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Editor for Games and Animation books at @crcpress 🎮📚 Get in touch w/ book ideas 👉 [email protected]

United Kingdom
Joined February 2021
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Got an idea for a new book in games or animation? Get in touch via the email in my bio!📚 @CRCPress #gamedesign #gamedev #indiedev #animation #animationdev
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Technical Animation in Video Games returns for a second edition! Included are nearly 100 new pages, major rewrites and factors to update the text for the latest software versions, plus corrections, bug fixes, and rewrites throughout to communicate more info to you!
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Matt's Technical Animation in Video Games has helped me a lot and this updated revision should be an essential purchase for every animator working in video games.
Technical Animation in Video Games returns for a second edition! Included are nearly 100 new pages, major rewrites and factors to update the text for the latest software versions, plus corrections, bug fixes, and rewrites throughout to communicate more info to you!
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▶️ Now on YouTube! Andy Sandham, author of Teaching Video Game Design Fundamentals, talks about his experience designing levels for the iconic Tomb Raider games. 📽️ Watch here: spr.ly/6011F5b2W
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Demystifying Creativity is out now!🎮 A study of the psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy of creativity, originality, and inspiration viewed from the lens of a seasoned game developer. #GameDesign students - have you got your copy yet? 🔗spr.ly/6014xPeMY @tandfSTEM
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🚜Wanting to create and customize mods for the popular video game #FarmingSimulator within Blender? This book covers all aspects you need to create your own vehicle mods from start to finish! Available now:📘 spr.ly/6012aV8mn #Gaming #Animation #GameDevelopment
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✏️ Dramatic Storytelling & Narrative Design provides an industry professional's first-hand perspective on narrative design's practical usage, day-to-day responsibilities, and keys to breaking in and succeeding. OUT NOW! spr.ly/6017S4z51
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📖 New book excerpt! Game Economy Design: Metagame, Monetization and Live Operations gamedeveloper.com/design/boo…
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WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! 📗
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My #UnrealFest talk for UE5 Character & Animation Optimisation is publically available! It just dropped on the Unreal Engine YouTube Channel! 👨‍🏫 Go learn some stuffs! - youtube.com/watch?v=N_suMyUu…
THANK YOU to those who attended my rapid fire hour of character & animation optimisations at #UnrealFest ! I do hope you learned something to apply to your own projects :) I'll keep everyone posted when the talk is publicly available!
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Book Excerpt: Great Games Need Great Leaders Bringing together past and present games industry leaders, this book helps form a clear picture of how leadership operates in a game dev studio. 🎉Check it out to get your 20% off pre-order discount code! gamedeveloper.com/production…
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Book Excerpt: Designing Games Meant for Sharing gamedeveloper.com/design/boo…
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I WROTE A BOOK! And it has my dog on 🐕😭 ✨🦄The Pocket Mentor for Animators 🌠☕ From school, showreels, interviews and first days to imposter syndrome, bad days and finding your voice It's available for pre-order NOW and will officially be published on July 11th 📖🙀
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Hello audio friends - Jonny sands and I have spent the last two years writing a book called "The Pocket Mentor For Game Audio" It's gonna be out in late October and you can find out more here: routledge.com/The-Pocket-Men… If you want a preview...👇
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Hello folks! As part of the release for Tabletop Game Accessibility, I will be doing an Ask Me Anything (AMA) over on Reddit's /r/boardgames. 11th of May, 1400 Mountain Time (2200 in CEST). If you have thoughts and questions about the topic please do come along! Link tba!
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Very excited to get Tabletop Game Accesibility book, written by @meeplelikeus! It’s going to be a great resource, hopefully make our reviews even better. And hey, look, he mentioned us! We’re indexed in the back of the book! 😆
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A real thrill to see my own book on sale at my favourite store in Gothenburg . :-D #accessibility #gameaccessibility #a11y #boardgames
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Delighted to see the publication of the new edition of Tracy Fullerton's Game Design Workshop! The 5th edition has been enhanced with updated techniques and ideas as well as a host of new designer perspectives. Get a 20% discount on our website: routledge.com/Game-Design-Wo… @CRCPress
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The 5th Edition of Game Design Workshop releases tomorrow! Get your 20% discount by checking out this excerpt from the book, a primer on the concept of playcentric design. gamedeveloper.com/design/boo…
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