Game Development
Don't Wait!: Build Retro Games and Level Up Your Skills
A fun, beginner‑friendly guide to building retro arcade games and boosting your creative confidence.
Learn the basics of building retro‑style arcade games.
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Game Development
Quickstart Guide to Game Design
A practical beginner’s guide to game design, focusing on small projects and core principles.
Understand the core principles of game design.
Game Engineering
Game Engineering
A deep, practical guide to the systems and architecture that power modern games.
Learn the core principles of game engine architecture.
Game Design
7-7-7 Rule for Game Design
A practical framework that helps game creators shape mechanics and player experiences with clarity and confidence.
Learn a clear framework for structuring game ideas.
Game Development
12 Games of Christmas
Learn to code by creating 12 fun Christmas-themed games, perfect for beginners and festive learning.
Gain hands-on coding experience through themed projects.
Game Design
Player Experience Design in 20 Minutes
A concise guide to understanding and shaping the emotional and cognitive journey players experience inside your game.
Learn how players perceive and interpret game systems.
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Ray-Tracing Pocket Book (Paperback)
A casual, hands-on guide to understanding and experimenting with ray-tracing techniques.
Grasp the core concepts of ray-tracing.
Computers & Technology
Shaders Unchained: Writing Powerful Shaders for Every Platform
Master the art and science of writing high-performance, portable shaders for graphics and compute across all major modern APIs.
Understand the fundamental mathematics and algorithms that power modern shaders.
Computers & Technology
Pervasive WebGPU & WGSL: Graphics & Compute
Your definitive guide to the WebGPU API and WGSL shading language for modern, high-performance graphics and compute on the web.
Gain a thorough understanding of the WebGPU API and pipeline.
Computers & Technology
QuickStart Guide to Game Physics
Learn how to bring your games to life with physics that feel right—without needing a PhD in math.
Understand core physics concepts used in games.
Game Development
Game Animation Programming
Master advanced animation programming concepts including rigs, inverse kinematics, and ragdoll systems.
Understand advanced animation programming concepts.
Physics Simulation
Contacts and Constraints
A practical deep dive into the physics, mathematics, and engineering behind stable real‑time simulations.
Understand how constraints and contacts are formulated and solved.
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