Get a head start in your game development career with this all-genre guide for absolute beginners. Whether you're into action games, role-playing games, or interactive fiction, we've got you covered. Mostly Codeless Game Development empowers new developers with little or no previous programming experience and explores all major areas of game development in a succinct, entertaining fashion.

Have you dreamed of making your own video game? Do you find the prospect daunting? Fear not. A new generation of game engines has emerged. Lengthy and complicated feats of programming are largely a thing of the past in video game development. To create commercially viable games you simply need the right tools, many of which are discussed in this book. A gigantic software team isn't a must-have prerequisite for success. The one-person operation is back.

What You Will Learn

Master the concepts and jargon used in game creation for the beginner
Find the best game development suite for your project
Make the most out of related graphics and audio production software
Discover video game marketing essentials

Who This Book Is For

People with no programming experience who desire a career in the video game industry as producers or independent, single-person developers.

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Helsinki, Finland

Robert Ciesla

About the author

Robert Ciesla is a freelance writer from Helsinki, Finland. He has a BA in journalism and a knack for writing urban fiction and directing short films. Robert has worked on many video games on several platforms since being a kid in the mid-nineties. His personal website is at robertciesla.com.

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Book Title: Mostly Codeless Game Development
Book Subtitle: New School Game Engines
Authors: Robert Ciesla
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2970-5
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Professional and Applied Computing (R0), Apress Access Books
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4842-2969-9Published: 20 July 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4842-2970-5Published: 19 July 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 219
Number of Illustrations: 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Game Development, Programming Techniques, Computer Engineering

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