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Échecs pour les Débutants: Un guide simple et complet Pour Apprendre les Règles Fondamentales, les Meilleures Stratégies D'ouverture Utilisées par les Grands Joueurs et Comment Gagner Vos Parties

by Aurélien Philippe ...

Vous voulez apprendre à jouer aux échecs et vous ne savez pas quel manuel choisir?Alors vous avez une raison de plus de poursuivre votre lecture...Si vous êtes un débutant et que vous voulez devenir un joueur d'échecs compétent, vous avez besoin de 3 choses fondamentales : avoir une vue d'ensemble détaillée du jeu, être guidé pas à pas et comprendre la logique qui se cache derrière.Ce manuel est ... Read more

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Vous voulez apprendre à jouer aux échecs et vous ne savez pas quel manuel choisir?Alors vous avez une raison de plus de poursuivre votre lecture...Si vous êtes un débutant et que vous voulez devenir un joueur d'échecs compétent, vous avez besoin de 3 choses fondamentales : avoir une vue d'ensemble détaillée du jeu, être guidé pas à pas et comprendre la logique qui se cache derrière.Ce manuel est
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Make games with Python

Create your own entertainment with Raspberry Pi

by Sean M. Tracey ...

Series series Essentials
Learning to code your own shoot-'em-up game is infinitely more satisfying than beating any end-of-level boss.This essential guide teaches how to develop games with Python and Pygame. Gain a better understanding of the games you play, and build the skills to create games of your own, including how to:Create shapes and pathsMove sprites and detect collisionsHandle keyboard, mouse, and gamepad ... Read more

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Learning to code your own shoot-'em-up game is infinitely more satisfying than beating any end-of-level boss.This essential guide teaches how to develop games with Python and Pygame. Gain a better understanding of the games you play, and build the skills to create games of your own, including how to:Create shapes and pathsMove sprites and detect collisionsHandle keyboard, mouse, and gamepad
... Read more
The Game Audio Strategy Guide

A Practical Course

by Gina Zdanowicz, Spencer Bambrick ...

The Game Audio Strategy Guide is a comprehensive text designed to turn both novices and experienced audio designers into technical game audio pros. Providing both a theoretical foundation and practical insights, The Game Audio Strategy Guide offers a thorough look at the tools and methods needed to create industry-quality music and sound design for games. The text is supported by an extensive ... Read more

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The Game Audio Strategy Guide is a comprehensive text designed to turn both novices and experienced audio designers into technical game audio pros. Providing both a theoretical foundation and practical insights, The Game Audio Strategy Guide offers a thorough look at the tools and methods needed to create industry-quality music and sound design for games. The text is supported by an extensive
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Échecs Pour Débutants: Faites votre choix! Apprenez à incarner la reine des échecs et à mettre votre adversaire échec et mat. Ouvertures, milieux et fins d'échecs modernes. Toutes les stratégies

by Élise Clothilde ...

Admettez-le... Vous venez de voir ou d'entendre parler de la série télévisée "The Queen's Gambit" et vous cherchez un manuel pour vous apprendre à jouer comme un grand maître!VOUS N'ÊTES PAS LE SEUL... Le jeu d'échecs, fascinant et mystique, fait un retour en force en Italie et ailleurs. Des millions de joueurs du monde entier sont sur le point de se plonger dans le monde des échecs après avoir ... Read more

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Admettez-le... Vous venez de voir ou d'entendre parler de la série télévisée "The Queen's Gambit" et vous cherchez un manuel pour vous apprendre à jouer comme un grand maître!VOUS N'ÊTES PAS LE SEUL... Le jeu d'échecs, fascinant et mystique, fait un retour en force en Italie et ailleurs. Des millions de joueurs du monde entier sont sur le point de se plonger dans le monde des échecs après avoir
... Read more
Theory of Fun for Game Design

by Raph Koster ...

Now in full color, the 10th anniversary edition of this classic book takes you deep into the influences that underlie modern video games, and examines the elements they share with traditional games such as checkers. At the heart of his exploration, veteran game designer Raph Koster takes a close look at the concept of fun and why it’s the most vital element in any game.Why do some games become ... Read more

$37.43 CAD

Now in full color, the 10th anniversary edition of this classic book takes you deep into the influences that underlie modern video games, and examines the elements they share with traditional games such as checkers. At the heart of his exploration, veteran game designer Raph Koster takes a close look at the concept of fun and why it’s the most vital element in any game.Why do some games become
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Gamechanger

by Spencer FC ...

How one man went from gaming and making videos at home to becoming a football club owner'The bizarre new world of football' GuardianI lifted the trophy triumphantly over my head, just as I’d seen so many FA Cup, World Cup and Champions League winners do on TV. It was quite simply the best moment of my life. Hashtag United had won.So, how on earth did this happen? How did a kid who at one point ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

How one man went from gaming and making videos at home to becoming a football club owner'The bizarre new world of football' GuardianI lifted the trophy triumphantly over my head, just as I’d seen so many FA Cup, World Cup and Champions League winners do on TV. It was quite simply the best moment of my life. Hashtag United had won.So, how on earth did this happen? How did a kid who at one point
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Play Nice

The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment

by Jason Schreier ...

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben Mezrich).**For video game fans, the name Blizzard ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

**A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024From a New York Times bestselling author and investigative journalist comes The Social Network for the video game industry: a riveting examination of Blizzard Entertainment's rise and shocking downfall—"A fast paced thrill ride, perfect for anyone who has ever played a video game" (Ben Mezrich).**For video game fans, the name Blizzard
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Game Balance

by Ian Schreiber, Brenda Romero ...

Within the field of game design, game balance can best be described as a black art. It is the process by which game designers make a game simultaneously fair for players while providing them just the right amount of difficulty to be both exciting and challenging without making the game entirely predictable. This involves a combination of mathematics, psychology, and occasionally other fields such ... Read more

$76.37 CAD

Within the field of game design, game balance can best be described as a black art. It is the process by which game designers make a game simultaneously fair for players while providing them just the right amount of difficulty to be both exciting and challenging without making the game entirely predictable. This involves a combination of mathematics, psychology, and occasionally other fields such
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Mastering Roblox Coding

The unofficial guide to leveling up your Roblox scripting skills and building games using Luau programming

by Mark Kiepe ...

Discover how to build enhanced feature-filled games using the power of Luau programming by getting hands-on with creating a complete end-to-end game using Roblox StudioKey FeaturesLeverage the tips and tricks covered in this game development book for writing advanced Roblox scriptsExplore the capabilities of Roblox Luau to create complex games using user input, datastores, and user interfaces for ... Read more

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Discover how to build enhanced feature-filled games using the power of Luau programming by getting hands-on with creating a complete end-to-end game using Roblox StudioKey FeaturesLeverage the tips and tricks covered in this game development book for writing advanced Roblox scriptsExplore the capabilities of Roblox Luau to create complex games using user input, datastores, and user interfaces for
... Read more
The State of Play

Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture

by Daniel Goldberg ...

FEATURING: IAN BOGOST - LEIGH ALEXANDER - ZOE QUINN - ANITA SARKEESIAN & KATHERINE CROSS - IAN SHANAHAN - ANNA ANTHROPY - EVAN NARCISSE - HUSSEIN IBRAHIM - CARA ELLISON & BRENDAN KEOGH - DAN GOLDING - DAVID JOHNSTON - WILLIAM KNOBLAUCH - MERRITT KOPAS - OLA WIKANDERThe State of Play is a call to consider the high stakes of video game culture and how our digital and real lives collide. Here, video ... Read more

$14.39 CAD

FEATURING: IAN BOGOST - LEIGH ALEXANDER - ZOE QUINN - ANITA SARKEESIAN & KATHERINE CROSS - IAN SHANAHAN - ANNA ANTHROPY - EVAN NARCISSE - HUSSEIN IBRAHIM - CARA ELLISON & BRENDAN KEOGH - DAN GOLDING - DAVID JOHNSTON - WILLIAM KNOBLAUCH - MERRITT KOPAS - OLA WIKANDERThe State of Play is a call to consider the high stakes of video game culture and how our digital and real lives collide. Here, video
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Coding Roblox Games Made Easy

Create, publish, and monetize your games on Roblox with AI and analytics

by Zander Brumbaugh ...

Get started with building your first games on the Roblox platform Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesBegin coding in Luau: build player avatars, battlefields, game physics, countdown timers, and moreLearn tips, tricks, best practices, and advanced Roblox coding techniques to create 3D gamesJoin the Discord server to discuss queries, provide ... Read more

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Get started with building your first games on the Roblox platform Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesBegin coding in Luau: build player avatars, battlefields, game physics, countdown timers, and moreLearn tips, tricks, best practices, and advanced Roblox coding techniques to create 3D gamesJoin the Discord server to discuss queries, provide
... Read more
Straight Flush

The True Story of Six College Friends Who Dealt Their Way to a Billion-Dollar Online Poker Empire--and How It All Came Crashing Down . . .

by Ben Mezrich ...

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House—the sources for the film The Social Network and 21—comes the larger-than-life rags-to-riches tale of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of the largest online companies in the world.Based on ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Accidental Billionaires and Bringing Down the House—the sources for the film The Social Network and 21—comes the larger-than-life rags-to-riches tale of a group of University of Montana frat brothers who turned a weekly poker game in the basement of a local dive bar into AbsolutePoker.com, one of the largest online companies in the world.Based on
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Games As A Service

How Free to Play Design Can Make Better Games

by Oscar Clark ...

The games industry is serious business and the role of a games designer has dramatically changed over just the last few years. Developers now have to rethink everything they know about the creative, technical and business challenges to adapt to the transition to games as a service.Games as a Service: How Free to Play Design Can Make Better Games has been written to help designers overcome many of ... Read more

$86.23 CAD

The games industry is serious business and the role of a games designer has dramatically changed over just the last few years. Developers now have to rethink everything they know about the creative, technical and business challenges to adapt to the transition to games as a service.Games as a Service: How Free to Play Design Can Make Better Games has been written to help designers overcome many of
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Minecraft For Dummies

by Jacob Cordeiro ...

Craft yourself an amazing game of Minecraft!More than just a game, Minecraft consists of players using an avatar to create or destroy various types of blocks, form fantastic structures, create artwork, and do much more, all in a three-dimensional environment and across various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. With this fun and friendly beginners guide, you will quickly grasp how to play ... Read more

$7.99 CAD

Craft yourself an amazing game of Minecraft!More than just a game, Minecraft consists of players using an avatar to create or destroy various types of blocks, form fantastic structures, create artwork, and do much more, all in a three-dimensional environment and across various multiplayer servers in multiple game modes. With this fun and friendly beginners guide, you will quickly grasp how to play
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Super Mario

How Nintendo Conquered America

by Jeff Ryan ...

The story of Nintendo's rise and the beloved icon who made it possible.Nintendo has continually set the standard for video-game innovation in America, starting in 1981 with a plucky hero who jumped over barrels to save a girl from an ape.The saga of Mario, the portly plumber who became the most successful franchise in the history of gaming, has plot twists worthy of a video game. Jeff Ryan shares ... Read more

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The story of Nintendo's rise and the beloved icon who made it possible.Nintendo has continually set the standard for video-game innovation in America, starting in 1981 with a plucky hero who jumped over barrels to save a girl from an ape.The saga of Mario, the portly plumber who became the most successful franchise in the history of gaming, has plot twists worthy of a video game. Jeff Ryan shares
... Read more
Designing Games

A Guide to Engineering Experiences

by Tynan Sylvester ...

Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of today's hit video games. You'll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiences - a combination of elegant game mechanics, compelling fiction, and pace that fully immerses players.In clear and approachable prose, design pro Tynan ... Read more

$42.47 CAD

Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of today's hit video games. You'll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiences - a combination of elegant game mechanics, compelling fiction, and pace that fully immerses players.In clear and approachable prose, design pro Tynan
... Read more
Minecraft: 140 Top Tips & Tricks Exposed!

by Jason Scotts ...

In Minecraft, you are, in almost all the senses of the word, free to do what you want, but learning how to survive and make the most out of the world you get dropped in could amplify the gaming experience and give you hours of fun. In the exciting new book, Minecraft: 140 Top Tips & Tricks Exposed! (2014 Edition), the 140 tips mentioned here will probably teach you a thing or two - from the basics ... Read more

$6.47 CAD

In Minecraft, you are, in almost all the senses of the word, free to do what you want, but learning how to survive and make the most out of the world you get dropped in could amplify the gaming experience and give you hours of fun. In the exciting new book, Minecraft: 140 Top Tips & Tricks Exposed! (2014 Edition), the 140 tips mentioned here will probably teach you a thing or two - from the basics
... Read more
The Art of Game Design

A Book of Lenses, Third Edition

by Jesse Schell ...

The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card and athletic games also work in top-quality video games.Good game design happens when you view your game from as many ... Read more

$98.55 CAD

The Art of Game Design guides you through the design process step-by-step, helping you to develop new and innovative games that will be played again and again. It explains the fundamental principles of game design and demonstrates how tactics used in classic board, card and athletic games also work in top-quality video games.Good game design happens when you view your game from as many
... Read more
101 Amazing Nintendo NES Facts

Includes facts about the Famicom

by Jimmy Russell ...

Series Book 2 - Games Console History
In this fact-filled installment in Jimmy Russell's Games Console History series, we learn 101 amazing facts about Nintendo's seminal NES, the most significant console in Nintendo history. The facts cover many areas, including the history, the hardware, game titles both rare and popular and some incredible information you probably never knew! Everyone from retro gamers who were there at the time to ... Read more

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In this fact-filled installment in Jimmy Russell's Games Console History series, we learn 101 amazing facts about Nintendo's seminal NES, the most significant console in Nintendo history. The facts cover many areas, including the history, the hardware, game titles both rare and popular and some incredible information you probably never knew! Everyone from retro gamers who were there at the time to
... Read more
Minecraft: The Ultimate Reloaded 70 Top Tips & Tricks Your Friends Wish They Know After You Beat Them!

by Jason Scotts ...

Minecraft is a great game to play alone, but it gets even better if you do so with your friends. Whether you are on PvP (player versus player) mode where your goal is to be the last man or in this case, the last Steve standing, or you are just trying to create a "better" world compared to those made by your friends, it would be to your advantage if you take note of the tips mentioned below. From ... Read more

$6.47 CAD

Minecraft is a great game to play alone, but it gets even better if you do so with your friends. Whether you are on PvP (player versus player) mode where your goal is to be the last man or in this case, the last Steve standing, or you are just trying to create a "better" world compared to those made by your friends, it would be to your advantage if you take note of the tips mentioned below. From
... Read more
Minecraft For Dummies

by Jesse Stay, Thomas Stay, Jacob Cordeiro ...

Don't be a Minecraft tourist – get expert tips and advice in this full-color primerMinecraft For Dummies is the complete guide to playing within the Minecraft world. With easy-to-follow guidance from a team of Minecraft experts, you'll develop programming and engineering skills as you build amazing creations using in-game blocks and mechanical devices. Whether you prefer the PC, console, or ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Don't be a Minecraft tourist – get expert tips and advice in this full-color primerMinecraft For Dummies is the complete guide to playing within the Minecraft world. With easy-to-follow guidance from a team of Minecraft experts, you'll develop programming and engineering skills as you build amazing creations using in-game blocks and mechanical devices. Whether you prefer the PC, console, or
... Read more
Grokking Algorithms

An illustrated guide for programmers and other curious people

by Aditya Bhargava ...

"This book does the impossible: it makes math fun and easy!" - Sander Rossel, COAS Software SystemsGrokking Algorithms is a fully illustrated, friendly guide that teaches you how to apply common algorithms to the practical problems you face every day as a programmer. You'll start with sorting and searching and, as you build up your skills in thinking algorithmically, you'll tackle more complex ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

"This book does the impossible: it makes math fun and easy!" - Sander Rossel, COAS Software SystemsGrokking Algorithms is a fully illustrated, friendly guide that teaches you how to apply common algorithms to the practical problems you face every day as a programmer. You'll start with sorting and searching and, as you build up your skills in thinking algorithmically, you'll tackle more complex
... Read more
OpTic Gaming

The Making of eSports Champions

by H3CZ, NaDeSHot, Scump, BigTymer, Midnite, OpTic J, Fwiz ...

OpTic Gaming, the four-time Call of Duty Major League Gaming Champions and one of the top eSports teams in the world, now takes fans behind the controller—into the game and the minds of the greatest gamers in the world—in this fascinating and unique memoir and insider guide.Emerging on the scene in 2006, OpTic Gaming has dominated the Call of Duty e-sports arena, thanks to the talents of legendary ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

OpTic Gaming, the four-time Call of Duty Major League Gaming Champions and one of the top eSports teams in the world, now takes fans behind the controller—into the game and the minds of the greatest gamers in the world—in this fascinating and unique memoir and insider guide.Emerging on the scene in 2006, OpTic Gaming has dominated the Call of Duty e-sports arena, thanks to the talents of legendary
... Read more
ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM

Essential Tips and Tricks Guide

by Trista. F. Alvarez ...

"The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo, and it serves as a sequel to the critically acclaimed "Breath of the Wild." Set in the expansive open world of Hyrule, the game follows the hero, Link, as he embarks on a new quest to uncover the secrets of an ancient kingdom threatened by dark forces. With enhanced gameplay mechanics, including new ... Read more

$4.74 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

"The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom" is an action-adventure game developed by Nintendo, and it serves as a sequel to the critically acclaimed "Breath of the Wild." Set in the expansive open world of Hyrule, the game follows the hero, Link, as he embarks on a new quest to uncover the secrets of an ancient kingdom threatened by dark forces. With enhanced gameplay mechanics, including new
... Read more

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