Author: Adair Hart
Publisher: Quantum Edge Publishing
ISBN: 8832519445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Never assume Earthborn are easy prey. Citizens of rim world cities have gone missing, and no one knows why. Blake and his crew are assigned to discover what is going on and who is behind the disappearances. Like previous missions, this will lead them to dangerous locations as they gather information and encounter new allies and enemies. The Saskarin threat has escalated since Blake and the crew’s second mission at Hadrassus and the bounties on each crew member have gone up significantly. Blake and his crew must navigate those dangers while trying to not only find the missing citizens but also to stop whoever is abducting them. Being Earthborn is not easy, and Blake and his crew will show what happens when you mess with them.
Rimworlds
Author: Adair Hart
Publisher: Quantum Edge Publishing
ISBN: 8832519445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Never assume Earthborn are easy prey. Citizens of rim world cities have gone missing, and no one knows why. Blake and his crew are assigned to discover what is going on and who is behind the disappearances. Like previous missions, this will lead them to dangerous locations as they gather information and encounter new allies and enemies. The Saskarin threat has escalated since Blake and the crew’s second mission at Hadrassus and the bounties on each crew member have gone up significantly. Blake and his crew must navigate those dangers while trying to not only find the missing citizens but also to stop whoever is abducting them. Being Earthborn is not easy, and Blake and his crew will show what happens when you mess with them.
Publisher: Quantum Edge Publishing
ISBN: 8832519445
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
Never assume Earthborn are easy prey. Citizens of rim world cities have gone missing, and no one knows why. Blake and his crew are assigned to discover what is going on and who is behind the disappearances. Like previous missions, this will lead them to dangerous locations as they gather information and encounter new allies and enemies. The Saskarin threat has escalated since Blake and the crew’s second mission at Hadrassus and the bounties on each crew member have gone up significantly. Blake and his crew must navigate those dangers while trying to not only find the missing citizens but also to stop whoever is abducting them. Being Earthborn is not easy, and Blake and his crew will show what happens when you mess with them.
Designing Games
Author: Tynan Sylvester
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 144933802X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of todayâ??s hit video games. Youâ??ll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiencesâ??a combination of elegant game mechanics, compelling fiction, and pace that fully immerses players. In clear and approachable prose, design pro Tynan Sylvester also looks at the day-to-day process necessary to keep your project on track, including how to work with a team, and how to avoid creative dead ends. Packed with examples, this book will change your perception of game design. Create game mechanics to trigger a range of emotions and provide a variety of play Explore several options for combining narrative with interactivity Build interactions that let multiplayer gamers get into each otherâ??s heads Motivate players through rewards that align with the rest of the game Establish a metaphor vocabulary to help players learn which design aspects are game mechanics Plan, test, and analyze your design through iteration rather than deciding everything up front Learn how your gameâ??s market positioning will affect your design
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 144933802X
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Ready to give your design skills a real boost? This eye-opening book helps you explore the design structure behind most of todayâ??s hit video games. Youâ??ll learn principles and practices for crafting games that generate emotionally charged experiencesâ??a combination of elegant game mechanics, compelling fiction, and pace that fully immerses players. In clear and approachable prose, design pro Tynan Sylvester also looks at the day-to-day process necessary to keep your project on track, including how to work with a team, and how to avoid creative dead ends. Packed with examples, this book will change your perception of game design. Create game mechanics to trigger a range of emotions and provide a variety of play Explore several options for combining narrative with interactivity Build interactions that let multiplayer gamers get into each otherâ??s heads Motivate players through rewards that align with the rest of the game Establish a metaphor vocabulary to help players learn which design aspects are game mechanics Plan, test, and analyze your design through iteration rather than deciding everything up front Learn how your gameâ??s market positioning will affect your design
RimWorld Guide - Tips and Tricks
Author: Saturnx1
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This guide for Rimworld will provide you with a detailed description of the game interface and controls. You will learn invaluable information that will, to a large extent, allow your colonists to survive. Apart from that, this guide provides a detailed description of many complex mechanics of the game, you will learn which features of the colonists are key for survival and what is the best way to develop your colony.Rimworld is an expansive strategy game that resembles, in many of its aspects, Dwarf Fortress. During the game, you will have to ensure the survival of the colonists that have inhabited a distant planet. The key to success is to cater for their needs and the necessity to protect them from danger, whether posed by space pirates, wildlife or other cataclysms.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This guide for Rimworld will provide you with a detailed description of the game interface and controls. You will learn invaluable information that will, to a large extent, allow your colonists to survive. Apart from that, this guide provides a detailed description of many complex mechanics of the game, you will learn which features of the colonists are key for survival and what is the best way to develop your colony.Rimworld is an expansive strategy game that resembles, in many of its aspects, Dwarf Fortress. During the game, you will have to ensure the survival of the colonists that have inhabited a distant planet. The key to success is to cater for their needs and the necessity to protect them from danger, whether posed by space pirates, wildlife or other cataclysms.
Rimworld- The Rift
Author: Jl Curtis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Danny Ortega was a failure. He couldn't tolerate the implant to be a starship captain...But Danny Ortega has run his deep space research vessel Ghost alone for years, flaky AI and all, mapping the most unstable and unexplored regions of the Rift for the Cartographers Guild. When his latest mission lands in a mass graveyard of ships, including some ships out of legend, lost for hundreds of years, the guild isn't happy with him. He picks up a misfit crew out of the asteroids and the games begin!Turns out he'll need them not just for research and salvage, but to help him keep his ship! As word gets out that he has artifacts and is returning remains, Danny finds he's gone from chasing a prize to becoming one himself... Unfortunately for his enemies, Danny didn't get his own ship by being an easy target or giving up. His odd connections and crew have plenty of surprises up their sleeves, too!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Danny Ortega was a failure. He couldn't tolerate the implant to be a starship captain...But Danny Ortega has run his deep space research vessel Ghost alone for years, flaky AI and all, mapping the most unstable and unexplored regions of the Rift for the Cartographers Guild. When his latest mission lands in a mass graveyard of ships, including some ships out of legend, lost for hundreds of years, the guild isn't happy with him. He picks up a misfit crew out of the asteroids and the games begin!Turns out he'll need them not just for research and salvage, but to help him keep his ship! As word gets out that he has artifacts and is returning remains, Danny finds he's gone from chasing a prize to becoming one himself... Unfortunately for his enemies, Danny didn't get his own ship by being an easy target or giving up. His odd connections and crew have plenty of surprises up their sleeves, too!
Interactive Storytelling
Author: Anne-Gwenn Bosser
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030625168
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2020, held in Bournemouth, UK, in November 2020. The 15 full papers and 8 short papers presented together with 5 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The conference offers topics in game narrative and interactive storytelling, including the theoretical, technological, and applied design practices, narrative systems, storytelling technology, and humanities-inspired theoretical inquiry, empirical research and artistic expression.
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030625168
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2020, held in Bournemouth, UK, in November 2020. The 15 full papers and 8 short papers presented together with 5 posters, were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The conference offers topics in game narrative and interactive storytelling, including the theoretical, technological, and applied design practices, narrative systems, storytelling technology, and humanities-inspired theoretical inquiry, empirical research and artistic expression.
Icerigger
Author: Alan Dean Foster
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504082125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
A band of humans struggle to survive when they crash-land on an icy planet, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times bestseller. A sophisticated interstellar traveler, Ethan Frome Fortune is a businessman on board the interstellar transport ship Antares. He isn’t one for heroism or adventure. That would be his fellow passenger (and giant of a man), Skua September. Regardless, both soon get a chance to test their mettle . . . Tran-ky-ky is an icy, desolate planet sharply carved by hurricane-force winds. It’s a terrible place for an emergency landing, but a botched kidnapping on the Antares sends Ethan, Skua, and some of their fellow travelers hurtling toward the stormy planet. Now, surrounded by hungry killer plants and cat-like natives, this ragged bunch of castaways led by Ethan must keep their wits about them if they ever hope to escape . . .
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1504082125
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
A band of humans struggle to survive when they crash-land on an icy planet, in this science fiction adventure by the #1 New York Times bestseller. A sophisticated interstellar traveler, Ethan Frome Fortune is a businessman on board the interstellar transport ship Antares. He isn’t one for heroism or adventure. That would be his fellow passenger (and giant of a man), Skua September. Regardless, both soon get a chance to test their mettle . . . Tran-ky-ky is an icy, desolate planet sharply carved by hurricane-force winds. It’s a terrible place for an emergency landing, but a botched kidnapping on the Antares sends Ethan, Skua, and some of their fellow travelers hurtling toward the stormy planet. Now, surrounded by hungry killer plants and cat-like natives, this ragged bunch of castaways led by Ethan must keep their wits about them if they ever hope to escape . . .
Author:
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595300170
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
THE SOLDIER. THE LEGEND. THE HUNTED. When he woke up this morning he was just "a" suspect. Suddenly, Terran Defense Directorate Captain Daniel Briggs is the "only" suspect. Wanted for questioning in the murder of his ex-wife Anjelica, Daniel plunges headfirst into a quest meant to prove his innocence. What he finds instead are lies stacked upon half-truths and deceit. In the decadent back streets of Boomtown he begins an epic journey that will lead him into the very bowels of treachery. Armed only with his handicapped paranatural powers and a mind steeled by years of extraterrestrial combat, he combs the shadows of the city's underbelly in search of the truth, trying desperately to stay one step ahead of those who would stop him from discovering it. With the odds stacked against him, it seems a quest meant to fail from the start. But those who Daniel best, know to fear him, for it is when he's cornered that he is the most resilient. Will his legendary resilience be enough? How will he fare when the whole world seems bent on stopping him? Somewhere amidst it all, an invisible clock begins its countdown. When it reaches zero, mankind is doomed.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595300170
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
THE SOLDIER. THE LEGEND. THE HUNTED. When he woke up this morning he was just "a" suspect. Suddenly, Terran Defense Directorate Captain Daniel Briggs is the "only" suspect. Wanted for questioning in the murder of his ex-wife Anjelica, Daniel plunges headfirst into a quest meant to prove his innocence. What he finds instead are lies stacked upon half-truths and deceit. In the decadent back streets of Boomtown he begins an epic journey that will lead him into the very bowels of treachery. Armed only with his handicapped paranatural powers and a mind steeled by years of extraterrestrial combat, he combs the shadows of the city's underbelly in search of the truth, trying desperately to stay one step ahead of those who would stop him from discovering it. With the odds stacked against him, it seems a quest meant to fail from the start. But those who Daniel best, know to fear him, for it is when he's cornered that he is the most resilient. Will his legendary resilience be enough? How will he fare when the whole world seems bent on stopping him? Somewhere amidst it all, an invisible clock begins its countdown. When it reaches zero, mankind is doomed.
The Evaran Chronicles Box Set: Books 1 -3
Author: Adair Hart
Publisher: Quantum Edge Publishing
ISBN: 8826062005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Reality is sometimes not what it appears to be. Dr. Albert Snowden just wanted to be there for his niece, Emily, after the loss of her father. Being abducted by aliens, and then rescued by a mysterious being known as Evaran, has made that difficult. Despite their situation, they try to make the best of it while traveling through space, time, and beyond with Evaran and V, Evaran’s trusty mobile artificial intelligence. With the use of Evaran’s time-traveling ship, the Torvatta, they will try to maintain timeline integrity while dealing with the challenges that brings. The box set contains the first three books in the Evaran Chronicles. If you like science fiction, time travel, technology, and adventure, then this series is for you.
Publisher: Quantum Edge Publishing
ISBN: 8826062005
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 930
Book Description
Reality is sometimes not what it appears to be. Dr. Albert Snowden just wanted to be there for his niece, Emily, after the loss of her father. Being abducted by aliens, and then rescued by a mysterious being known as Evaran, has made that difficult. Despite their situation, they try to make the best of it while traveling through space, time, and beyond with Evaran and V, Evaran’s trusty mobile artificial intelligence. With the use of Evaran’s time-traveling ship, the Torvatta, they will try to maintain timeline integrity while dealing with the challenges that brings. The box set contains the first three books in the Evaran Chronicles. If you like science fiction, time travel, technology, and adventure, then this series is for you.
Rimworld- Militia Up
Author: Jl Curtis
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781790774036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
It was supposed to be a simple contract for a couple of months of security services off world, but the devil's in the details.Tight Bridge Technologies hired Ethan Fargo and his militia to guard their power stations on the planet Endine against mob unrest and sabotage. When they arrive, they find the planetary authorities don't want outsiders around to uncover their dirty secrets, and the Galactic Patrol's not interested in providing backup. They all but order him to stop making waves, kicking asses, and taking names. The harder Fargo works to keep his people safe, the more troubles he finds. Dragoons and pirates are stalking the outer system, while the planet itself is a snakepit of treachery, tyranny, rebellion, and corruption. Everyone wants him to fail, while taking the blame.They made one mistake: they underestimated Ethan Fargo. After the locals kills two of his Ghorkas, and kidnap his lady, he's out for blood, and to hell with anything in his way...
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781790774036
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
It was supposed to be a simple contract for a couple of months of security services off world, but the devil's in the details.Tight Bridge Technologies hired Ethan Fargo and his militia to guard their power stations on the planet Endine against mob unrest and sabotage. When they arrive, they find the planetary authorities don't want outsiders around to uncover their dirty secrets, and the Galactic Patrol's not interested in providing backup. They all but order him to stop making waves, kicking asses, and taking names. The harder Fargo works to keep his people safe, the more troubles he finds. Dragoons and pirates are stalking the outer system, while the planet itself is a snakepit of treachery, tyranny, rebellion, and corruption. Everyone wants him to fail, while taking the blame.They made one mistake: they underestimated Ethan Fargo. After the locals kills two of his Ghorkas, and kidnap his lady, he's out for blood, and to hell with anything in his way...
Star Wartz
Author: Patrick Tilley
Publisher: Orbit Books
ISBN: 9781857233209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Intrigued by a circular letter inviting him to be registered in the galactic fax directory, Andrew goes to London to find out more, and is transported to another galaxy, the Rimworld, which has 1476 planets orbiting two suns. Patrick Tilley's other novels include the Amtrak Wars series.
Publisher: Orbit Books
ISBN: 9781857233209
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
Intrigued by a circular letter inviting him to be registered in the galactic fax directory, Andrew goes to London to find out more, and is transported to another galaxy, the Rimworld, which has 1476 planets orbiting two suns. Patrick Tilley's other novels include the Amtrak Wars series.