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Game-Related Books

The SPSU library offers the following game-related titles:

  • 3D Graphics for Game Programming - Han
  • Advanced 3D Game Programming with DIRECTX 10.0
  • AI Game Programming Wisdom, 1-4
  • Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
  • Beginning Game Graphics
  • Creating Casual Games for Profit and Fun
  • Creating Game Art for 3D Engines
  • Creating Games - McGuire
  • David Perry on Game Design
  • Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms
  • Flash Professional 8 Game Development
  • Fundamentals of Computer Graphics - Shirley
  • Game Development Essentials
  • Game Engine Architecture
  • Game Engine Gems 2 - Lengyel
  • Game Graphics Programming
  • Game Physics Pearls - van den Bergen
  • Game Programming Gems, 1-7
  • Game Project Management
  • Game Simulation Development
  • Game Story and Character Development
  • Gameplay Mechanics
  • GPU Gems, 1-3
  • GPU PRO
  • GPU Pro 2 - Engel
  • How to Do Things with Videogames - Bogost
  • iPhone Open Application Development by Zdziarski
  • iPhone Forensics by Zdziarski
  • Interactive Computer Graphics
  • Introduction to 3D Game Programming with DIRECTX 9.0c
  • Lectures in Game Theory for Computer Scientists
  • Microsoft XNA Unleashed
  • Online Game Development
  • Patterns in Game Design
  • Practical Rendering & Computation with Direct3D 11 - Zink
  • Probability: The Science of Uncertainty
  • Programming Game AI by Example - Buckland
  • Quests: Design, Theory, and History in Games and Narratives - Howard
  • Real-Time Shadows - Eisemann
  • Serious Games
  • Visual C++ 2008 : How to Program
  • XNA Game Studio Express
  • Zune Game Development Using XNA 3.0 by Waters

The Game Lab library also has the following books available (some have multiple copies):

  • 3ds Max 2009
  • 3ds Max Modeling for Games
  • Half-Life 2 Mods for Dummies
  • Mastering Unreal Technology, Volume I: Introduction to Level Design
  • Mastering Unreal Technology, Volume II: Advanced Level Design
  • Mastering Unreal Technology: The Art of Level Design
  • Maya for Games
  • The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners
  • Many others... so stop by J202 for details and to browse