Game Development Tool Essentials

Paula Berinstein is the author of numerous how-to books and articles and former producer/host of The Writing Show podcast. She wrote the COLLADA CTS for the Khronos Group and is a former member of the Khronos COLLADA work group.

• Part 1: Asset and Data Management * Plug-in based Asset Compiler Architecture* Asset Data ManagementPart 2: Geometry and Models *3D Format Conversion* Building Procedural Geometry Using MAXScript* A Uniform Geometry Workflow for Animated Feature Films* Rock-solid Content Pipeline with the COLLADA Conformance Test Suite* Rendering COLLADA Assets on Mac OS X with Scene Kit* COLLADA Exporter for Unity Developers in the Unity Asset StorePart 3: Web Tools* Utilizing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to Create Rich Debugging Information* Moving Tools to the Cloud: Control, Configure, and Monitor your Game with WebSocketPart 4: Programming* Decoupling Game Tool GUIs from Core Editing Operations* Building a Game Prototyping Tool for Android Mobile Devices* Engineering Domain-specific Languages for Games