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Game AI Uncovered

Volume Four

'Every day we are overwhelmed by advice on how to live better. Art Cure is an amazing antidote to the deluge of nonsense . . . Everyone should read this book.' XAND VAN TULLEKEN 'This rigorously researched, scientifically informed book is a revelation . . . It could not be more timely, nor make a stronger, more urgent case for placing the arts at the centre of our communities.' MELVYN BRAGG Many of us consider making and consuming art to be a hobby, or even a luxury. But what if arts engagement - from classical music to salsa, poetry to pop concerts, galleries to graffiti - was in fact one of our most powerful tools for unlocking health and happiness? What if art could help you live longer - and even save your life? In Art Cure, Professor Daisy Fancourt reveals the life-changing power of the arts: Songs support the architectural development of children's brains. Creative hobbies help our brains to stay resilient against dementia. Visual art and music act just like drugs to reduce depression, stress, and pain. Dance build new neural pathways for people with brain injuries. Going to live music events, museums, exhibitions, and the theatre decreases our risk of future loneliness and frailty. Engaging in the arts improves the functioning of every major organ system in the body. Art helps us not only to survive, but to thrive and flourish. Informed by the results of decades of scientific studies, Art Cure explains why the arts - alongside diet, sleep, exercise and nature - are the forgotten fifth pillar of health, and gives you the tools to write your own 'arts prescription'. 'Fascinating, comprehensive, compelling, inspiring.' DR CHRISTOPHER BAILEY, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

The science of how the arts transform our health

Art Cure

Focal Press' Pocket Lawyer series serves as a legal toolkit for independent producers and artists in the creative industries.The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators is designed to help emerging artists and veteran professionals in the comic book industry build a solid foundation of business and legal practices for their comic book projects. Readers will learn to:<ul> <li>Protect their copyrights and IP</li> <li>Negotiate publishing deals</li> <li>Hire artists so everyone wins</li> <li>Learn the ins and outs of key contracts</li> <li>Understand the risks of AI in comic book creation</li> <li>Explore innovative new distribution methods, and</li> <li>Develop strategies they need to thrive in today's ever-changing, uncertain world of indie comics.</li> </ul>

A Legal Toolkit for Comic Book Artists and Writers

The Pocket Lawyer for Comic Book Creators

This book offers a comprehensive and practical introduction to the fundamentals of storyboarding, making it an ideal resource for aspiring filmmakers, animators, and visual storytellers. It bridges the gap between written scripts and visual storytelling by demonstrating how scenes are translated into storyboard panels. Readers can see how scripts are broken down into individual shots, and how those shots are visually constructed on the page.Each example includes detailed illustrations of storyboard panels that correspond to script excerpts, giving readers a clear sense of how to interpret narrative beats and visualize camera movement, composition, character blocking, and shot progression. The book explains key concepts in cinematic language-such as shot types (wide, close-up, over-the-shoulder, etc.), camera angles, and transitions-and shows how they are effectively employed in storyboarding.By studying these examples, readers will gain a deeper understanding of the visual grammar of film. They'll learn not only how to recognize different shot types, but also how to purposefully select and apply them to enhance storytelling, create emotion, and guide the viewer's eye.Whether you're a student or a working professional looking to sharpen your skills, this book serves as both an instructional manual and an applicable and visual reference guide.

Professional Techniques for Visual Storytelling

Mastering Storyboarding

Force Drawing Series

How to Draw Heads, Hands and Feet

FORCE

Chapman & Hall/CRC Studies in Informatics Series

Presenting first-order and propositional methods as well as implementation issues, this book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to the automation of logic. It focuses on superposition calculus and related rewriting techniques. It also covers decision procedures for certain theories and includes real-world applications. Along with the relevant theory, each chapter contains implementation methods, historical background, suggestions for further reading, and software. Supplemental materials and resources are provided on the book's website and a solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors.

Presenting first-order and propositional methods as well as implementation issues, this book provides a state-of-the-art introduction to the automation of logic. It focuses on superposition calculus and related rewriting techniques. It also covers decision procedures for certain theories and includes real-world applications. Along with the relevant theory, each chapter contains implementation methods, historical background, suggestions for further reading, and software. Supplemental materials and resources are provided on the book’s website and a solutions manual is available for qualifying instructors.

Automation of Logic

Designing Serious Games

In this new and improved fourth edition of the highly popular Game Engine Architecture, Jason Gregory draws on his two decades of experience at Midway, Electronic Arts and Naughty Dog to present both the theory and practice of game engine software development. In this book, the broad range of technologies and techniques used by AAA game studios are each explained in detail, and their roles within a real industrial-strength game engine are illustrated.The fourth edition offers the same comprehensive coverage of game engine architecture provided by previous editions, and this first volume covers essential concepts, techniques, tools, and the engine systems that form the core of every game engine.This book is intended to serve as an introductory text, but it also offers the experienced game programmer a useful perspective on aspects of game development technology with which they may not have deep experience. As always, copious references and citations are provided in this edition, making it an excellent jumping off point for those who wish to dig deeper into any particular aspect of the game development process.Key Features<ul> <li>Covers both the theory and practice of game engine software development</li> <li>Examples are grounded in specific technologies, but discussion extends beyond any particular engine or API</li> <li>Includes all mathematical background needed</li> <li>Comprehensive text for beginners and also has content for senior engineers</li> </ul>

Volume I, Foundations of Game Engine Development

Game Engine Architecture

When looking at a painting of the Madonna with the Christ Child, do you know why Jesus is clutching a goldfinch? Or why a peacock often appears in paintings of the Annunciation? Can you use your knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology to interpret what is going on in Botticelli's Primavera? Are you so steeped in the Bible that you know why Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt? Past generations would have known the answers: religious belief and the mythology of antiquity permeated people's lives and decoding symbols within a painting was automatic. Today we no longer have the background knowledge and the layers of meaning contained in some of the greatest works of art escapes us. Our gaze is superficial; recent research has shown that on average a visitor to an art gallery looks at a painting for less than two seconds, reads the label for ten seconds, glances again at the painting, then moves on. Even the Mona Lisa receives only about fifteen seconds of a viewer's attention. In Painted Puzzles Caroline Chapman aims to encourages art lovers to look more deeply into pictures and to understand better what they see. In over 100 images, many of them famous masterpieces, she dissects the paintings, recounting the stories the artists were depicting and painstakingly unravelling the layers of meaning that modern viewers may find elusive or mysterious.

Interpreting Great Paintings

Painted Mysteries

Volume II, Graphics, Motion and Sound

The Video Games Textbook takes the history of video games to the next level. Coverage includes every major video game console, handheld system, and game-changing personal computer, as well as a look at the business, technology, and people behind the games.Chapters feature objectives and key terms, illustrative timelines, color images and graphs, in addition to the technical specifications and key titles for each platform. Every chapter is a journey into a different segment of gaming, where readers emerge with a clear picture of how video games evolved, why the platforms succeeded or failed, and the impact they had on the industry and culture. Written to capture the attention and interest of students from around the world, this newly revised Third Edition also serves as a go-to handbook for any video game enthusiast.This edition introduces new content in each chapter, including coverage of adaptive gaming technology, cloud gaming, influential industry professionals, hardware innovations, and significant gaming milestones-from classic systems to PlayStation 5 Pro, Nintendo Switch 2, and the latest Xbox platforms.Key Features<ul> <li>Explores the history, business, and technology of video games, including social, political, and economic motivations</li> <li>Facilitates learning with clear objectives, key terms, illustrative timelines, color images, tables, and graphs</li> <li>Highlights the technical specifications and key titles of all major game consoles, handhelds, personal computers, and mobile platforms</li> <li>Reinforces material with market summaries, reviews of breakthroughs and trends, as well as end-of-chapter activities and quizzes</li> </ul>

History • Business • Technology

The Video Games Textbook

How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design

The Gamer's Brain

Game AI Uncovered

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