Implement modern and agile QA practices to ensure your games are high quality, on budget, and released on time Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Set up a test environment, create test plans, and learn to communicate with developers Discover how to build efficient QA teams either in-house or remotely Increase your chances of career advancement and your employability in the gaming industry Book Description Few...

Du spielst schon lange Minecraft und denkst, du hast schon alles gesehen? Kennst du schon das Feuerschwert, den Enderbogen oder den Spielmodus »Schneeballschlacht«? Du willst auf Knopfdruck Türme, Mauern oder sogar ganze Häuser bauen? Vollautomatisch auf Geschehnisse in der Spielwelt reagieren? Mit eigenen Plugins kannst du all das und noch viel mehr entdecken und ganz nebenbei auch noch programmieren lernen. Daniel Braun zeigt dir, wie du mit...

"Trapped one hundred years in Minecraft's past, Gameknight999 struggles to keep his real identity a secret from the villagers of long ago, all while preparing them for battle. Herobrine's forces are getting closer every day, advancing across the Overworld and leaving a path of destruction in their wake. Furious at Gameknight's unexpected meddling, the evil virus takes revenge, creating the terrifying shadow-crafters. He gives these strange NPCs of...

Reimagine your development process and create, test, and deploy your mobile, web, desktop, and embedded apps from a single codebase. This book shows you how to leverage Flame, the modular Flutter game engine, to build cross-platform 2D games. With Flutter, you can create all kinds of apps by making subtle changes to projects at the code level. Guided by a practical project-based approach, you'll begin by downloading and installing the game engine....

"This book covers the process of creating digital characters for video games as well as for 3D print and collectibles. It looks at character asset creation for high-end AAA console games as well as asset creation for legacy devices and the ever-growing mobile gaming industry. Lastly, it covers creation of figurines for 3D printing and collectables. The book provides a step-by-step walk through of creating these assets at an industry level standard....

Embark on a comprehensive journey into game development with our in-depth course, covering everything from the fundamentals to advanced techniques using Python and the powerful Pygame library. Start by understanding the capabilities of Pygame and learn how to set up a development environment for seamless coding. Explore the artistic side by drawing shapes on a surface and master the intricacies of handling keyboard events and frame rates. As you progress,...

This course is designed to enhance your game development and design skills using Unreal Engine 5. Building on foundational knowledge, this course delves into the creation of realistic materials and textures, teaching you to use various textures and understand blend modes and shading models, including how to tackle challenging concepts like normal maps and UV mapping. It also covers extensive training in crafting vast landscapes and open-world environments,...

Building games with Unity is hard enough without having to stand up and go and make a coffee each time you want to just build your project or find out days/weeks down the line that some change you made while building your dream has incurred a debt that means your project cannot be built for one of your target platforms without a lot of rework. Through automation, many of these hardships can be detected early and free up time and stress by monitoring...

If you’re in search of a cutting-edge actionable guide to game design, your quest ends here! Immerse yourself in the fundamentals of game design with expert guidance from veterans with decades of game design experience across a variety of genres and platforms. The second edition of this book remains dedicated to its original goal of helping you master the fundamentals of game design in a practical manner with the addition of some of the latest trends...

It's Halloween and it's Zack the Zombie's birthday! But there's a zombie apocalypse happening that may totally ruin his birthday party!