TY - BOOK AU - Ansari,Marwan Y. TI - Game development tools SN - 9781568814322 (hbk.) AV - QA76.76.C672 G36 2011 U1 - 794.81526 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Boca Raton, FL PB - CRC Press KW - Computer games KW - Programming KW - COMPUTERS / Programming / Games KW - bisacsh N1 - "An A.K. Peters book."; Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "This book brings the insights of game professionals, DCC creators, hardware vendors, and current researchers together into a collection that focuses on the most underrepresented and critical part of game production: tools development. The first gems-type book dedicated to game tools, this volume focuses on practical, implementable tools for game development professionals. Topics range from asset tracking to improving remote version control performance to robust and efficient IO. Technical artists, as well as game play, audio, and graphics programmers will find new tools to improve work flow and help build games faster"-- ER -