“…Pinball 1973…”

“…Pinball effect. Castellà…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Getting Started -- Essentials -- Your First Game -- Game Building Blocks -- Sprites In-Depth -- Scrolling with Joy -- Shoot’ em Up -- Particle Effects -- Working with Tilemaps -- Isometric Tilemaps -- Physics Engines -- Pinball Game -- Game Center -- Out of the Ordinary…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Proud Mary / Pinball Wizzart / Magic carpet ride / In the year / Zager and Evans ; Games people play / REd hot / Wont get fooled again / Monster / One / Reeling in the years / American Pie / Saturday night / Devil's answer / When I was young / Come and get it / For your love (live) / Tomorrow night / Litle deuce coupe / Dandy / Magic / Wipe out / Popside / I don't mind…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Playing with Narratives -- Narrative Mechanics -- Narrative Patterns in Video Games -- Teaching Narrative Design -- The Narrative Role of Sound in Games -- Expanding the Narrative -- Mukokuseki and the Narrative Mechanics in Japanese Games -- Characterization and Emergent Narrative in Dwarf Fortress -- On the Evolution of Narrative Mechanics in Open-World Games -- Open-End Storytelling in Pinball Machines -- Mechanics of Inspiration -- Narrative Approaches in Contemporary Video Game Reviews -- Games, Politics and Society -- "We're not murderers. …”

“…You'll learn how to build a wind-up bird that really flies, how to restore an old pinball machine, and learn the secret history of the world's best-selling computer game from Myst's co-creator. …”

“…Here were produced the first roller skates (1884), Cracker Jacks (1893), Hostess Twinkies and pinball game (1930), spray paint (late 1940's), and McDonald's hamburger (1955), as well as the nations first skyscraper (1885). …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Praise for Beating the Global Odds; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: Global Brain Freeze; More Has Become (Much) Less; Think Pinball, Not Roulette; Disorientation and Decision Analysis; Chapter 2: Fast and Fickle; Lumbering Giants; Watch Out for Those Tuning Out and Checking Out; Chapter 3: Rudderless World; Tea Party, Occupy Movements: Birds of a Feather?…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Digital Media Edition; Playing FreeCell; Play FreeCell; Playing Hearts; Play Hearts; Playing HyperBowl; Go Bowling; Playing Labyrinth; Move Through the Maze; Playing Minesweeper; Play Minesweeper; Playing Pinball; Play Pinball; Playing Russian Squares; Play Russian Squares…”

“…Then, build a tactile rig for your VR pinball arcade, create holograms with your cellphone, and learn how to take 360 degree photos and videos to view in VR. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Camera Tracking User Interactions; The Game Logic; 3D Physics; The Bullet File Format; 3D Pinball Game; Summary; Chapter 7: Camera; Touch and Go!…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Alternatives to Google PlayChapter 12: Publishing and Updating Your Game; Creating a developer account for Google Play; Generating a Key with Keytool; Exporting a Signed Application; Uploading Your Game to Google Play; Supporting and Updating Your Game After Publication; Part VI: The Part of Tens; Chapter 13: Ten Open-Source Game Projects; Lunar Lander; Replica Island; Alien Blood Bath; OpenSudoku; Lexic; Newton's Cradle; Vector Pinball; asqare; tiltmazes; GL ES Quake; Chapter 14: Ten Game Engines and Tools; libgdx; AndEngine; Unity; OpenFeint; Flurry; Audacity; sfxr; GIMP; Inkscape; AdWhirl…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…What Beginning iOS Game Developers Will LearnWhat iOS App Developers Will Learn; What Cocos2d Developers Will Learn; What's in This Book; Chapter 2, "Getting Started"; Chapter 3, "Essentials "; Chapter 4, "Your First Game"; Chapter 5, "Game Building Blocks "; Chapter 6, "Sprites In-Depth "; Chapter 7, "Scrolling with Joy"; Chapter 8, "Shoot 'em Up "; Chapter 9, "Particle Effects"; Chapter 10, "Working with Tilemaps "; Chapter 11, "Isometric Tilemaps "; Chapter 12, "Physics Engines "; Chapter 13, "Pinball Game "; Chapter 14, "Game Center "; Chapter 15, "Cocos2d and UIKit Views "…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…What iOS App Developers Will LearnWhat Cocos2d Developers Will Learn; What's in This Book; Chapter 2, "Getting Started"; Chapter 3, "Essentials"; Chapter 4, "Your First Game; Chapter 5, "Game Building Blocks"; Chapter 6, "Sprites In-Depth"; Chapter 7, "Scrolling with Joy"; Chapter 8, "Shoot 'em Up"; Chapter 9, "Particle Effects"; Chapter 10, "Working with Tilemaps"; Chapter 11, "Isometric Tilemaps"; Chapter 12, "Physics Engines"; Chapter 13, "Pinball Game"; Chapter 14, "Game Center; Chapter 15, "Cocos2d with UIKit Views"; Chapter 16, "Kobold2D Introduction"; Chapter 17, "Conclusion"…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Mouse PropertiesMsg; Narrator; Network Connections; Network Setup Wizard; New Connection Wizard; Notepad; NSLookup; NTFS Compression Utility; NTFS Encryption Utility; On-Screen Keyboard; Outlook Express; Paint; Phone and Modem Options; Phone Dialer; Pinball; Ping; Power Options; Printers and Faxes; Query Process; Regional and Language Options; Registry Console Utility; Registry Editor; Remote Assistance; Remote Copy; Remote Desktop Connection; Rundll32; Run As; Scanners and Cameras; Scheduled Tasks; Shutdown; Solitaire; Sound Recorder; Sounds and Audio Devices; Speech Properties…”

“…As you build and program an adorable pet turtle, an electric guitar that lets you shred out solos, a fully functional, whiz-bang pinball machine and more, you'll discover dozens of cool building and programming techniques to apply to your own LEGO creations, from working with gears and motors, to smoothing out sensor measurement errors, storing data in variables and lists, and beyond. …”

“…In addition, you’ll see how to implement video games with extensive coverage of sprites, physics, collision detection, and the implementation of a game engine and an industrial-strength pinball game. The book concludes by showing you how to implement Canvas-based controls that you can use in any HTML5 application and how to use Canvas on mobile devices, including iOS5. …”