Dungeon Hacks

Author : David L. Craddock
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000425703

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Dungeon Hacks by David L. Craddock Pdf

In 1980, computers were instruments of science and mathematics, military secrets and academia. Stern administrators lorded over sterile university laboratories and stressed one point to the wide-eyed students privileged enough to set foot within them: Computers were not toys. Defying authority, hackers seized control of monolithic mainframes to create a new breed of computer game: the roguelike, cryptic and tough-as-nails adventures drawn from text-based symbols instead of state-of-the-art 3D graphics. Despite their visual simplicity, roguelike games captivate thousands of players around the world. From the author of the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series, Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games introduces you to the visionaries behind some of the most popular roguelikes of all time and shows how their creations paved the way for the blockbuster videogames of today—and beyond.

Author : David L. Craddock
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000425673

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Dungeon Hacks by David L. Craddock Pdf

In 1980, computers were instruments of science and mathematics, military secrets and academia. Stern administrators lorded over sterile university laboratories and stressed one point to the wide-eyed students privileged enough to set foot within them: Computers were not toys. Defying authority, hackers seized control of monolithic mainframes to create a new breed of computer game: the roguelike, cryptic and tough-as-nails adventures drawn from text-based symbols instead of state-of-the-art 3D graphics. Despite their visual simplicity, roguelike games captivate thousands of players around the world. From the author of the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series, Dungeon Hacks: How NetHack, Angband, and Other Roguelikes Changed the Course of Video Games introduces you to the visionaries behind some of the most popular roguelikes of all time and shows how their creations paved the way for the blockbuster videogames of today—and beyond.

Author : David Craddock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 069250186X

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Dungeon Hacks by David Craddock Pdf

In 1980, computers were instruments of science and mathematics, military secrets and academia. Stern administrators lorded over sterile university laboratories and stressed one point to the wide-eyed students privileged enough to set foot within them: Computers were not toys. Defying authority, hackers seized control of monolithic mainframes to create a new breed of computer game: the roguelike, cryptic and tough-as-nails adventures drawn from text-based symbols instead of state-of-the-art 3D graphics. Despite their visual simplicity, roguelike games captivate thousands of players around the world. From the author of the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series, Dungeon Hacks introduces you to the visionaries behind some of the most popular roguelikes of all time, and shows how their creations paved the way for the blockbuster video games of today-and beyond.

Author : David L. Craddock
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-18
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000427172

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One-Week Dungeons by David L. Craddock Pdf

"An entertaining, race-against-time narrative." —Kobo review "A fast-paced look into seven-day roguelikes, something so niche most people wouldn't have heard about, but the book is well written and shows how important it is to get your thoughts down so you can sort out your ideas." —Goodreads review Eleven game designers. Eight grand ideas. Seven days to will them into reality. Every year, programmers around the world compete in the 7-day roguelike challenge, or 7DRL, a weeklong game jam where participants endeavor to design and program a roguelike role-playing game. Their obstacles: day jobs, family responsibilities, sleep deprivation, and visionary concepts too big for 168 hours to contain. Told over a series of daily journal logs, One-Week Dungeons: Diaries of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge chronicles the journeys of eleven 7DRL participants as they race to build their dream games before the clock expires. David L. Craddock writes fiction, nonfiction, and grocery lists. He is the author of over a dozen nonfiction books about video game development and culture, including the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series and Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room, and fiction for young adults, including The Dumpster Club and Heritage: Book One of the Gairden Chronicles. Find him online @davidlcraddock on Twitter.

Author : David L. Craddock
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1092112820

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Dungeon Hacks: Expanded Edition by David L. Craddock Pdf

In 1980, computers were instruments of science and mathematics, military secrets and academia. Stern administrators lorded over sterile university laboratories and stressed one point to the wide-eyed students privileged enough to set foot within them: Computers were not toys.Defying authority, hackers seized control of monolithic mainframes to create a new breed of computer game: the roguelike, cryptic and tough-as-nails adventures drawn from text-based symbols instead of state-of-the-art 3D graphics.Despite their visual simplicity, roguelike games captivate thousands of players around the world. Revised and updated, Dungeon Hacks: Expanded Edition collects the original 2015 book, plus more interviews and stories about developers and games inspired by formative roguelike RPGs.Expanded Edition Includes: -New Introduction-3 Additional Books: One-Week Dungeons: Diary of a Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge, Anything But Sports: The Making of FTL: Faster Than Light (with bonus content), and Red to Black: The Making of Rogue Legacy-Transcript from the author's panel with Rogue co-creators Michael Toy, Glenn Wichman, and Ken Arnold at the 2016 Roguelike Celebration Conference-Photos, Interviews, Behind-the-Scenes Info, and More

Author : Alexander Smith
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780429752612

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They Create Worlds by Alexander Smith Pdf

They Create Worlds: The Story of the People and Companies That Shaped the Video Game Industry, Vol. 1 is the first in a three-volume set that provides an in-depth analysis of the creation and evolution of the video game industry. Beginning with the advent of computers in the mid-20th century, Alexander Smith’s text comprehensively highlights and examines individuals, companies, and market forces that have shaped the development of the video game industry around the world. Volume one, places an emphasis on the emerging ideas, concepts, and games developed from the commencement of the budding video game art form in the 1950s and 1960s through the first commercial activity in the 1970s and early 1980s. They Create Worlds aims to build a new foundation upon which future scholars and the video game industry itself can chart new paths. Key Features: The most in-depth examination of the video game industry ever written, They Create Worlds charts the technological breakthroughs, design decisions, and market forces in the United States, Europe, and East Asia that birthed a $100 billion industry. The books derive their information from rare primary sources such as little-studied trade publications, personal papers collections, and oral history interviews with designers and executives, many of whom have never told their stories before. Spread over three volumes, They Create Worlds focuses on the creative designers, shrewd marketers, and innovative companies that have shaped video games from their earliest days as a novelty attraction to their current status as the most important entertainment medium of the 21st Century. The books examine the formation of the video game industry in a clear narrative style that will make them useful as teaching aids in classes on the history of game design and economics, but they are not being written specifically as instructional books and can be enjoyed by anyone with a passion for video game history.

Author : Greg Johnson
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781498777766

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Developing Creative Content for Games by Greg Johnson Pdf

This book provides readers with a solid understanding of game development, design, narrative, charaterization, plot, back story and world creation elements that are crucial for game writers and designers as they create a detailed world setting, adventure, characters, narrative and plot suitable for possible publication. Game design and development issues such as writing for games, emergent complexity, risk reward systems, competitive and cooperative game play will be investigated, analyzed and critiqued. Examples will be used to highlight and explain the various concepts involved and how the game development process works.

Author : Kyle Rankin
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0596007876

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Knoppix Hacks by Kyle Rankin Pdf

"100 industrial-strength tips & tools"--Cover.

Author : Mark H. Walker
Publisher : Wordware Publishing, Inc.
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Video games
ISBN : 9781556229503

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Games That Sell! by Mark H. Walker Pdf

This book targets game developers, publishers, journalists, and any person who makes computer and video games their passion. The book analyses the best-selling games of 2001 by examining what made them commercial and critical successes. Computer game industry inside information, advice from well-known gaming sages, and interviews from notable developers provide tips on what makes games fun and great. Includes CD.

Author : David L. Craddock
Publisher : Digital Monument Press, LLC
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780988409903

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Stay Awhile and Listen: Book I by David L. Craddock Pdf

Author : Schuyler Erle,Rich Gibson,Jo Walsh
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-06-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781491951651

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Mapping Hacks by Schuyler Erle,Rich Gibson,Jo Walsh Pdf

Since the dawn of creation, man has designed maps to help identify the space that we occupy. From Lewis and Clark's pencil-sketched maps of mountain trails to Jacques Cousteau's sophisticated charts of the ocean floor, creating maps of the utmost precision has been a constant pursuit. So why should things change now?Well, they shouldn't. The reality is that map creation, or "cartography," has only improved in its ease-of-use over time. In fact, with the recent explosion of inexpensive computing and the growing availability of public mapping data, mapmaking today extends all the way to the ordinary PC user.Mapping Hacks, the latest page-turner from O'Reilly Press, tackles this notion head on. It's a collection of one hundred simple--and mostly free--techniques available to developers and power users who want draw digital maps or otherwise visualize geographic data. Authors Schuyler Erle, Rich Gibson, and Jo Walsh do more than just illuminate the basic concepts of location and cartography, they walk you through the process one step at a time.Mapping Hacks shows you where to find the best sources of geographic data, and then how to integrate that data into your own map. But that's just an appetizer. This comprehensive resource also shows you how to interpret and manipulate unwieldy cartography data, as well as how to incorporate personal photo galleries into your maps. It even provides practical uses for GPS (Global Positioning System) devices--those touch-of-a-button street maps integrated into cars and mobile phones. Just imagine: If Captain Kidd had this technology, we'd all know where to find his buried treasure!With all of these industrial-strength tips and tools, Mapping Hacks effectively takes the sting out of the digital mapmaking and navigational process. Now you can create your own maps for business, pleasure, or entertainment--without ever having to sharpen a single pencil.

Author : David L. Craddock
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781000433890

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Game Dev Stories Volume 2 by David L. Craddock Pdf

Game Dev Stories: Interviews About Game Development and Culture Volumes 1 and 2 are a collection of interviews from renowned author David L. Craddock as he explores all corners of the video game industry. Collected from the author's archives, Game Dev Stories gathers conversations with individuals from all corners of the industry: Who they are, the paths they paved, and their contributions to this multibillion-dollar industry. This text offers viewpoints from well-known individuals like John Romero, Tom Hall, and Matt Householder. From artists and writers to programmers and designers, Game Dev Stories offers amazing insights and understanding to what occurs behind the screens of your favorite games and may help inspire future game developers in pursuing their dreams. Author Bio David L. Craddock writes fiction, nonfiction, and grocery lists. He is the author of over a dozen nonfiction books about video game development and culture, including the bestselling Stay Awhile and Listen series, Arcade Perfect: How Pac-Man, Mortal Kombat, and Other Coin-Op Classics Invaded the Living Room, and fiction for young adults, including The Dumpster Club and Heritage: Book One of the Gairden Chronicles. Find him online @davidlcraddock on Twitter.

Author : David L. Craddock
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781000520248

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Game Dev Stories by David L. Craddock Pdf

Game Dev Stories: Interviews About Game Development and Culture Volumes 1 and 2 are a collection of interviews from renowned author David L. Craddock as he explores all corners of the video game industry. Collected from the author's archives, Game Dev Stories gathers conversations with individuals from all corners of the industry: Who they are, the paths they paved, and their contributions to this multibillion-dollar industry. This text offers viewpoints from well-known individuals like John Romero, Tom Hall, and Matt Householder. From artists and writers to programmers and designers, Game Dev Stories offers amazing insights and understanding to what occurs behind the screens of your favorite games and may help inspire future game developers in pursuing their dreams.

Author : Master Gamer
Publisher : Hiddenstuff Entertainment
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783986474904

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Guide for Dungeon Fighter Online Game, Download, Gameplay, Android, Characters, Fighter, Hacks, Unofficial by Master Gamer Pdf

This book will teach you:- Items that must be collected- Items that should be kept- Items that you should sale- Tips on how to save cube fragments- How to win quests- Importance of becoming a guild member- Things you should avoid to get a win win situation- How to improve your stats- And many other tips!

Author : Mia Consalvo
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-06-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780262545761

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Atari to Zelda by Mia Consalvo Pdf

The cross-cultural interactions of Japanese videogames and the West—from DIY localization by fans to corporate strategies of “Japaneseness.” In the early days of arcades and Nintendo, many players didn’t recognize Japanese games as coming from Japan; they were simply new and interesting games to play. But since then, fans, media, and the games industry have thought further about the “Japaneseness” of particular games. Game developers try to decide whether a game's Japaneseness is a selling point or stumbling block; critics try to determine what elements in a game express its Japaneseness—cultural motifs or technical markers. Games were “localized,” subjected to sociocultural and technical tinkering. In this book, Mia Consalvo looks at what happens when Japanese games travel outside Japan, and how they are played, thought about, and transformed by individuals, companies, and groups in the West. Consalvo begins with players, first exploring North American players’ interest in Japanese games (and Japanese culture in general) and then investigating players’ DIY localization of games, in the form of ROM hacking and fan translating. She analyzes several Japanese games released in North America and looks in detail at the Japanese game company Square Enix. She examines indie and corporate localization work, and the rise of the professional culture broker. Finally, she compares different approaches to Japaneseness in games sold in the West and considers how Japanese games have influenced Western games developers. Her account reveals surprising cross-cultural interactions between Japanese games and Western game developers and players, between Japaneseness and the market.