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game scriptingWelcome to our collection of the latest and greatest books on game scripting! Whether you're a beginner looking to learn the basics or a seasoned pro seeking advanced techniques, we've got titles covering popular engines like Unity, Unreal, and more. Learn C# scripting, visual scripting with Blueprints, C++, and other coding languages to bring your game ideas to life. From guides on Roblox development to creating mobile games and VR experiences, these 400-600 word descriptions will tell you everything you need to know to pick your next game scripting book.

Bestsellers

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

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Hands-On Unity  Game Development
Hands-On Unity Game Development
Jan 2024Ellipse742 Pages

$38.99
Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity
Learning C# by Developing Games with Uni ...
Nov 2022Ellipse466 PagesEllipseHalf Star 5

$35.99
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine 5
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal E ...
May 2022Ellipse568 Pages

$61.99
Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C++ Scripting
Unreal Engine 5 Game Development with C+ ...
Aug 2023Ellipse384 Pages

$39.99
Unity Cookbook
Unity Cookbook
Nov 2023Ellipse780 PagesEllipseHalf Star 3

$39.99
Beginning C++ Game Programming
Beginning C++ Game Programming
Oct 2019Ellipse746 Pages

$35.99
Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, Second Edition
Coding Roblox Games Made Easy, Second Ed ...
Jun 2022Ellipse302 Pages

$23.99
XR Development with Unity
XR Development with Unity
Nov 2023Ellipse284 Pages

$31.99
Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine
Game Development Projects with Unreal En ...
Nov 2020Ellipse822 Pages

$35.99
Unity Certified Programmer Exam Guide
Unity Certified Programmer Exam Guide
May 2022Ellipse766 Pages

$83.99

What's New

Our latest game development releases from the last few months.

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Hands-On Unity  Game Development
Hands-On Unity Game Development
Jan 2024Ellipse742 Pages

$38.99

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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Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity
Learning C# by Developing Games with Uni ...
Nov 2022Ellipse466 Pages

$35.99
Unity Cookbook
Unity Cookbook
Nov 2023Ellipse780 Pages

$39.99

Quick Learns

Our game development books which are under 200 pages long.

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Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal E ...
Jul 2015Ellipse188 Pages

$25.99
Raspberry Pi Gaming - Second Edition
Raspberry Pi Gaming - Second Edition
Feb 2015Ellipse140 Pages

$16.99

Beginner's Corner

Our top picks for starting your game development journey.

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Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity 5.x
Learning C# by Developing Games with Uni ...
Mar 2016Ellipse230 Pages

$39.99
Python Game Programming By Example
Python Game Programming By Example
Sep 2015Ellipse230 Pages

$35.99
Beginning C++ Game Programming
Beginning C++ Game Programming
Oct 2016Ellipse520 Pages

$43.99
Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with Unity 2017
Learning C# 7 By Developing Games with U ...
Dec 2017Ellipse290 Pages

$43.99
CryENGINE Game Programming with C++, C#, and Lua
CryENGINE Game Programming with C++, C#, ...
Nov 2013Ellipse276 Pages

$28.99
Extending Unity with Editor Scripting
Extending Unity with Editor Scripting
Sep 2015Ellipse268 Pages

$39.99
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal Engine 5
Blueprints Visual Scripting for Unreal E ...
May 2022Ellipse568 Pages

$61.99
ZBrush 4 Sculpting for Games: Beginner's Guide
ZBrush 4 Sculpting for Games: Beginner's ...
Mar 2011Ellipse348 Pages

$28.99
Unity 3.x Game Development Essentials
Unity 3.x Game Development Essentials
Dec 2011Ellipse488 Pages

$32.99
XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example: Beginner's Guide
XNA 4.0 Game Development by Example: Beg ...
Sep 2010Ellipse428 Pages

$28.99

2024 Essentials

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

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Hands-On Unity  Game Development
Hands-On Unity Game Development
Jan 2024Ellipse742 Pages

$38.99

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 ...

Certification Prep

Essential study guides and materials to ace your certification exams.

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Game Development Projects with Unreal Engine
Game Development Projects with Unreal En ...
Nov 2020Ellipse822 Pages

$35.99

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