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3D game developmentWelcome to our collection of the latest and greatest books on 3D game development. Whether you're just starting out or looking to take your skills to the next level, we've got titles covering everything from game engines like Unity and Unreal to key concepts like 3D modeling, texturing, animation, and more. Our catalog includes practical guides, cookbooks, and projects to help you go from beginner to pro. Learn from industry experts who will walk you through hands-on game creation from start to finish. Discover tips, tricks, and techniques used by professional game developers across console, mobile, VR, and other platforms. Find books tailored for programmers, artists, designers, and everyone in between. Check back often as we're always updating with new releases so you can stay on top of the latest in 3D game dev!

Bestsellers

A range of our top selling game development products from the last year.

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Godot 4 Game Development Projects
Godot 4 Game Development Projects
Aug 2023Ellipse264 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$35.99
Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5
Game Development Patterns with Unreal En ...
Jan 2024Ellipse254 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$31.99
Multiplayer Game Development with Unreal Engine 5
Multiplayer Game Development with Unreal ...
Oct 2023Ellipse394 Pages

$37.99
Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023
Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023
Oct 2023Ellipse548 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$43.99
Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook
Godot 4 Game Development Cookbook
Jun 2023Ellipse258 Pages

$35.99
Game Development with Blender and Godot
Game Development with Blender and Godot
Sep 2022Ellipse330 Pages

$33.99
Hands-On Game Development without Coding
Hands-On Game Development without Coding
Nov 2018Ellipse430 Pages

$29.99
Python Scripting in Blender
Python Scripting in Blender
Jun 2023Ellipse360 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$35.99
C++ Game Development By Example
C++ Game Development By Example
May 2019Ellipse420 Pages

$26.99
Hands-On Unity 2022 Game Development
Hands-On Unity 2022 Game Development
Oct 2022Ellipse712 Pages

$35.99

What's New

Our latest game development releases from the last few months.

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Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5
Game Development Patterns with Unreal En ...
Jan 2024Ellipse254 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$31.99

Rising Stars

Recently released game development books which are getting a lot of attention.

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The Essential Guide to Creating Multiplayer Games with Godot 4.0
The Essential Guide to Creating Multipla ...
Dec 2023Ellipse326 PagesEllipseHalf Star 1

$35.99
Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023
Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023
Oct 2023Ellipse548 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$43.99
Unity Cookbook
Unity Cookbook
Nov 2023Ellipse780 PagesEllipseHalf Star 3

$39.99
Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences with Unity 2022
Enhancing Virtual Reality Experiences wi ...
Nov 2023Ellipse566 Pages

$43.99
Photorealistic Materials and Textures in Blender Cycles
Photorealistic Materials and Textures in ...
Oct 2023Ellipse394 Pages

$31.99
XR Development with Unity
XR Development with Unity
Nov 2023Ellipse284 Pages

$31.99

Audience Favourites

Our most rated game development products by our Customers.

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Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023
Creating an RTS Game in Unity 2023
Oct 2023Ellipse548 Pages

$43.99
The Essential Guide to Creating Multiplayer Games with Godot 4.0
The Essential Guide to Creating Multipla ...
Dec 2023Ellipse326 Pages

$35.99
Python Scripting in Blender
Python Scripting in Blender
Jun 2023Ellipse360 Pages

$35.99
Godot 4 Game Development Projects
Godot 4 Game Development Projects
Aug 2023Ellipse264 Pages

$35.99
Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5
Game Development Patterns with Unreal En ...
Jan 2024Ellipse254 Pages

$31.99

Quick Learns

Our game development books which are under 200 pages long.

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Game Development with Three.js
Game Development with Three.js
Oct 2013Ellipse118 Pages

$19.99
Ouya Unity Game Development
Ouya Unity Game Development
Oct 2013Ellipse118 Pages

$19.99
Unity for Architectural Visualization
Unity for Architectural Visualization
Sep 2013Ellipse144 Pages

$22.99
Grome Terrain Modeling with Ogre3D, UDK, and Unity3D
Grome Terrain Modeling with Ogre3D, UDK, ...
Feb 2013Ellipse162 Pages

$17.99

Beginner's Corner

Our top picks for starting your game development journey.

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Building a 3D Game with LibGDX
Building a 3D Game with LibGDX
Aug 2016Ellipse234 Pages

$25.99
Unity 2018 By Example
Unity 2018 By Example
Jul 2018Ellipse484 Pages

$39.99
CryEngine Game Development Blueprints
CryEngine Game Development Blueprints
Aug 2015Ellipse322 Pages

$39.99
Learning LibGDX Game Development- Second Edition
Learning LibGDX Game Development- Second ...
Jan 2015Ellipse478 Pages

$32.99
OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner's Guide
OGRE 3D 1.7 Beginner's Guide
Nov 2010Ellipse300 Pages

$28.99
jMonkeyEngine 3.0 : Beginner's Guide
jMonkeyEngine 3.0 : Beginner's Guide
Jun 2013Ellipse352 Pages

$32.99
Learning Libgdx Game Development
Learning Libgdx Game Development
Sep 2013Ellipse388 Pages

$28.99
Libgdx Cross-platform Game Development Cookbook
Libgdx Cross-platform Game Development C ...
Oct 2014Ellipse516 Pages

$32.99
Panda3D 1.6 Game Engine Beginner's Guide
Panda3D 1.6 Game Engine Beginner's Guide
Feb 2011Ellipse356 Pages

$28.99
CryENGINE 3 Game Development: Beginner's Guide
CryENGINE 3 Game Development: Beginner's ...
Sep 2012Ellipse354 Pages

$32.99

2024 Essentials

The must-have game development books and resources for this year.

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Game Development Patterns with Unreal Engine 5
Game Development Patterns with Unreal En ...
Jan 2024Ellipse254 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$31.99

Express Tutorials

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

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Learning the GameMaker Studio 2 Interface
Learning the GameMaker Studio 2 Interfac ...
May 2017Ellipse113 minutes

$130.99

Career Pathways

A collection of reading lists made by our expert authors to help get you your next job.
Getting Started with Unity Game DevelopmentGetting Started with Unity Game DevelopmentGetting Started with Unity Game Development
Getting Started with Unity Game DevelopmentAn enjoyable and intuitive approach to getting started with C# programming and Unity game development. This reading list will help you build a solid foundation in Unity and discover techniques to create impressive 2D/3D games, cross-platform mobile g ...

Popular Authors (5)

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Mr. Harrison Ferrone
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Harrison Ferrone is an instructional content creator for LinkedIn Learning and Pluralsight, tech editor for the Ray Wenderlich website, and used to write technical documentation on the Mixed Reality team at Microsoft. He is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder and Columbia College, Chicago. After a few years as an iOS developer at small start-ups, and one Fortune 500 company, he fell into a teaching career and never looked back.
Most popular book by Mr. Harrison Ferrone
Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 2019
Sergey Kosarevsky
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Sergey Kosarevsky is a software engineer with experience in C++ and 3D graphics. He worked for mobile industry companies and was involved in mobile projects at SPB Software, Yandex, Layar and Blippar. He has more than 12 years of software development experience and more than 6 years of Android NDK experience. Sergey got his PhD in the field of mechanical engineering from St. Petersburg Institute of Machine-Building in Saint-Petersburg, Russia. In his spare time, Sergey maintains and develops an open source multiplatform gaming engine, the Linde...
Most popular book by Sergey Kosarevsky
Android NDK Game Development Cookbook
Kumsal Obuz
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Kumsal Obuz is a self taught, but veteran web developer with more than 15 years of experience in two different countries, leading teams and projects of various sizes. After several years of preparation and transition, he started his own game studio in August 2020. He launched a small puzzle strategy game at the end of 2020 and is currently working on an ambitious farming simulation game. He also likes to mentor, perhaps due to his genetic background since both of his parents are teachers, and because of his love of Godot, founded and still orga...
Most popular book by Kumsal Obuz
Game Development with Blender and Godot
Gonçalo Marques
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Gonçalo Marques has been an active gamer since the age of 6. He has been using Unreal Engine since 2016 and has done freelance and consulting work using the engine. Gonçalo also released a free and open source plugin called UI Navigation, which has garnered an extremely positive reception with over 100,000 downloads and is still receiving frequent updates and fixes. Thanks to the development of this plugin, he became an Epic MegaGrant recipient. He is now working at Funcom ZPX, a game studio in Lisbon that has contributed to games such as Conan...
Most popular book by Gonçalo Marques
Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine
Mr. Oscar Baechler
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Oscar Baechler is a CG generalist, professor, painter, photographer, open source advocate, and community organizer who teaches at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. He's published a number of mobile games with a Blender pipeline and created animation for clients both big and small. Oscar runs the Seattle Blender User Group and Ballard Life Drawing Co-op and has presented on CGI at SIGGRAPH, LinuxFest Northwest, the Blender Conference, OSCON, Usenix LISA, SeaGL, SIX, WACC, and others.
Most popular book by Mr. Oscar Baechler
Blender 3D By Example