Game Development with Three.js: With Three.js you can create sophisticated 3D games that run in the web browser. This book is aimed at both the professional game designer and the enthusiast with a step by step approach including lots of tips and examples.

Isaac Sukin

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eBook Oct 2013 118 pages 1st Edition

Isaac Sukin

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Develop immersive 3D games that anyone can play on the Internet
Learn Three.js from a gaming perspective, including everything you need to build beautiful and high-performance worlds
A step-by-step guide filled with game-focused examples and tips

Description

The advent of WebGL and its inclusion in many browsers enabled JavaScript programs running in a web browser to access the GPU without a plugin or extension. Three.js is a next generation high-level library that makes it possible to author complex 3D computer animations that display in the browser using nothing more than a simple text editor. The development of these new tools has opened up the world of real-time 3D computer animations to a far broader spectrum of developers. Starting with how to build 3D games on the web using the Three.js graphics library, you will learn how to build 3D worlds with meshes, lighting, user interaction, physics, and more. Along the way, you'll learn how to build great online games through fun examples. Use this book as a guide to embrace the next generation of game development! Moving on from the basics, you will learn how to use Three.js to build game worlds using its core components, including renderers, geometries, materials, lighting, cameras, and scenes. Following on from this, you will learn how to work with mouse and keyboard interactions, incorporate game physics, and import custom models and animations. You will also learn how to include effects like particles, sounds, and post-processing. You will start by building a 3D world, and then create a first person shooter game using it. You will then be shown how to imbue this FPS game with a ‚Äúcapture the flag‚Äù gameplay objective. With Game Development with Three.js, you will be able to build 3D games on the Web using the Three.js graphics library.

Who is this book for?

This book is for people interested in programming 3D games for the Web. Readers are expected to have basic knowledge of JavaScript syntax and a basic understanding of HTML and CSS. This book will be useful regardless of prior experience with game programming, whether you intend to build casual side projects or large-scale professional titles.

What you will learn

Set up a Three.js scene representing a game world
Understand the types of Three.js components, including geometries, materials, lighting, cameras, and renderers
Interact with your games using the mouse and keyboard
Structure your worlds with various approaches to physical collision
Construct complex levels using several different methods
Extend the Three.js framework with custom game-specific classes
Gain insight into development processes and important design and performance considerations for web games
Achieve a basic understanding of multiplayer game networking

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claudio daffra Jan 17, 2014

ti fornisce le basi , chiare per poter iniziare a districarsi nel labirinto del 3d. L'ho trovato piuttosto utile in quanto attraverso un esempio completo ti permette presto di ottenere risultati

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David McLure Jul 13, 2014

Great summary of the technology! Works well as a follow-on book to the book named"Learning Three.js: The JavaScript 3D Library for WebGL" by Jos Dirksen

Game Reviews Nov 21, 2013

This is an excellent book on 3D game programming for web browsers. It is a quick read (97 pages) and has many examples to help get you started. You also can download example code from an associated website so you can learn from the example code and get a head start. The book is well written and is an easy read. Somehow it also manages to cover an amazing range of complex topics including various methods of world generation, particle systems, 3D sound, optimization, networking/multiplayer, and even anticheating. Highly recommended!

Kindle Customer Feb 04, 2015

The author's book was extremely helpful! I'm now sold on using javascript with three.js for game development. I think this is going to be essential knowledge, but as of now it's cutting edge. Fun stuff.

Maximilian Friedmann Feb 20, 2014

Das Buch erklärt alles nötige in angenehmer Geschwindigkeit. Das erlernte Codebeispiel macht Lust auf mehr und bietet ebenfalls einen guten Start für eigene Projekte. Ist das Geld vollkommen wert!!!

Game Development with Three.js: With Three.js you can create sophisticated 3D games that run in the web browser. This book is aimed at both the professional game designer and the enthusiast with a step by step approach including lots of tips and examples.

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