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Video games are a massive market, but reaching an audience requires supporting many platforms. MonoGame offers a near-complete implementation of XNA 4 that makes it possible to develop games for iOS, Android, Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. In MonoGame Succinctly, author Jim Perry offers an introduction to MonoGame for C# developers who have not yet mastered Microsoft’s XNA technology. …
Unity has become one of the top choices in tools for game development, holding 45% of the game engine market. In Unity Game Development Succinctly, Jim Perry covers the major features of Unity and those used to create a small 2-D game, from installation to adding features popular in some of today’s successful PC and console games. Set up a UI, sprites, background music, basic animation, and game logic to make your own simple game. …
Download “Well Played 2.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning” by Drew Davidson in multiple formats. Following on Well Played 1.0, this book is full of in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found in the experience of playing a game. …