Game development

game development This category page features the latest and most popular technology books for game development. Learn to code and build games using engines like Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot. The books cover topics from C++, C#, and visual scripting to multiplayer networking, VR development, and more. Whether you're a beginner looking to get started or a seasoned developer wanting to level up your skills, these game dev books have something for you.

Bestsellers

A range of our top selling data products from the last year

Learning Design Patterns with Unity

May 2024 676 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting

Aug 2023 384 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

Hands-On Unity Game Development

Jan 2024 742 pages

eBook

AU$36.99 ~~AU$52.99~~

Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity

Nov 2022 466 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, Second Edition

Jun 2022 302 pages

eBook

AU$22.99 ~~AU$33.99~~

Learning GDScript by Developing a Game with Godot 4

May 2024 378 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine 5

May 2022 568 pages

eBook

AU$58.99 ~~AU$84.99~~

Godot 4 Game Development Projects

Aug 2023 264 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Beginning C++ Game Programming

May 2024 648 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook

Sep 2018 472 pages

eBook

AU$36.99 ~~AU$53.99~~

What's New

Our latest data releases from the last few months.

Realizing 3D Animation in Blender

Jul 2024 456 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

Learning Design Patterns with Unity

May 2024 676 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Unity 2022 by Example

Jun 2024 596 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

Beginning C++ Game Programming

May 2024 648 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

Mastering Unity Game Development with C#

Jul 2024 356 pages

eBook

AU$31.99 ~~AU$46.99~~

The Most Popular in Game Development

Learning Design Patterns with Unity

Struggling to write maintainable and clean code for your Unity games? Look no further! Learning Design Patterns with Unity empowers you to harness the fullest potential of popular design patterns while building exciting Unity projects. Through hands-on game development, you'll master creational patterns like Prototype to efficiently spawn enemies and delve into behavioral patterns like Observer to create reactive game mechanics. As you progress, you'll also identify the negative impacts of bad architectural decisions and understand how to overcome them with simple but effective practices. By the end of this Unity 2023 book, the way you develop Unity games will change. You'll emerge not just as a more skilled Unity developer, but as a well-rounded software engineer equipped with industry-leading design patterns.

Harrison Ferrone

Paperback May 2024 676

AU$61.99

Audience Favourites

Our most rated game development products by our Customers.

Mathematics for Game Programming and Computer Graphics

Nov 2022 444 pages

eBook

AU$41.99 ~~AU$60.99~~

Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity

Nov 2022 466 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Mastering Graphics Programming with Vulkan

Feb 2023 382 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Blender 3D Incredible Machines

Feb 2016 392 pages

eBook

AU$46.99 ~~AU$67.99~~

Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5

Jan 2024 254 pages

eBook

AU$30.99 ~~AU$44.99~~

Godot 4 Game Development Projects

Aug 2023 264 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Photorealistic Materials and Textures in Blender Cycles

Oct 2023 394 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022

Nov 2023 566 pages

eBook

AU$45.99 ~~AU$66.99~~

Become a Unity Shaders Guru

Jul 2023 492 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

XR Development with Unity

Nov 2023 284 pages

eBook

AU$27.99 ~~AU$40.99~~

Quick Learns

Our game development books which are under 200 pages long.

Raspberry Pi Gaming - Second Edition

Feb 2015 140 pages

eBook

AU$20.98 ~~AU$29.99~~

Gamesalad Essentials

Jan 2015 154 pages

eBook

AU$20.98 ~~AU$29.99~~

Learning Cocos2d-JS Game Development

Jan 2015 188 pages

eBook

AU$24.99 ~~AU$36.99~~

Unreal Engine 4 AI Programming Essentials

Mar 2016 188 pages

eBook

AU$29.99 ~~AU$42.99~~

Blender for Video Production Quick Start Guide

Nov 2018 176 pages

eBook

AU$24.99 ~~AU$36.99~~

Blender Quick Start Guide

Sep 2018 194 pages

eBook

AU$24.99 ~~AU$36.99~~

Unreal Engine Virtual Reality Quick Start Guide

Feb 2019 178 pages

eBook

AU$24.99 ~~AU$36.99~~

Haxe Game Development Essentials

Nov 2015 188 pages

eBook

AU$20.98 ~~AU$29.99~~

Gamemaker Essentials

Mar 2015 154 pages

eBook

AU$20.98 ~~AU$29.99~~

Cocos2d Game Development Essentials

Jan 2015 136 pages

eBook

AU$24.99 ~~AU$36.99~~

Beginner's Corner

Our top picks for starting your game development journey.

Unity Game Development Blueprints

Nov 2014 318 pages

eBook

AU$36.99 ~~AU$53.99~~

Mastering Unity 2D game development

Aug 2014 474 pages

eBook

AU$46.99 ~~AU$67.99~~

Learning AndEngine

Sep 2014 286 pages

eBook

AU$33.99 ~~AU$48.99~~

HTML5 Game Development Hotshot

Jul 2014 366 pages

eBook

AU$36.99 ~~AU$53.99~~

Learning Cocos2d-x Game Development

Sep 2014 266 pages

eBook

AU$36.99 ~~AU$53.99~~

Construct 2 Game Development by Example

Jun 2014 230 pages

eBook

AU$36.99 ~~AU$53.99~~

OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook, Second Edition

Dec 2013 394 pages

eBook

AU$46.99 ~~AU$67.99~~

Unity Android Game Development by Example Beginner's Guide

Dec 2013 320 pages

eBook

AU$36.99 ~~AU$53.99~~

Unity Multiplayer Games

Dec 2013 242 pages

eBook

AU$36.99 ~~AU$53.99~~

Learning Windows 8 Game Development

Oct 2013 244 pages

eBook

AU$41.99 ~~AU$60.99~~

Current Year Titles

2024 Essentials

Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5

May 2024 548 pages

eBook

AU$41.99 ~~AU$60.99~~

Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5

Jan 2024 254 pages

eBook

AU$30.99 ~~AU$44.99~~

Learning Design Patterns with Unity

May 2024 676 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

.NET MAUI Projects

Feb 2024 630 pages

eBook

AU$39.99 ~~AU$57.99~~

Sculpting in ZBrush Made Simple

Mar 2024 508 pages

eBook

AU$45.99 ~~AU$66.99~~

Unity 2022 by Example

Jun 2024 596 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

Learning GDScript by Developing a Game with Godot 4

May 2024 378 pages

eBook

AU$34.98 ~~AU$49.99~~

Beginning C++ Game Programming

May 2024 648 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

The Modern Vulkan Cookbook

Apr 2024 334 pages

eBook

AU$38.99 ~~AU$55.99~~

Mastering Unity Game Development with C#

Jul 2024 356 pages

eBook

AU$31.99 ~~AU$46.99~~

Express Tutorials

Learn core game development skills and be productive within two hours.

Adobe After Effects CC for Beginners: Learn After Effects CC

Jun 2018 1hr 36mins

Video

AU$137.99

Getting Started with Adobe After Effects CC 2019

Jan 2020 1hr 32mins

Video

AU$189.99

Unreal Engine 5 - Environment Design

Aug 2022 1hr 11mins

Video

AU$27.99

Learning the GameMaker Studio 2 Interface

May 2017 1hr 53mins

Video

AU$189.99

Popular Authors (10)

Mr. Mark Price

Mark J. Price is a Microsoft Specialist: Programming in C# and Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions, with over 20 years' experience. Since 1993, he has passed more than 80 Microsoft programming exams and specializes in preparing others to pass them. Between 2001 and 2003, Mark was employed to write official courseware for Microsoft in Redmond, USA. His team wrote the first training courses for C# while it was still an early alpha version. While with Microsoft, he taught "train-the-trainer" classes to get other MCTs up-to-speed on C# and .NET. Mark holds a Computer Science BSc. Hons. Degree.

Most popular book of Mr. Mark Price

C# 8.0 and .NET Core 3.0 – Modern Cross-Platform Development

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Dr. Sebastian Raschka

Sebastian Raschka is an Assistant Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison focusing on machine learning and deep learning research. As Lead AI Educator at Grid AI, Sebastian plans to continue following his passion for helping people get into machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Most popular book of Dr. Sebastian Raschka

Instant Heat Maps in R How-to

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Antonio Melé

Antonio Melé has been crafting Django projects since 2006, for clients spanning multiple industries. He is Engineering Director at Backbase, a leading global fintech firm dedicated to facilitating the digital transformation of financial institutions. He co-founded Nucoro, a digital wealth management platform.nnIn 2009 Antonio founded Zenx IT, a company specialized in developing digital products. He has been working as CTO and consultant for several tech-centric startups. He has also managed development teams building projects for large enterprise clients. He has an MSc in Computer Science from Universidad Pontificia Comillas and completed the Advanced Management Program at MIT Sloan. His father inspired his passion for computers and coding.

Most popular book of Antonio Melé

Django 3 By Example

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Ardit Sulce

Ardit Sulce is a Python programmer, teacher, and founder of PythonHow. He graduated in 2013 with a master’s degree in science (geospatial technologies) from the University of Muenster in Germany, focusing on using Python for remote sensing. Ardit has worked with companies such as the Center for Conservation Geography to map and understand Australian ecosystems, image processing with the Swiss in-Terra, and data mining to gain business insights with the Australian Rapid Intelligence.

Most popular book of Ardit Sulce

Django Crash Course with Examples

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Christophe Foulon

Christophe Foulon, senior manager and cybersecurity consultant at F10 FinTech, brings over 15 years of experience as a vCISO, information security manager, adjunct professor, author, and cybersecurity strategist with a passion for customer service, process improvement, and information security. He also has spent more than 10 years leading, coaching, and mentoring people. As a security practitioner, Christophe is focused on helping businesses tackle their cybersecurity risks while minimizing friction, resulting in increased resiliency, and aiding to secure people and processes with a solid understanding of the technology involved. He also hosts the Breaking into Cybersecurity podcast and co-authored Develop Your Cybersecurity Career Path.

Most popular book of Christophe Foulon

Hack the Cybersecurity Interview

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Gabriel Baptista

Gabriel Baptista has been working with software development since the beginning of .NET. Today, his main contributions are managing numerous projects for retail and industry. He is an Azure Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solution specialist, teaches at Computing Engineering universities, and helps tech startups as a mentor.

Most popular book of Gabriel Baptista

Software Architecture with C# 9 and .NET 5

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Mr. Jimmy Engström

Jimmy Engström  has been developing ever since he was 7 years old and got his first computer. He loves to be on the cutting edge of technology, trying new things. When he got wind of Blazor, he immediately realized its potential and adopted it when it was in beta. He has been running Blazor in production since it was launched by Microsoft.nHis passion for the .NET industry and community has taken him around the world, speaking about development. Microsoft has recognized this passion by awarding him the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award 10 years in a row.

Most popular book of Mr. Jimmy Engström

Web Development with Blazor

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Ben Auffarth

Ben Auffarth is a full-stack data scientist with more than 15 years of work experience. With a background and Ph.D. in computational and cognitive neuroscience, he has designed and conducted wet lab experiments on cell cultures, analyzed experiments with terabytes of data, run brain models on IBM supercomputers with up to 64k cores, built production systems processing hundreds and thousands of transactions per day, and trained language models on a large corpus of text documents. He co-founded and is the former president of Data Science Speakers, London.

Most popular book of Ben Auffarth

Artificial Intelligence with Python Cookbook

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Greg Deckler

Greg Deckler is a 7-time Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and an active blogger and Power BI community member, having written over 6,000 solutions to community questions. Greg has authored many books on Power BI, including Learn Power BI 1st and 2nd Editions, DAX Cookbook, Power BI Cookbook 2nd Edition and Mastering Power BI 2nd Edition. Greg has also created several external tools for Power BI and regularly posts video content to his YouTube channels, Microsoft Hates Greg and DAX For Humans.

Most popular book of Greg Deckler

Learn Power BI

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Carl-Hugo Marcotte

Carl-Hugo Marcotte is a software craftsman who has developed digital products professionally since 2005, while his coding journey started around 1989 for fun. He has a bachelor's degree in computer science.nHe has acquired a solid background in software architecture and expertise in ASP.NET Core through creating a wide range of web and cloud applications, from custom e-commerce websites to enterprise applications. He served many customers as an independent consultant, taught programming, and is now a Principal Architect at Export Development Canada.nPassionate about C#, ASP.NET Core, AI, automation, and Cloud computing, he fosters collaboration and the open-source ethos, sharing his expertise with the tech community.

Most popular book of Carl-Hugo Marcotte

An Atypical ASP.NET Core 5 Design Patterns Guide

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