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Classic Game Design 2/e

From Pong to Pac-Man with Unity

ISBN-13: 9781683923855
Publisher: MERCURY LEARNING
Imprint: MERCURY LEARNING
By Franz Lanzinger
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Local release date: 15/09/2019
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Google Preview: You too can learn to design and develop classic arcade video games like Pong, Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Scramble. Collision detection, extra lives, power ups, and countless other essential design elements were invented by the mostly anonymous designers at the early pioneering companies that produced these great games. In this book youll go step by step, using modern, free software tools such as Unity to create five games in the classic style, inspired by retro favorites like: Pong, Breakout, Space Invaders, Scramble, and Pac-Man. All the source code, art, and sound sources for the projects are available on the companion files. Youll discover the fun of making your own games, putting in your own color graphics, adjusting the scoring, coding the AI, and creating the sound effects. Youll gain a deep understanding of the roots of modern video game design: the classics of the 70s and 80s. FEATURES, Uses Unity, C#, Blender, GIMP, and Audacity to make five fun classic games, 4-color throughout with companion files that include source code, art, and full projects (also available for downloading from the publisher), Includes historical anecdotes direct from one of the fabled Atari coin-op programmers, Detailed step-by-step instructions, dozens of exercises, and rules of classic game design, Contains unique insights on applying classic game design concepts to modern games.; Franz Lanzinger is best known as the pioneering programmer and chief designer of Ataris Crystal Castles. Mr. Lanzinger is owner of Lanzinger Studio, publisher and developer of the Gubble series; Google Preview content

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