How Video Game Designers Use Math

by Rjf Publishing

• ISBN13: 9781604136036
• ISBN10: 1604136030
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-10-01
• Publisher: Facts on File

Summary

In sports and in spaceflight, in cooking and in aerial combat, whether designing clothes or designing the latest video game-people in the real world are using math every day to do exciting and important work. These lively, colorful books will help you understand how math skills are essential in just about any career.

Table of Contents

What Is Video Game Design?	p. 4
Designing for the Audience	p. 6
What a Character!	p. 8
Creating a Scene	p. 10
All About Animation	p. 12
Thinking About Speed	p. 14
Creating Color	p. 16
What's That Sound?	p. 18
On the Level	p. 20
3-D Design	p. 22
Capturing Motion	p. 24
Meet Satoshi Tajiri	p. 26
If You Want to Be a Video Game Designer	p. 28
Answer Key	p. 29
Glossary	p. 30
To Learn More	p. 31
Index	p. 32
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Excerpts

From Pac-Man to Xbox, people love playing video games. But many are unaware of the importance math plays when it comes to designing these addictive games.How Video Game Designers Use Mathguides readers through the math concepts designers use to create and produce their games.Concepts and skills emphasized include:

• Number Sense and Operations
• Problem Solving
• Estimation
• Measurement
• Data Analysis
• Algebraic Thinking
• Geometry and Spatial Sense.

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Excerpted from How Video Game Designers Use Math by Jill Egan
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