Entertainment sites comprise the fastest growing segment of the Net. Even web masters at non-entertainment sites are fast discovering that they must add some sizzle to their sites to attract and retain users. This is the definitive guide to planning, creating, and operating an entertainment-based World Wide Web site. After defining the elements of an entertainment site, the book walks through its entire development and implementation, from targeting an audience to creating compelling content. The authors address both technical issues like selecting and maintaining the server as well as promoting and marketing the site for maximum exposure and profit. Includes CD-ROM with... * Connectivity software--a free custom package designed specifically for the book * Cutting-edge Web browser tools for enhanced video, audio, graphics and chat * Development tools, including HTML, sound and video editing tools.

Creating Internet Entertainment: A Complete Guide for Web Developers and Entertainment Professional

Novak, Jeannie

Markiewicz, Pete

Humor & Entertainment

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

This book is a comprehensive guide to maintaining and updating Web sites. It identifies the important issues and offers the solutions needed to move beyond basic maintenance into advanced issues. The companion Web site features CGI and Java freeware and shareware utilities, as well as demo versions of commercial Web maintenance and updating programs.

Internet World Guide to Maintaining and Updating Dynamic Web Sites

Computers & Technology

Networking & Cloud Computing

A total hands-on guide to producing interactive live webcasts Here's all the practical information you need to create exciting online broadcasts that take full advantage of the Web's unique interactive nature. Webcasting pioneers Novak and Markiewicz offer an honest appraisal of the capabilities and limitations of current webcasting technology. They acquaint you with the various forms of webcasting now possible. And they use fascinating case studies to show you what today's most successful webcasters are up to. Focusing on webcasting production, they tell you everything you need to know about: * Datacasts, wordcasts, audiocasts, animacasts, and videocasts * Webcasting hardware, software, and development tools * Assembling and managing a webcasting team * Using e-commerce technology to make webcasting a paying proposition * Scheduling broadcasts, managing venue operators, and working with performers, copyrights, and other day-to-day issues * Successful webcast publicity, marketing, and promotion * The future of webcasting and the impending consolidation of traditional broadcast media and the Internet into one medium Wiley Computer Publishing. Timely. Practical. Reliable. Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/ The companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/novak supplies you with: * Links to webcast multimedia players, servers, and authoring tools * Demo versions of audio/video. streaming and media management software * Hundreds of links to webcast resources and live Internet broadcast sites

Web Developer.com(r) Guide to Producing Live Webcasts

Markiewicz, Peter George

GAME DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS: AN INTRODUCTION, 3E is an authoritative, industry-driven introduction to the world of game development, with updates that keep readers current and well-prepared for a successful career in the field. This book not only examines content creation and the concepts behind development, but it also give readers a background on the evolution of game development and how it has become what it is today. GAME DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS also includes chapters on project management, development team roles and responsibilities, development cycle, marketing, maintenance, and the future of game development. With the same engaging writing style and examples that made the first two editions so popular, this new edition features all the latest games and game technology. Coverage of new game-related technology, development techniques, and the latest research in the field make this an invaluable resource for anyone entering the exciting, competitive, ever-changing world of game development.

Game Development Essentials: An Introduction

Games & Strategy Guides

Cengage Learning'

Covering the complex topic of game interface design, GAME DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS: GAME INTERFACE DESIGN, is back with an all new Second Edition. This comprehensive introductory text immerses readers in the foundation, theory, and practice of interface creation, while including interviews with working professionals, examples from every gaming era and many genres, and hundreds of screenshots from contemporary games. Also featured are an expanded practice section with a wide variety of real world design examples, coverage of interface design for mobile and motion-sensing devices, multiplayer games, and much more. Readers will explore everything from the history of game interface design and basic design theories to practical strategies for creating winning, interactive interfaces and user experiences.

Game Development Essentials: Game Interface Design

Saunders, Kevin

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Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

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THE OFFICIAL GAMESALAD GUIDE TO GAME DEVELOPMENT teaches readers how to make their own games with the simple, powerful, drag-and-drop GameSalad Creator software. Using techniques based on key game development concepts, current trends, and established best practices, readers will be able to use GameSalad Creator from concept to prototype--and beyond. The text's wide-ranging coverage encompasses desktop, mobile, online, social, and serious games--as well as key platforms such as iOS, Android, Mac, Windows, and HTML 5. This reader-friendly, highly visual guide is equally suited for formal game development courses and self-paced learning--with a balance of depth and detail that is ideal for both professionals and those working on their first game. Basic tutorials and terminology are available in the book's Appendix. GameSalad has also provided manuals, templates, and a Cookbook containing video tutorials at http://gamesalad.com/manuals and http://cookbook.gamesalad.com.

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Game Development Essentials (with DVD) (Tcp the Columbia Partnership Leadership)

Delmar/Cengage Learning

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