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The Art of Game Design: A Book of Lenses
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4.39 avg rating — 3,364 ratings
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A Theory Of Fun For Game Design
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Essential Mathematics for Games and Interactive Applications: A Programmer's Guide (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology)
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Mazes for Programmers: Code Your Own Twisty Little Passages
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4.32 avg rating — 112 ratings
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Game Physics (Interactive 3d Technology Series)
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Procedural Generation in Game Design
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Advanced Game Design: A Systems Approach
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4.29 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Level Up!: The Guide to Great Video Game Design
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4.09 avg rating — 1,123 ratings
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Game Programming Patterns
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Robert Nystrom (Goodreads Author)
4.48 avg rating — 1,546 ratings
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Game Mechanics: Advanced Game Design
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An Architectural Approach to Level Design
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Christopher W. Totten (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Game Physics Engine Development
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4.20 avg rating — 74 ratings
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Game Engine Architecture
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Foundations of Game Engine Development, Volume 2: Rendering
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4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Mathematics for 3D Game Programming and Computer Graphics, Third Edition
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AI for Games, Third Edition
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4.20 avg rating — 160 ratings
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Game AI Pro: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals
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Steven Rabin (Editor)
4.44 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Game AI Pro 2: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals
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4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Game AI Pro 3: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals
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4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Gamer's Brain: How Neuroscience and UX Can Impact Video Game Design
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4.30 avg rating — 220 ratings
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Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them
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Jamie Madigan (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 472 ratings
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Unity in Action: Multiplatform game development in C#
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3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Programming Game AI by Example
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4.03 avg rating — 266 ratings
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list created December 10th, 2019
by Dang-Khoa Le Tan (votes) .
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