David Perry and ShinY Entertainment, best known for Earthworm Jim and MDK, put their wild imaginations into high gear to create this unique first-person shooter. Fans of games such as Quake and Half-Life will go crazy over the incredible new graphics engine created by ShinY just for Messiah. Add to that an involving storyline, inventive characters, and intense game play, and you have a combination that cries out for a strategy guide. This OFFICIAL guide, written with the support of the development team, provides insider information available nowhere else.

Messiah Official Strategies and Secrets (Strategies & Secrets)

Computers & Technology

Schuytema, Paul

Radcliffe, Doug

Games & Strategy Guides

Sybex, Inc.

Based on the popular paper gaming system Star Fleet Battles, the real-time strategy game from Interplay set in the classic Star Trek universe is sure to please hardcore gamers and Trekkers alike. Written with the support of the development team, the official Sybex guide to Star Fleet Command provides winning strategies for every scenario, valuable insights into the game's mechanics, and intriguing background material for Trek fans. This book makes the difference between "Live long and prosper" and "He's dead, Jim."

Star Trek: Starfleet Command Official Strategies & Secrets

Chong, David

Jensen, Chris

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Septerra Core is a role-playing game in the tradition of the hugely successful Final Fantasy VII and VIII. Like the Final Fantasy games, Septerra Core is heavily influence by anime, a popular form of animation that was born in Japan but is increasingly popular in the West. Unlike the Final Fantasy series, Septerra Core is aimed at the PC audience. Septerra Core is being distributed by Interplay, publishers of successful PC RPGs like Baldur's Gate and Fallout 2.

Septerra Core: Legacy of the Creator (Official Strategies & Secrets)

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion adds five new civilizations all of which possess a unique technology or skill, and includes four new hero-oriented campaigns, expanded multiplayer capture-the-flag matches, enhanced maps, and more. This guide gives readers everything they need to succeed in their new civilizations, including tricks and secrets straight from the developers.

Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion: Sybex's Official Strategies & Secrets

Provides a wealth of historical detail about the air war in Europe, as well as tips on strategy and tactics for winning the simulation game. Original. (All Users).

Aces Over Europe: The Official Strategy Guide (Secrets of the Games)

Prima Games

complex GUIs and artificial intelligence. If you're a developer just starting to use Lua, or you're considering using it, Game Development with Lua will teach you everything you need to know. And if you're new to scripting languages altogether, this book will also teach you how they can be used in game development effectively. Written by practicing Lua game developers, the book teaches how to use Lua for commercial game development. It begins with a brief history of Lua and explains how to incorporate Lua into a C++ project. It details the key features and advantages of Lua and then takes you through the development of a "rapid prototype" game called Take Away. This game provides the context with which to explore the foundational C++ approaches and the Lua scripting approaches to saving and loading game data, building a modular and flexible GUI system, managing a game's real-time events through Lua scripts, and using Lua to define and control game AI. There are also several smaller games along with a full technology base, so even non-programmers can look under the hood to see what makes a game tick. If you're looking for an efficient, affordable, and easy-to-learn language for your games, Lua is the right choice and this book will teach you how to use it effectively.

Game Development With LUA (Game Development Series)

Manyen, Mark

Humor & Entertainment

Charles River Media

Game Design: A Practical Approach is written for new game designers, practicing designers, and serious gamers wanting to create their own designs. Throughout the pages of this book, you'll find a complete and practical introduction to the craft of game design, starting at square one with an exploration of just what a game and game design are. From there you'll explore the skills you need to have as a game designer and learn when and how to use them. Then you'll dive into the very practical nuts and bolts of a number of vital game design topics, including how to balance gamplay? what is risk-reward? how do you scale challenge? And along the way, you'll learn the scripting language, Lua, and work with a sample game as you test and explore the game design concepts being discussed. The book is packed with the invaluable insights and tips you need to master the art of game design, including a variety of "from the trenches" sidebars by some of the industry's top game designers. So whether you're a new designer, experienced professional, or serious gamer, you'll find the tools and wisdom you need to succeed as a game designer.

Game Design: A Practical Approach (Game Development Series)

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