Media eBook^TM Serious Game Design Workbook:  Get Serious With Virtools Dev
 

Get Serious With Virtools Dev
By Jim Kiggens

Edition:  UniKeep CDROM eBook:  9 Discs
Dimensions (in inches): 6.4 x 5.4 x .6
Publisher:  Media eBook (October 2005)
ISBN:   0-9754671-6-6
Price:  $149.00

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Project-based lessons in high resolution DV that demonstrate how Virtools is used to create “Serious Games”.

Includes:

9 CD's with high resolution DV, all required instructional resources: Virtools resources, sample models, textures, actions, scene files, game trials, game design document examples, trial software, and plug-ins.

Virtools Dev 3.5 - 30 day Trial License

4 week subscription to the eBookTutor® website - 24/7 access to “learn anytime, learn anywhere” online tutors!

Topics covered in this workbook are:

• Serious Games Overview
• Designing Gameplay for Serious Games
• Production Processes for Serious Games
• Developing the Color Palette
• Virtools Production Workflow Overview
• Virtools Workspace
• Level Management
• Behavior Building Blocks
• Level/Environment Models
• Characters
• Lighting
• Collision Detection
• Particles
• Interactivity
• Using Video
• Creating Interfaces
• Virtools Scripting Language Overview
• Tips for surfacing
• Tips for texturing
• Tips for lighting
• Tips for modeling
• Tips for character animation
• Data Management
• Exporting/Distributing Games

Earn a Certificate of Completion

Earn a "Serious Game Prototyping" certificate of completion by taking the self-assessment exams available on the eBookTutor® website and by submiting a final serious game project that demonstrates your ability to design and produce serious games with Virtools Dev.

Are You Interested in Earning College Credit?

You can earn college credit for these workbooks from Cerro Coso College, a fully accredited community college that offers online courses that match each of these workbooks.    The course for the "Get Serious with Virtools Dev" ebook is MA C230 - Game Prototyping.

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Watch a sample lesson from this ebook in a streaming video format [Windows Media Player].

[Note:  this streaming video is a low resolution sample made from the high resolution digital video recording from the ebook]