellent introduction to game architecture, you'll explore all the major subsystems of modern game engines and learn professional techniques used in actual games, as well as Teapot Wars, a game created specifically for this book. This updated fourth edition uses the latest versions of DirectX and Visual Studio, and it includes expanded chapter coverage of game actors, AI, shader programming, LUA scripting, the C# editor, and other important updates to every chapter.

All the code and examples presented have been tested and used in commercial video games, and the book is full of invaluable best practices, professional tips and tricks, and cautionary advice. Mike McShaffry, a.k.a. "Mr. Mike," started programming games as soon as he could tap a keyboard--in fact he somehow skipped 7th grade math entirely in favor of writing games in BASIC on an ancient Commodore Pet. In his single-minded pursuit of programming knowledge, he signed up for an extended stay at the University of Houston. To the surprise of himself and the Dean of Mathematics, he was actually graduated five and one-half years later.

Exactly seven years from the day he was hired, Mike arranged his escape and in 1997 formed his first company, Tornado Alley. Tornado Alley was a garage start-up whose goal was to create No Grownups Allowed, a massively multiplayer world for children--something that was sure to land Mike and anyone else at Tornado Alley front and center of a Congressional hearing. While No Grownups never left the tarmac, a kid's activity program called Magnadoodle by Mattel Media did, and in record development time.

Mike served as the primary coffee brew master and Head of Studio, and together with the rest of the Compulsive folks, twenty great people in all, produced three more casual titles for Microsoft until August 2002. Compulsive was acquired by Glass Eye Entertainment to continue work on Glass Eye's growing online casual games business.

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Beginning C++ Through Game Programming 3rd Edition, Dawson

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Readers will complete small projects in each chapter to reinforce what they've learned and a final project at the end combines all of the major topics covered in the book. Featuring twenty five percent new material, this third edition covers all the latest technology and advances.

Michael Dawson has worked as both a programmer and a computer game designer and producer. In addition to real-world game industry experience, Dawson earned his bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Southern California. He currently teaches game programming and design to students of all ages through UCLA Extension courses and private lessons.

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Introduction. 1. Types, Variables, and Standard I/O: Lost Fortune. 2. Truth, Branching, and the Game Loop. 3. For Loops, Strings, and Arrays: Word Jumble. 4. The Standard Template Library: Hangman. 5. Functions: Mad Lib. 6. References: Tic-Tac-Toe. 7. Pointers: Tic-Tac-Toe 2.0 . 8. Classes: Critter Caretaker. 9. Advanced Classes and Dynamic Memory. 10. Inheritance and Polymorphism: Blackjack. Appendix A: Creating Your First C++ Program. Appendix B: Operator Precedence. Appendix C: Keywords. Appendix D: ASCII Chart. Appendix E: Escape Sequences. Index.

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JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford

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When Java applets failed, JavaScript became the language of the Web by default, making its popularity almost completely independent of its qualities as a programming language. As you move ahead with the subset of JavaScript that this book presents, you'll also sidestep the need to unlearn all the bad parts. Of course, if you want to find out more about the bad parts and how to use them badly, simply consult any other JavaScript book.

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Adobe Photoshop CS6 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team

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Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship PDF Download Ebook. Robert C. Martin distills best agile practice of cleaning code “on the fly” into a book that will instill within you the values of a software craftsman and make you a better programmer—but only if you work at it.

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Pro ASP.NET MVC 4 4th Edition by Adam Freeman

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Effective Java 2nd Edition by Joshua Bloch

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HTML and CSS: Design and Build Websites, Jon Duckett

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Introduction to Algorithms 3rd Edition, Thomas Cormen

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The revised third edition notably adds a chapter on van Emde Boas trees, one of the most useful data structures, and on multithreaded algorithms, a topic of increasing importance. Some books on algorithms are rigorous but incomplete; others cover masses of material but lack rigor. Introduction to Algorithms uniquely combines rigor and comprehensiveness.

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CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide 6th Edition, Shon Harris

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Shon Harris, MCSE, CISSP, is a security consultant, a former member of the Information Warfare unit in the Air Force, and a contributing writer to Information Security Magazine and Windows 2000 Magazine. She is the author of the previous editions of this book.

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Chapter 1: Becoming a CISSP
Chapter 2: Information Security Governance and Risk Management
Chapter 3: Access Control
Chapter 4: Security Architecture and Design
Chapter 5: Physical and Environmental Security
Chapter 6: Telecommunications and Network Security
Chapter 7: Cryptography
Chapter 8: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
Chapter 9: Legal, Regulations, Investigations, and Compliance
Chapter 10: Software Development Security
Chapter 11: Security Operations
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App A: Comprehensive Questions
App B: About the CD-ROM

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