Customer Review: I enjoyed this book and it helped give me the basics to lua and wow programming. It takes you through several helpful addon examples that I now use after some minor customizations.
Customer Review: This is a great book for those learning to SIMFLY! I wish I would have purchases this back when I was working on my Private Pilot's License, because it is extremely helpful. The lessons and training missions you download from the internet are worth the money on their own. I have been using this book... more info
Customer Review: Good volume for those who may want an slightly deeper insight into visual communication. For the most part the analysis is well crafted, with stimulating insights. Sometimes a bit too repetitive, and obsessed with its own neurosis. For instance in the struggle against Power Point presentations,... more info
Customer Review: I own this book and it is excellent as is the software that comes with the book. (Game Maker Lite edition) I would not upgrade to the pro however as I paid for the pro upgrade key and Softwrap, the company in charge will not give me my activation key. Moreover, I have created two tickets with Yoyo... more info
Customer Review: This is a very good book about the art of writing and designing videogames. It has opened my eyes to many important factors of the process of creating a story (characters, plot, "the hook",...) and it included interesting exercises to assure you are following the pages and exercising your... more info
Customer Review: PROS: The text book is well written and easy to understand.
CONS: The companion DVD that contains the resource files for the tutorials was defective. I returned the book and the DVD for a replacement and the second DVD was also defective. The THIRD DVD finally worked.
Customer Review: I really have enjoyed the Classroom in a Book series, and this one did not disappoint - wonderfully written, easy to take in chunks or all at once, and helpful videos!
Customer Review: The book is well organized and very easy to read. It captures both the novice as well as those who have been working in WPF since beta (or is that CTP). The only complaints I have for the book are really just complaints on WPF in general. A lot of the material in the book (as well as WPF in general)... more info
Customer Review: Here's the deal,
I am not a programmer...not even a great flash designer.
My previous knowledge of ActionScript was stop(); and gotoAndStop();
Don't know any other computer language. I got this book and 2 weeks later I got my very own Flash game.
(two weeks of sitting... more info
