Unreal Engine 4 for Beginners, as its name implies, is specifically written with the beginner in mind. It is meant for those who wish to learn how to make video games with no prior video game development, video game design, or video game programming experience. It concentrates on the fundamentals, in order to build a rock solid foundation upon which the reader can use to confidently explore more advanced topics. It provides a thorough examination of the basics, covering each subject in fine detail. Great care has been taken to advance through the subject matter in an order that best ensures that everything needed to understand one piece of information has already been covered in the information prior. It makes a great textbook for an Intro to Unreal Engine 4, or Unreal Engine 101 course. This full-color book concentrates heavily on four key areas: Environments - Construct beautiful virtual worlds with moving objects and sounds Inputs - Enter and explore the worlds you construct by creating a Character and specifying how it can move and how to control those movements Menus &amp; Displays - Learn how to create the user interfaces and on-screen displays that will enhance your game and bring it to the next level Logic - Learn how to construct logic and take full control over the first three subject areas. How should objects in your world move? What should cause a certain sound to play? How does the player win the game? You decide! Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is state-of-the-art video game creation software. It's a framework that assists in video game design and video game programming of PC desktop computer, Xbox One, and PS4 games. This beginner's textbook for novices will teach you how to make a video game from scratch, even if you have no experience in even the basics of gaming, game development, or 3D animation and modeling. Even dummies and idiots can follow this carefully structured gamedev textbook! Get started learning the fundamentals and essentials of video game development on Unreal Engine 4!

Unreal Engine 4 for Beginners

Computers & Technology

Nixon, David

Programming

Luquinox

• A history of the International Space Station, through the lens of its architectural design• Foreword by NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott• Perfect for space enthusiasts, as well as anyone with an interest in challenging architectural problem-solving"If you are a space fan, fascinated by the kind of venture the International Space Station represents, this book is an absolute must, full of juicy details and intriguing insights."- Popular Science, March 2016In 1984 President Ronald Reagan gave NASA the go-ahead to build a Space Station. A generation later, the International Space Station is an established and highly successful research centre in Earth's orbit. The history of this extraordinary project is a complex weave of powerful threads - political, diplomatic, financial and technological among them - but none is more fascinating than the story of its design. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the International Space Station s conception, development and assembly in space. As a highly accessible chronicle of a complex piece of design and engineering, it will appeal to readers far beyond the space field.NASA Astronaut Nicole Stott, a veteran of International Space Station Expeditions 20 and 21 and Shuttle Missions STS-128, STS-129 and STS-133, introduces the book with a personal memoir: A Home in Space.

International Space Station: Architecture beyond Earth

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Circa Press

Only a few pastors successfully lead their churches back to a time of growth and vitality after major decline, crisis, or plateau. Six times, David F. Nixon led struggling churches to viability. Six times, he overcame impossibilities in churches where others shook their heads and walked away. You don't have to be another statistic - another pastor who walked away from a dying church. Both you and your church can thrive again.
In his book, you'll discover survival skills essential to anticipating, experiencing, leading, and surviving the turnaround church experience. 
David F. Nixon will teach you: 
<ul>
<li>Turnarounds are rare, not impossible</li>
<li>Lead your church off of a plateau</li>
<li>Activate extraordinary prayer</li>
<li>Overcome financial challenges</li>
<li>Mobilize laity for ministry</li>
<li>Embrace the lost and the least</li>
<li>And much more!</li>
</ul>

It Only Takes a Spark: Leading Your Church to Growth and Vitality

Religion & Spirituality

Alive Publications

Stories from the Street

Stories from the Street is a theological exploration of interviews with men and women who had experienced homelessness at some stage in their lives. Framed within a theology of story and a theology of liberation, Nixon suggests that story is not only a vehicle for creating human transformation but it is one of God's chosen means of effecting change. Short biographies of twelve characters are examined under themes including: crises in health and relationships, self-harm and suicide, anger and pain, God and the Bible. Expanding the existing literature of contextual theology, this book provides an alternative focus to a church-shaped mission by advocating with, and for, a very marginal group; suggesting that their experiences have much to teach the church. Churches are perceived as being active in terms of pastoral work, but reluctant to ask more profound questions about why homelessness exists at all. A theology of homelessness suggests not just a God of the homeless, but a homeless God, who shares stories and provides hope. Engaging with contemporary political and cultural debates about poverty, housing and public spending, Nixon presents a unique theological exploration of homeless people, suffering, hope and the human condition.

Stories from the Street: A Theology of Homelessness

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Routledge

Get started creating video games using Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) and learning the fundamentals of game development. Through hands-on, step-by-step tutorials, you will learn to design engaging environments and a build solid foundation for more complex games. Discover how to utilize the 3D game design software behind the development of immensely popular games for PC, console, and mobile. Beginning Unreal Game Development steers you through the fundamentals of game development with UE4 to design environments that both engage the player and are aesthetically pleasing. Author David Nixon shows you how to script logic, define behaviors, store data, and create characters. You will learn to create user interfaces, such as menus, load screens, and head-up displays (HUDs), and manipulate audio to add music, sound effects, and dialogue to your game. The book covers level editors, actor types, blueprints, character creation and control, and much more. Throughout the book, you'll put theory into practice and create an actual game using a series of step-by-step tutorials. With a clear, step-by-step approach, Beginning Unreal Game Development builds up your knowledge of Unreal Engine 4 so you can start creating and deploying your own 3D video games in no time. What You Will Learn <ul> <li>Learn the fundamentals of game design</li> <li>Understand how to use Unreal Engine 4</li> <li>Design amazing levels for your characters to play in</li> <li>Script logic to control the behavior of the world you create</li> </ul> &nbsp; Who This Book Is For <div> This book is for beginners with no prior game design or programming experience. It is also intended for video game enthusiasts who are brand-new to the world of game development and want to learn how to design a game from scratch using UE4. </div>

Beginning Unreal Game Development: Foundation for Simple to Complex Games Using Unreal Engine 4

Games & Strategy Guides

Apress

What Does God Think About Brexit?: A Theological Reflection

This book is a theological reflection about the process and event of Brexit: Britain's departure from the European Union. Within a framework of liberation and postmodern theology, it examines Brexit against a history of the EU, with themes of community, identity, marriage, and divorce. It considers the emotional reactions which have been generated, and places Brexit in the context of contemporary populism and the politics of the United States. The book concludes with a call for reconciliation via new imaginaries of solidarity and inclusion.

History

World

Palgrave Pivot

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