Learning ShiVa3D Game Development -- Table of Contents -- Learning ShiVa3D Game Development -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started -- System requirements -- Downloading ShiVa3D -- Installing ShiVa3D -- The ShiVa editor -- Creating a project -- Creating a game -- Making a scene -- Importing models -- Editing the scene -- Adding intelligence -- Variables -- Handlers -- Summary -- 2. Editor Fundamentals -- The ShiVa3D editor -- Program menu -- The Modules -- The AI Debugger module -- AI Model Editor -- Ambience Editor -- Attributes Editor -- Data Explorer -- Game Editor -- HUD Editor -- Log Reporter -- PolyTrail Editor -- Particle Editor -- Scene Viewer -- Toolbar -- Navigation -- Scene Explorer -- Script Editor -- Adding new materials -- Adding sounds -- Creating a SoundBank -- Adding a SoundBank to the ship -- Summary -- 3. Behaviors and Scripting -- Lua syntax -- Comments -- Variables -- Functions -- Flow control -- If statements -- The return and the break keywords -- The for loop -- The while loop -- The repeat loop -- Operators -- ShiVa3D Application Programming Interface -- Scripting in use -- Handling user input -- Creating the ship AI -- Camera AI -- Filling in the scene -- The tunnel -- Summary -- 4. Physics and the Environment -- Sensors -- Dynamic objects -- Collider objects -- The physical setup -- Configuring the ship sensors -- Configuring the ship dynamics -- Using sensors to spawn asteroids -- Loading the asteroids -- Spawning the asteroids -- Setting the triggers.

Configuring the tunnel and rocks -- Summary -- 5. Lighting and Special Effects -- Lighting -- Dynamic lighting -- Static lighting -- Lightmaps -- Particle effects -- Engine exhaust -- Attaching the particle effects -- Explosions -- Triggering the explosions -- Polytrails -- Ambient settings -- Summary -- 6. Menus and Overlays -- Game states -- The HUD Editor window -- Components -- Adding menus -- Game background scene -- Game introduction menu -- Pause menu -- Game overlays -- Game over -- Summary -- 7. Deploying to a Device -- Mobile device considerations -- ShiVa Authoring Tool -- Installation -- Installing the tools -- Android installation -- Android SDK -- Android NDK -- Cygwin -- Ant -- Java SE Development Kit -- Eclipse -- Configuring the project -- Configuring the Android -- Configuring Authoring Tool -- Deploying the game -- Signing -- Summary -- A. Editor Hotkeys -- Application -- Changing desktops -- When a game is loaded -- Scene Viewer -- Script Editor -- Search -- Build -- B. Additional Resources -- Design -- Blender -- General 3D -- General assets -- Models -- Textures -- Sound -- Tools -- Independent game developer sites -- Index.