Bøker av Rudolf Kremers

Three outstanding stories in this mini-collection by Rudolf Kremers, including: The Singing Sands: For those who listen carefully, the singing sands promise to reveal knowledge long buried. When Charles hears their song, he becomes obsessed, and starts to investigate what lies beneath, no matter the cost. Dear Reader: What lies behind the words in a story? What is the true nature of prose? Of ink on the page? Is it simply fiction? Or is there more? The Ballroom Under the Lake: Emrys and Reginald -- two unlikely friends - are masters at uncovering strange, hidden places. But when they find the ballroom under the lake, they learn that some secrets go beyond mere friendship and strike at the core of their very being. (cover by Adrian Baldwin)

Humanity received a technological upgrade from long-dead aliens. But there's no such thing as a free lunch.Humanity had somehow muddled through the horrors of the 20th century and - surprisingly - managed to survive the first half of the 21st, despite numerous nuclear accidents, flings with neo-fascism and the sudden arrival of catastrophic climate change. It was agreed that spreading our chances across two planets offered better odds than staying rooted to little old Earth. Terraforming Mars was the future! A subsequent research expedition led to humanity's biggest discovery: an alien spaceship, camouflaged to appear like an ordinary asteroid. Although the aliens had long since gone, probably millions of years ago, their technology was still very much alive, offering access to unlimited power. Over the next hundred years humanity blossomed, reaching out to the solar system. By 2238, Mars had been successfully terraformed, countless smaller colonies had sprung up in its wake, built on our solar system's many moons, on major asteroids and in newly built habitats and installations. Jemm Delaney is a Xeno-Archaeologist and her 16-year old son Clint a talented hacker. Together they make a great team. When she accepts a job to retrieve an alien artifact from a derelict space station, it looks like they will become rich. But with Corps, aliens, AIs and junkies involved, nothing is ever going to proceed smoothly.If you're a fan of Julian May, Frank Herbert or James S.A. Corey, you will love Birds of Paradise.Cover art: Max Taquet

Good or bad level design can make or break any game, so it is surprising how little reference material exists for level designers. Beginning level designers have a limited understanding of the tools and techniques they can use to achieve their goals, or even define them. This book is the first to use a conceptual and theoretical foundation to build such a set of practical tools and techniques. It is tied to no particular technology or genre, so it will be a useful reference for many years to come. Kremers covers many concepts universal to level design, such as interactivity, world building, immersion, sensory perception, pace, and more, and he shows how to apply these concepts in practical ways, with many examples from real games.