{"product_id":"beginning-game-development-with-amazon-jaken-chandler-herman-9781484250723","title":"Beginning Game Development with Amazon Lumberyard: Create 3D Games Using Amazon Lumberyard and Lua","description":"\u003cp\u003eCreate stunning 3D games in a short amount of time using Amazon Lumberyard, a free and exciting game development platform. This book is a ground-up, out-of-the-box tutorial on 3D game development and programming with Lua and Amazon Lumberyard with little or no game development experience required. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeginning Game Development with Amazon Lumberyard \u003c\/i\u003ewalks you through the user interface of the Amazon Lumberyard engine; teaches you how to develop detailed terrain using heightmaps, megatextures, weather, and vegetation; and takes you through exporting the game for distribution. The book will show you how to create a player as well as enemies while not getting bogged down with third-party tools for animation or model creation. You will also work with simple physics, colliders, meshes, weather generation, Lua scripting, user interface development, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the book, you will be able to create many different types of video games using the Amazon Lumberyard engine and even have a completed project ready to release or put in your portfolio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover the mechanics and terminology of game development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamiliarize yourself with the Amazon Lumberyard game engine in detail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModify game scripts using the Lua language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover how to optimally structure game layers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevelopers, programmers, and would-be game designers who have long wanted to dip their toes into the world of game development but have found other game engines and platforms to have too high a barrier to entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jaken Chandler Herman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1484250729\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781484250723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 234\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.52d","brand":"Jaken Chandler Herman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936140689663,"sku":"9781484250723","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_de362a9b-140f-441a-a8b3-419d8711265b.jpg?v=1681423820","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beginning-game-development-with-amazon-jaken-chandler-herman-9781484250723","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}