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.
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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.
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.
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 Development
Game Animation Programming
Master advanced animation programming concepts including rigs, inverse kinematics, and ragdoll systems.
Understand advanced animation programming concepts.
Physics Simulation
Contacts and Constraints
A practical deep dive into the physics, mathematics, and engineering behind stable real‑time simulations.
Understand how constraints and contacts are formulated and solved.
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.
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 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 Production
Game Production in 20 Minutes
A quick, focused guide to the processes, tools, and decision‑making that turn a game idea into a shipped product.
Understand the full lifecycle of a game project.
Books
Ray-Tracing Pocket Book (Paperback)
A casual, hands-on guide to understanding and experimenting with ray-tracing techniques.
Grasp the core concepts of ray-tracing.
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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