The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure by Robert E Kowalski

The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure by Robert E Kowalski

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The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure by Robert E Kowalski

Get a head start on making your games efficiently by avoiding common design and development pitfalls. Video games combine art and programming; this unique position has opened up opportunities for many pitfalls. This book takes you through the fundamentals of game making and the usual mistakes and bad practices that can harm your games.

We start with the common difficulties and challenges, ways to find the gaps, and game design. Next, we discuss game engines and other tools you need to choose while making a game, how you should choose them, and the design documents you need to make. We also cover simple but important tweaks in game mechanics as well as the look and feel of your game. We will also discuss conventions for naming, code structuring, project structuring, and coding.

Your thought process will be guided in a way that you can look for the proper approach to make a successful game. The book sheds light upon how to improve the overall game experience and finalize the game for release. Along the journey, we will explore some interesting stories of games and mythology as well.

By the end of the book, you will know about the basic life cycle of a game development process and how to not make a game.

What You Will Learn

  • Discover the fundamentals of game design
  • See some intermediate coding tricks to make your games better
  • Grasp the pitfalls to avoid while designing and programming games
  • Master the different conventions and practices for file naming and structuring your projects

Who This Book Is For

People who want to make games. Basic programming experience is assumed.

Robert E. Kowalski is a world-renowned medical journalist and the author of the bestselling The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure and 8 Steps to a Healthy Heart. He publishes the successful The Diet-Heart Newsletter and his Web site is thehealthyheart.net.
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ISBN 13 9780060156138
ISBN 10 0060156139
Title The 8-Week Cholesterol Cure
Author Robert E Kowalski
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Year published 1987-03-01
Number of pages 233
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.