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The must-read books to master game development.
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Educational Game Design Fundamentals: A Journey to Creating Intrinsically Motivating Learning Experiences
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George Kalmpourtzis (Goodreads Author)
4.34 avg rating — 44 ratings
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The Animator's Survival Kit
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Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games
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The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
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ZX Spectrum Games Code Club: Twenty fun games to code and learn
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Gary Plowman (Goodreads Author)
4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings
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How to Make a Video Game All By Yourself: 10 steps, just you and a computer
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Matt Hackett (Goodreads Author)
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Game Design: Secrets of the Sages
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Marc Saltzman (Editor)
3.28 avg rating — 29 ratings
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Best of Game Programming Gems
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Postmortems from Game Developer: Insights from the Developers of Unreal Tournament, Black and White, Age of Empires, and Other Top-Selling Games
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Austin Grossman (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 98,
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Game Engine Architecture
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4.40 avg rating — 576 ratings
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list created August 6th, 2016
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