Comprehensive introduction to using the gradebook in Moodle. If you have used Moodle before, but would like more detailed help using the gradebook, this book is great. This books starts with an introduction to the gradebook, but quickly covers more advanced topics, such as using your own scale for grades, using letter or words instead …
If you have been interesting in moving from creating content in flash, to creating content in “HTML5” that can be viewed on any standard web browser, this book is a great introduction to Adobe’s newest tool. For a veteran of Flash, it compares the two side by side, showing what Edge can currently create (circa …
Very good book for preparing for almost any game project While although this book specializes on giving advice from different experienced game jam developers, anyone looking for advice on creating games, how to manage everything that needs to be done, and how to prioritize and maximize their time on their project would find this extremely …
Great amount of information for working with Unreal scripting! I am a beginner to Unreal scripting, and had not realized how involved it could be. This book helps you with setting up everything you need to get started, installing the UDK and external programs for script editing/compiling, and setting up a project. The book appears …
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Great book for beginners to game programming! The book is aimed towards beginners starting out in game programming. Visual basic is one of the easier languages to get started in, and XNA is a well known game framework, so it is an excellent place for beginners to start. The book starts out with an introduction …
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I had to reinstall windows, and the Samsung galaxy (vibrant) refuses to allow me to install the drivers. I found the 64bit and 32bit (I am running windows 7 64 bit), and although it installed the drivers, the device would show up in device manager as just ‘sgh-t959’, and say ‘drivers not installed’ with a …
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Great cookbook for Cocos2d game developers, and useful for general game development. If you’ve had some experience with development in Objective C on the iphone, and want to learn how to develop games, this is a great cookbook. The book starts with an introduction to graphics, animated sprites, and OpenGL, but delves quickly into more …
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This was a good read if you are interested in adding animation to your android applications. It shows several different methods, from frame animation to tweening objects around on screen. The book is titled for “Android 3.0”, but almost all of the examples will work for any version of Android. You just need to change …
There are a couple game competitions that I know of right now, and I wanted to share with everyone. Jonathan Harbour RTS game contest for beginners (Due 12/25/2011) Jonathan Harbour has a contest for beginners to develop their own real time strategy(RTS) game, and has some prizes as well. It would be a good excuse …
Android 4.0 (Ice cream sandwich) has been announced, and so has the new Galaxy Nexus. I am looking forward to this android update, and it is supposed to be a large one! It is supposed to be a combination of the divergent HoneyComb (3.0 series) OS for tablets, and the current gingerbread (2.3) for phones. …