Mastering Unreal Technology: Introduction to Level Design with Unreal Engine 3
<p style="margin: 0px;"> <i>Mastering Unreal Technology, Volume I: Introduction to Level Design with Unreal Engine 3</i> is your start-to-finish guide to modding and level design with the world€s hottest new gaming engine: Unreal Engine 3. Here€s everything you need to know to jumpstart your skills and create stunning new content and games for consoles and PCs alike! Your authors aren€t just the world€s #1 Unreal game development trainers: They€ve even built the training modules that shipped with Unreal Tournament 3: Limited Collector€s Edition. Now, working with the full cooperation of Unreal Engine 3€s creators, Epic Games, they introduce every facet of game development€"from simple level creation to materials, lighting, and terrain...even advanced level optimization and streaming!</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">Packed with tips, hands-on tutorials, and expert techniques, <i>Mastering Unreal Technology, Volume I</i> is all you need to create levels that look spectacular and work brilliantly...levels that gamers just can€t stop playing!</p> <p style="margin: 0px;"> </p> <p style="margin: 0px;">You€ll find expert tips on</p> <ul> <li>Understanding the game development process from start to finish </li> <li>Planning projects for greater efficiency, faster delivery, and better quality </li> <li>Crafting worlds with stunning beauty and clarity </li> <li>Bringing amazing realism to characters, objects, and props </li> <li>Making the most of Unreal Engine 3€s massively upgraded lighting system </li> <li>Scripting complex gameplay quickly and easily with Unreal Kismet </li> <li>Building animated game assets with Unreal Matinee </li> <li>Testing game performance during live gameplay </li> <li>Optimizing levels by improving the interaction between lights and surfaces </li> <li>Using advanced level streaming to create vast, rich, highly playable levels</li> </ul>Winner of the Front Line Award for best game development book of 2009!