Game Development
Quickstart Guide to Game Design
A practical beginner’s guide to game design, focusing on small projects and core principles.
Understand the core principles of game design.
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Game Development
Don't Wait!: Build Retro Games and Level Up Your Skills
A fun, beginner‑friendly guide to building retro arcade games and boosting your creative confidence.
Learn the basics of building retro‑style arcade games.
Game Engineering
Game Engineering
A deep, practical guide to the systems and architecture that power modern games.
Learn the core principles of game engine architecture.
Game Development
Beginner's Guide to Game Animation Programming
Step into the world of game animation programming with clear examples and practical guidance.
Gain a clear understanding of animation programming basics.
Game Design
7-7-7 Rule for Game Design
A practical framework that helps game creators shape mechanics and player experiences with clarity and confidence.
Learn a clear framework for structuring game ideas.
Game Programming
Game Programming Interview Questions in 20 Minutes
A compact set of practical game‑programming interview questions designed to sharpen your technical thinking before your next big opportunity.
Refresh key game programming concepts quickly and efficiently.
Game Design
Player Experience Design in 20 Minutes
A concise guide to understanding and shaping the emotional and cognitive journey players experience inside your game.
Learn how players perceive and interpret game systems.
Game Development
12 Games of Christmas
Learn to code by creating 12 fun Christmas-themed games, perfect for beginners and festive learning.
Gain hands-on coding experience through themed projects.
Computers & Technology
Shaders Unchained: Writing Powerful Shaders for Every Platform
Master the art and science of writing high-performance, portable shaders for graphics and compute across all major modern APIs.
Understand the fundamental mathematics and algorithms that power modern shaders.
Computer Graphics
DirectX+HLSL/Graphics/Compute All-in-One
A practical all-in-one guide to DirectX 12, HLSL shaders, and GPU compute programming.
Gain a deep understanding of DirectX 12 and HLSL.
Computers & Technology
QuickStart Guide to Game Physics
Learn how to bring your games to life with physics that feel right—without needing a PhD in math.
Understand core physics concepts used in games.
Computers & Technology
Pervasive WebGPU & WGSL: Graphics & Compute
Your definitive guide to the WebGPU API and WGSL shading language for modern, high-performance graphics and compute on the web.
Gain a thorough understanding of the WebGPU API and pipeline.
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