Game & Animation Resources

Resources available at the ICICS/Computer Science Reading Room for learning about computer animation and video game design, development & programming.
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• 3D game engine architecture : engineering real-time applications with Wild Magic / Eberly.
  QA 76.76 C672 E15 2005 + CDROM
• Artificial intelligence for games. 2nd ed. / Ian Millington and John Funge
  QA 76.76 C672 M549 2009
• Augmented learning : research and design of mobile educational games / Klopfer
  LB 1029 G3 K585 2008
• The best of game programming gems / ed. DeLoura.
  QA 76.76 C672 B45 2008 + CDROM
• Casual game design : designing play for the gamer in all of us / Trefry.
  QA 76.76 C672 T755 2010
• Computer animation : algorithms and techniques. 3rd ed. / Parent.
  TR 897.7 P36 2012
• Creating games : mechanics, content, and technology / McGuire, Jenkins
  QA 76.76 C672 M34 2009
• Designing games : a guide to engineering experiences / Sylvester
  QA 76.76 C672 S949 2013
• Essential mathematics for games and interactive applications : a programmers guide / van Verth, Bishop.
  QA 76.76 C672 V47 2004 + CDROM
• Fluid simulation for computer graphics / Bridson
  T 385 B744 2008
• Fundamentals of game design. 3rd ed. / Adams
  QA 76.76 C672 A322 2014
• Game analytics : maximizing the value of player data / El-Nasr, Drachen, Canossa, eds.
  GV 1469.15 G36 2013
• Game coding complete. 4th ed. / McShaffry, Graham
  QA 76.76 C672 M395 2013
• Game design : from blue sky to green light / Todd.
  QA 76.76 C672 T63 2007
• Game design workshop : a playcentric approach to creating innovative games. 3rd ed. / Fullerton
  QA 76.76 C672 F84 2014
• Game engine architecture / Gregory.
  QA 76.76 C672 G77 2009
• Game testing : all in one. 2nd ed. / Schultz, Bryant.
  QA 76.76 C672 S36 2012
• Introduction to game development. 2nd ed / edited by Rabin.
  QA 76.76 C672 I58 2010
• Level design : concept, theory, and practice / Kremers.
  QA 76.76 C672 K74 2009
• Level up! : the guide to great video game design / Rogers.
  QA 76.76 C672 L484 2010
• OpenGL programming guide : the official guide to learning OpenGL, version 4.5 with SPIR-V. 9th ed. / Kessenich, Sellers, Shreiner
  T 385 O636 2017
• Physically based rendering : from theory to implementation / Pharr, Humphreys.
  T 385 P4377 2004 + CDROM
• Players making decisions : game design essentials and the art of understanding your players / Hiwiller
  GV 1469.15 H58 2016
• Real-time collision detection / Ericson.
  TR 897.7 E75 2005
• Real-time rendering. 3rd edition / Akenine-Möller, Haines.
  T 385 M635 2008
• A theory of fun for game design / Koster.
  QA 76.76 C672 K67 2005

Social Aspects, History, Fiction

• Blood, sweat, and pixels : the triumphant, turbulent stories behind how video games are made / Schreier
  GV 1469.3 S37 2017
• Console wars : Sega, Nintendo, and the battle that defined a generation / Harris
  HD 9993 E452 H37 2014  (also Audiobook)
• Daemon : a novel / Suarez
  PS 3619 U327 D34 2009
• Erebos : it's a game : it watches you / Poznanski
  PZ 7 P7578 2012
• Extra lives : why video games matter / Bissell
  GV 1469.3 B55 2010
• Gamelife : a memoir / Clune
  GV 1469.15 C59 2015
• Getting gamers : the psychology of video games and their impact on the people who play them / Madigan
  GV 1469.34 P79 M33 2016
• A history of video games in 64 objects / World Video Game Hall of Fame
  GV 1469.3 H57 2018
• In real life / Doctorow, Wang
  PZ 7.7 D64 2014
• JPod : a novel / Coupland
  PS 8555 O8253 J66 2006
• Moving innovation : a history of computer animation / Sito.
  TR 897.7 S48 2013
• Power play : how video games can save the world / Burak, Parker
  GV 1469.34 S52 B86 2017
• Reality is broken : why games make us better and how they can change the world /  McGonigal.
  GV 1201.38 M34 2011
• To Pixar and beyond : my unlikely journey with Steve Jobs to make entertainment history / Levy
  PN 1998.3 L4673 A3 2016
• The video game debate : unravelling the physical, social, and psychological effects of digital games / Kowert, Quandt, eds.
  GV 1469.3 V5225 2016

Journals/Magazines

• Game Developer Magazine
  2007 – 2013 (in print)
  See also : www.gamasutra.com
   
• Journal of Graphics, GPU and Game Tools (formerly Journal of Graphics Tools)
  1996 – 2007, 2009 – 2012 (in print)