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Producing games [[electronic resource] ] : from business budgets to creativity and design / / D.S. Cohen, Sergio A. Bustamante II
| Producing games [[electronic resource] ] : from business budgets to creativity and design / / D.S. Cohen, Sergio A. Bustamante II |
| Autore | Cohen D. S |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington, MA ; ; Oxford, : Focal Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.81 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BustamanteSergio A |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Design
Electronic games |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-136-13878-1
1-282-30927-7 9786612309274 0-08-092804-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Producing Games; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Intro: So You Want to be a Video Game Producer; Section One: What is a Video Game Producer?; Chapter 1 Producer Primer; What a Producer Manages; Why Become a Game Producer; How to Become a Producer; Publishers and Developers; Internal and External Producer Roles; Chapter 2 Producing at a Developer; The Schedule; Dev Budget; Pitching Ideas and Representing the Team; Manage Milestone Submissions; Working With Your Publishing Counterpart; Chapter 3 Producing at a Publisher; Managing Schedules
Managing the BudgetsReviewing Milestones; Managing Approvals; Managing Testing; Support: Sales, Marketing, and PR; Working with Stakeholders; Supervising Audio Production; Voice-Over; Contractors; Prep for First Party Submissions; Chapter 4 Producer Roles; Executive Producer; Senior Producer; Producer; Associate Producer; Production Coordinator/Assistant Producer; Other Producer Roles; Localization Producer; Cinematics Producer; Licensor Producer; Chapter 5 Size and Scope: Large vs. Small, Licensed vs. Original; Team Sizes; Larger vs. Smaller; Big Budgets; Small Budgets Long vs. Short SchedulesLicensed vs. Original IPs; Sequels and Expansion Packs and Downloadable Content; Chapter 6 Producing Skills; Managing a Game; The Key Skills of a Producer (Hard Skills); Soft Skills (Or, What You Should Know, but Can Learn on the Curve); Chapter 7 Tools of the Trade; Software Solutions and Recommendations; 3-D Graphics and Modeling Packages; Section Two: The Process in a Nutshell; Chapter 8 The History of Game Development; Case Study: The History of Game Development Through the Evolution of Sierra; Chapter 9 Game Project Lifecycle Overview; Concept Phase Pre-Production PhaseProduction Phase; The Crunch: From Pre-Alpha to Release Candidate; Chapter 10 The Development Team; Technical Director; Programmers and Engineers; Creative Director; Designers; Art Director; Artists; Animators; Audio Director and Engineer; Writers; QA/Compliance; Chapter 11 The Publishing Team; The Producer; Operations, a.k.a. Ops; Tech Director; Art Director; QA Team; Creative Director; Chapter 12 Publishers Selecting Developers; Projects That Start With the Publisher (The Dog Wagging the Tail); Finding the Developer Projects That Start With the Publisher (The Tail Wagging the Dog)Section Three: Scheduling and Structure; Chapter 13 Scheduling and Structure; The Producer's Role in Scheduling; Why Schedule? Heavy Scheduling vs. No Scheduling; Who Owns the Schedules?; Man-Month Schedule; Milestones: How They Affect Everything; Scrum, Waterfall, Agile, and Cowboy Coding; Elements of a Schedule; Troubleshooting; Other Teams' Needs and Schedules; Hardware; DLC, Expansion Packs, and Sequels; Marketing, PR, and Sales Needs; Screenshots and PR/Marketing Materials; Holidays and Vacation Chapter 14 Development Plan Management (Scheduling to Production) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456327703321 |
Cohen D. S
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| Burlington, MA ; ; Oxford, : Focal Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Producing games [[electronic resource] ] : from business budgets to creativity and design / / D.S. Cohen, Sergio A. Bustamante II
| Producing games [[electronic resource] ] : from business budgets to creativity and design / / D.S. Cohen, Sergio A. Bustamante II |
| Autore | Cohen D. S |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington, MA ; ; Oxford, : Focal Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.81 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BustamanteSergio A |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Design
Video games |
| ISBN |
1-136-13878-1
1-282-30927-7 9786612309274 0-08-092804-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Producing Games; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Intro: So You Want to be a Video Game Producer; Section One: What is a Video Game Producer?; Chapter 1 Producer Primer; What a Producer Manages; Why Become a Game Producer; How to Become a Producer; Publishers and Developers; Internal and External Producer Roles; Chapter 2 Producing at a Developer; The Schedule; Dev Budget; Pitching Ideas and Representing the Team; Manage Milestone Submissions; Working With Your Publishing Counterpart; Chapter 3 Producing at a Publisher; Managing Schedules
Managing the BudgetsReviewing Milestones; Managing Approvals; Managing Testing; Support: Sales, Marketing, and PR; Working with Stakeholders; Supervising Audio Production; Voice-Over; Contractors; Prep for First Party Submissions; Chapter 4 Producer Roles; Executive Producer; Senior Producer; Producer; Associate Producer; Production Coordinator/Assistant Producer; Other Producer Roles; Localization Producer; Cinematics Producer; Licensor Producer; Chapter 5 Size and Scope: Large vs. Small, Licensed vs. Original; Team Sizes; Larger vs. Smaller; Big Budgets; Small Budgets Long vs. Short SchedulesLicensed vs. Original IPs; Sequels and Expansion Packs and Downloadable Content; Chapter 6 Producing Skills; Managing a Game; The Key Skills of a Producer (Hard Skills); Soft Skills (Or, What You Should Know, but Can Learn on the Curve); Chapter 7 Tools of the Trade; Software Solutions and Recommendations; 3-D Graphics and Modeling Packages; Section Two: The Process in a Nutshell; Chapter 8 The History of Game Development; Case Study: The History of Game Development Through the Evolution of Sierra; Chapter 9 Game Project Lifecycle Overview; Concept Phase Pre-Production PhaseProduction Phase; The Crunch: From Pre-Alpha to Release Candidate; Chapter 10 The Development Team; Technical Director; Programmers and Engineers; Creative Director; Designers; Art Director; Artists; Animators; Audio Director and Engineer; Writers; QA/Compliance; Chapter 11 The Publishing Team; The Producer; Operations, a.k.a. Ops; Tech Director; Art Director; QA Team; Creative Director; Chapter 12 Publishers Selecting Developers; Projects That Start With the Publisher (The Dog Wagging the Tail); Finding the Developer Projects That Start With the Publisher (The Tail Wagging the Dog)Section Three: Scheduling and Structure; Chapter 13 Scheduling and Structure; The Producer's Role in Scheduling; Why Schedule? Heavy Scheduling vs. No Scheduling; Who Owns the Schedules?; Man-Month Schedule; Milestones: How They Affect Everything; Scrum, Waterfall, Agile, and Cowboy Coding; Elements of a Schedule; Troubleshooting; Other Teams' Needs and Schedules; Hardware; DLC, Expansion Packs, and Sequels; Marketing, PR, and Sales Needs; Screenshots and PR/Marketing Materials; Holidays and Vacation Chapter 14 Development Plan Management (Scheduling to Production) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781196603321 |
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Cohen D. S
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| Burlington, MA ; ; Oxford, : Focal Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Producing games [[electronic resource] ] : from business budgets to creativity and design / / D.S. Cohen, Sergio A. Bustamante II
| Producing games [[electronic resource] ] : from business budgets to creativity and design / / D.S. Cohen, Sergio A. Bustamante II |
| Autore | Cohen D. S |
| Edizione | [1st edition] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Burlington, MA ; ; Oxford, : Focal Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.81 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BustamanteSergio A |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Design
Video games |
| ISBN |
1-136-13878-1
1-282-30927-7 9786612309274 0-08-092804-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Producing Games; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Authors; Acknowledgements; Intro: So You Want to be a Video Game Producer; Section One: What is a Video Game Producer?; Chapter 1 Producer Primer; What a Producer Manages; Why Become a Game Producer; How to Become a Producer; Publishers and Developers; Internal and External Producer Roles; Chapter 2 Producing at a Developer; The Schedule; Dev Budget; Pitching Ideas and Representing the Team; Manage Milestone Submissions; Working With Your Publishing Counterpart; Chapter 3 Producing at a Publisher; Managing Schedules
Managing the BudgetsReviewing Milestones; Managing Approvals; Managing Testing; Support: Sales, Marketing, and PR; Working with Stakeholders; Supervising Audio Production; Voice-Over; Contractors; Prep for First Party Submissions; Chapter 4 Producer Roles; Executive Producer; Senior Producer; Producer; Associate Producer; Production Coordinator/Assistant Producer; Other Producer Roles; Localization Producer; Cinematics Producer; Licensor Producer; Chapter 5 Size and Scope: Large vs. Small, Licensed vs. Original; Team Sizes; Larger vs. Smaller; Big Budgets; Small Budgets Long vs. Short SchedulesLicensed vs. Original IPs; Sequels and Expansion Packs and Downloadable Content; Chapter 6 Producing Skills; Managing a Game; The Key Skills of a Producer (Hard Skills); Soft Skills (Or, What You Should Know, but Can Learn on the Curve); Chapter 7 Tools of the Trade; Software Solutions and Recommendations; 3-D Graphics and Modeling Packages; Section Two: The Process in a Nutshell; Chapter 8 The History of Game Development; Case Study: The History of Game Development Through the Evolution of Sierra; Chapter 9 Game Project Lifecycle Overview; Concept Phase Pre-Production PhaseProduction Phase; The Crunch: From Pre-Alpha to Release Candidate; Chapter 10 The Development Team; Technical Director; Programmers and Engineers; Creative Director; Designers; Art Director; Artists; Animators; Audio Director and Engineer; Writers; QA/Compliance; Chapter 11 The Publishing Team; The Producer; Operations, a.k.a. Ops; Tech Director; Art Director; QA Team; Creative Director; Chapter 12 Publishers Selecting Developers; Projects That Start With the Publisher (The Dog Wagging the Tail); Finding the Developer Projects That Start With the Publisher (The Tail Wagging the Dog)Section Three: Scheduling and Structure; Chapter 13 Scheduling and Structure; The Producer's Role in Scheduling; Why Schedule? Heavy Scheduling vs. No Scheduling; Who Owns the Schedules?; Man-Month Schedule; Milestones: How They Affect Everything; Scrum, Waterfall, Agile, and Cowboy Coding; Elements of a Schedule; Troubleshooting; Other Teams' Needs and Schedules; Hardware; DLC, Expansion Packs, and Sequels; Marketing, PR, and Sales Needs; Screenshots and PR/Marketing Materials; Holidays and Vacation Chapter 14 Development Plan Management (Scheduling to Production) |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809570103321 |
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Cohen D. S
|
||
| Burlington, MA ; ; Oxford, : Focal Press, 2009 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Unreal development kit game design cookbook [[electronic resource] ] : over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK : [quick answers to common problems] / / Thomas Mooney
| Unreal development kit game design cookbook [[electronic resource] ] : over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK : [quick answers to common problems] / / Thomas Mooney |
| Autore | Mooney Thomas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Olton Birmingham [England], : Packt Pub., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.81 |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Design
Computer simulation |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-11912-8
9786613523358 1-84969-181-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Heads UP-UDK Interface Essentials; Introduction; Installing UDK and folder structure; What content comes with UDK?; Beginning, building, and testing a new level; Deciding on your preferences; UI survival steps; Navigating the Content Browser; Accessing assets in the Content Browser; Creating and managing packages; Importing your own content; Cooking a map in Unreal Frontend; Mobile device emulation; Kismet debugging
Chapter 2: Notes From an Unreal World-Constructing Game World Elements Introduction; How to handle BSP geometry; Building a hollow room; Adjusting surface properties of BSP; Generating volume from the BSP brush; Handling Static Mesh actors in the scene; Setting collision in the Static Mesh Editor; Creating Terrain, Deco Layers, and Material Layers; Creating a Landscape; Scattering meshes on a Landscape using the Foliage tool; Creating a steamy plume in Cascade; Chapter 3: It Lives!-Character Setup and Animation; Introduction; Installing ActorX and exporting skeletal animation Importing Skeleta Mesh content into UDK Morph targets and .FBX importing; Setting up sockets; Attachments to Skeletal Meshes without using sockets; Setting up a custom AnimTree; Defining animations in your AnimTree; Configuring your character to use your AnimTree; How to use a single bone control chain to correct an offset crouch animation; Setting up a physics asset using PhAT; Adding limits to physics asset joint rotations; Adding a physics-driven tail to a key framed Skeletal Mesh; Enabling the head to face in a given direction for tracking purposes Setting a Look At target for head rotation in code Setting morph weights in code; Calling up Skeletal Mesh animation using Matinee; Associating sounds with character moves in Matinee; Sound for non-Matinee controlled animation; Chapter 4: Got Your Wires Crossed?-Visual Scripting of Game play in Kismet; Introduction; Kismet UI essentials; Creating a simple enemy Bot; Event-based movement of scene objects in Matinee; Trace actions in a shooting situation; Revealing and hiding scene actors during game play; Producing sounds through Kismet; Using Take Damage events to produce explosions Understanding the usage of Named Variables Tidying up Kismet networks using Sub-sequences; Tidying up Kismet networks using Remote Events; Toggling Materials through Kismet; Toggling lights through Kismet; Animating Point Lights in Matinee to mimic texture animation; Making a comparison following a countdown; Using Integer Counter to count enemy deaths; Controlling node flow using a Gate action; Making Bots follow a path; Chapter 5: It Is Your Destiny!-Scripting Complex Game play Flow in Kismet; Prefabs including Kismet references; Swapping control of a Bot using Possess Pawn Ways to stop a recurring loop |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461212703321 |
|
Mooney Thomas
|
||
| Olton Birmingham [England], : Packt Pub., 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Unreal development kit game design cookbook [[electronic resource] ] : over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK : [quick answers to common problems] / / Thomas Mooney
| Unreal development kit game design cookbook [[electronic resource] ] : over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK : [quick answers to common problems] / / Thomas Mooney |
| Autore | Mooney Thomas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Olton Birmingham [England], : Packt Pub., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.81 |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Design
Computer simulation |
| ISBN |
1-280-11912-8
9786613523358 1-84969-181-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Heads UP-UDK Interface Essentials; Introduction; Installing UDK and folder structure; What content comes with UDK?; Beginning, building, and testing a new level; Deciding on your preferences; UI survival steps; Navigating the Content Browser; Accessing assets in the Content Browser; Creating and managing packages; Importing your own content; Cooking a map in Unreal Frontend; Mobile device emulation; Kismet debugging
Chapter 2: Notes From an Unreal World-Constructing Game World Elements Introduction; How to handle BSP geometry; Building a hollow room; Adjusting surface properties of BSP; Generating volume from the BSP brush; Handling Static Mesh actors in the scene; Setting collision in the Static Mesh Editor; Creating Terrain, Deco Layers, and Material Layers; Creating a Landscape; Scattering meshes on a Landscape using the Foliage tool; Creating a steamy plume in Cascade; Chapter 3: It Lives!-Character Setup and Animation; Introduction; Installing ActorX and exporting skeletal animation Importing Skeleta Mesh content into UDK Morph targets and .FBX importing; Setting up sockets; Attachments to Skeletal Meshes without using sockets; Setting up a custom AnimTree; Defining animations in your AnimTree; Configuring your character to use your AnimTree; How to use a single bone control chain to correct an offset crouch animation; Setting up a physics asset using PhAT; Adding limits to physics asset joint rotations; Adding a physics-driven tail to a key framed Skeletal Mesh; Enabling the head to face in a given direction for tracking purposes Setting a Look At target for head rotation in code Setting morph weights in code; Calling up Skeletal Mesh animation using Matinee; Associating sounds with character moves in Matinee; Sound for non-Matinee controlled animation; Chapter 4: Got Your Wires Crossed?-Visual Scripting of Game play in Kismet; Introduction; Kismet UI essentials; Creating a simple enemy Bot; Event-based movement of scene objects in Matinee; Trace actions in a shooting situation; Revealing and hiding scene actors during game play; Producing sounds through Kismet; Using Take Damage events to produce explosions Understanding the usage of Named Variables Tidying up Kismet networks using Sub-sequences; Tidying up Kismet networks using Remote Events; Toggling Materials through Kismet; Toggling lights through Kismet; Animating Point Lights in Matinee to mimic texture animation; Making a comparison following a countdown; Using Integer Counter to count enemy deaths; Controlling node flow using a Gate action; Making Bots follow a path; Chapter 5: It Is Your Destiny!-Scripting Complex Game play Flow in Kismet; Prefabs including Kismet references; Swapping control of a Bot using Possess Pawn Ways to stop a recurring loop |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790193803321 |
|
Mooney Thomas
|
||
| Olton Birmingham [England], : Packt Pub., 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Unreal development kit game design cookbook : over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK : [quick answers to common problems] / / Thomas Mooney
| Unreal development kit game design cookbook : over 100 recipes to accelerate the process of learning game design with UDK : [quick answers to common problems] / / Thomas Mooney |
| Autore | Mooney Thomas |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Olton Birmingham [England], : Packt Pub., 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (544 p.) |
| Disciplina | 794.81 |
| Soggetto topico |
Video games - Design
Computer simulation |
| ISBN |
1-280-11912-8
9786613523358 1-84969-181-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Heads UP-UDK Interface Essentials; Introduction; Installing UDK and folder structure; What content comes with UDK?; Beginning, building, and testing a new level; Deciding on your preferences; UI survival steps; Navigating the Content Browser; Accessing assets in the Content Browser; Creating and managing packages; Importing your own content; Cooking a map in Unreal Frontend; Mobile device emulation; Kismet debugging
Chapter 2: Notes From an Unreal World-Constructing Game World Elements Introduction; How to handle BSP geometry; Building a hollow room; Adjusting surface properties of BSP; Generating volume from the BSP brush; Handling Static Mesh actors in the scene; Setting collision in the Static Mesh Editor; Creating Terrain, Deco Layers, and Material Layers; Creating a Landscape; Scattering meshes on a Landscape using the Foliage tool; Creating a steamy plume in Cascade; Chapter 3: It Lives!-Character Setup and Animation; Introduction; Installing ActorX and exporting skeletal animation Importing Skeleta Mesh content into UDK Morph targets and .FBX importing; Setting up sockets; Attachments to Skeletal Meshes without using sockets; Setting up a custom AnimTree; Defining animations in your AnimTree; Configuring your character to use your AnimTree; How to use a single bone control chain to correct an offset crouch animation; Setting up a physics asset using PhAT; Adding limits to physics asset joint rotations; Adding a physics-driven tail to a key framed Skeletal Mesh; Enabling the head to face in a given direction for tracking purposes Setting a Look At target for head rotation in code Setting morph weights in code; Calling up Skeletal Mesh animation using Matinee; Associating sounds with character moves in Matinee; Sound for non-Matinee controlled animation; Chapter 4: Got Your Wires Crossed?-Visual Scripting of Game play in Kismet; Introduction; Kismet UI essentials; Creating a simple enemy Bot; Event-based movement of scene objects in Matinee; Trace actions in a shooting situation; Revealing and hiding scene actors during game play; Producing sounds through Kismet; Using Take Damage events to produce explosions Understanding the usage of Named Variables Tidying up Kismet networks using Sub-sequences; Tidying up Kismet networks using Remote Events; Toggling Materials through Kismet; Toggling lights through Kismet; Animating Point Lights in Matinee to mimic texture animation; Making a comparison following a countdown; Using Integer Counter to count enemy deaths; Controlling node flow using a Gate action; Making Bots follow a path; Chapter 5: It Is Your Destiny!-Scripting Complex Game play Flow in Kismet; Prefabs including Kismet references; Swapping control of a Bot using Possess Pawn Ways to stop a recurring loop |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827546503321 |
|
Mooney Thomas
|
||
| Olton Birmingham [England], : Packt Pub., 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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