{"product_id":"9781484250723","title":"Beginning Game Development with Amazon Lumberyard: Create 3D Games Using Amazon Lumberyard and Lua","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBeginning Game Development with Amazon Lumberyard: Create 3D Games Using Amazon Lumberyard and Lua\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eHerman, Jaken Chandler\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreate stunning 3D games in a short amount of time using Amazon Lumberyard, a free and exciting game development platform. This book is a ground-up, out-of-the-box tutorial on 3D game development and programming with Lua and Amazon Lumberyard with little or no game development experience required. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeginning Game Development with Amazon Lumberyard \u003c\/i\u003ewalks you through the user interface of the Amazon Lumberyard engine; teaches you how to develop detailed terrain using heightmaps, megatextures, weather, and vegetation; and takes you through exporting the game for distribution. The book will show you how to create a player as well as enemies while not getting bogged down with third-party tools for animation or model creation. You will also work with simple physics, colliders, meshes, weather generation, Lua scripting, user interface development, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the book, you will be able to create many different types of video games using the Amazon Lumberyard engine and even have a completed project ready to release or put in your portfolio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover the mechanics and terminology of game development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFamiliarize yourself with the Amazon Lumberyard game engine in detail\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModify game scripts using the Lua language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover how to optimally structure game layers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDevelopers, programmers, and would-be game designers who have long wanted to dip their toes into the world of game development but have found other game engines and platforms to have too high a barrier to entry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Apress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2019-09-26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781484250723\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4842-5073-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 234\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47527103856780,"sku":"9781484250723","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781484250723.jpg?v=1776038852","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781484250723","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}