Game Design Development

From the acclaimed author of the “must-have” (R.A. Salvatore, #1 New York Times bestselling author) The Monsters Know What They’re Doing series, an indispensable and easy-to-follow new handbook for creating original enemies in tabletop role-playing games.

Crafting Games with Python: From Basics to Brilliance is a hands-on programming guide that teaches readers how to build engaging 2D games while mastering Python fundamentals. Whether you're a complete beginner or a young coder exploring the world of game development, this book provides a step-by-step learning path that makes coding fun, interactive, and productive. Designed for absolute beginners, this practical workbook introduces you to Python game development for beginners through real-world examples and fully explained projects. You'll learn how to build games from scratch using Pygame ...

Crypto Hipster's Mysticals compilations that cover Season 4 and Season 5 are far more than just a catchy-named compilation. While there is a deep focus on technology, they also include common themes faced by entrepreneurs and founders across all industry spectra. This theme is based on "human" issues, which include societal, mindset, social opportunities, and personal growth and development. Of course, they also focus on solving industry and technological problems that we all face in our everyday lives or will face soon. The interviews contained within this are focused on Web Three gaming, ...

They tricked you but you’re not trapped. We all got tricked into mundane lives. Sold a story and told to chase the ‘dream.’ The problem? There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow if you follow the main conventional narrative. So why don’t people change? Obligations and reputations. They end up chained, strained, and drained of their life force. Sad but true. Most people are miserable in one central aspect of their lives.

Growing Up Gamer follows one gamer's relationship with video game consoles over the span of 30+ years, from the NES to the Nintendo Switch and everything in between. Relive fighting with siblings, joining local video game tournaments, and making new friends thanks to a mutual interest in Mario Kart. Explore the frustrations of trying to get into the game industry and then ultimately going at it alone as an indie developer on the Xbox 360 and Steam. Journey to China to teach English, where a Game Boy or Nintendo DS is sometimes the only thing keeping a lonely expat sane. Real and digital ...

Instead, Self-Help and Self-Care Games provides a month of challenges and games, to provide a unique approach to self-care. Through a series of thirty-one short articles of no more than 500 words, Ichizli-Bartels has created a gameful and enjoyable way of thinking about self-help. After completing the “game” at the end of the challenge, you will understand which gameful experiences self-help and self-care align with and how you can design, develop, and play them as the most fun and engaging games for yourself.