Luma has several years of experience on iOS and Android. He focuses on game development on mobile platforms. He is the creator of WiEngine, cocos2dx-better, and cocos2dx-classical. His Github page is https://github.com/stubma.
Pranav Paharia is a game developer who makes games for mobile platforms and PCs. He has experience in working on numerous game technologies, such as Unity3D, Cocos2dx, Unreal Engine 4, Construct2, RPG Maker, and so on. He has also worked on many genres such as platformers, infinite runners, RPGs, casual games, turn-based games, point and click games, multiplayer action games, and so on.
After finishing his graduation in information technology, he took the decision of turning his passion into profession and pursued a course in videogame development. Exploring the diversity and depth in emerging game technologies, he worked with various multicultured teams, participating in game jams and working on his personal experiments. He faced every challenge with a "never give up" attitude. Gradually, his hard work and constant commitment led him to Nasscom GDC in 2013 for the game "Song of Swords" with his team winning the "People's Choice of the Year" award. Later in his career timeline, another game Chotta Bheem Laddoo Runner entered the limelight in India, being the most popular game among Indian kids. He has also reviewed Packtpub's Mastering Cocos2d Cross-Platform Game Development and Unity 2D Game Development Cookbook.
Since childhood, he has been in love with computer games. Growing up as the first generation of gamers, he was consumed by Mario, Dave Contra, and other 8-bit pixel art games. Being a lefty, he is creative at heart. His endless curiosity set him on a contrasting journey, from the sciences to a myriad of art forms. Playing computer games, making pencil sketches, and reading books were a few of his many hobbies. By the end of his school days, he was dedicating a lot of his time to playing Counter Strike. In the junior college and graduation era, he competed in many gaming tournaments, and succeeded in making his team, the best team in his college.
After entering into game development, he became fascinated with the other side of the coin, that is, the science of creating great games. For him, a game is a form of art, which stimulates the player's psychology and thereby raising various kind of emotions in him. Manipulating these emotions using colors and code seems like wizardry to him. His main aim in life is to create great games that can stimulate a positive transformation in people. He invests his free time in photography, writing, and the philosophical reasoning behind life. You can find him at <[email protected]>.
Sergio Martínez-Losa Del Rincón lives in Spain. He is a software engineer and a serial entrepreneur. He likes to write technical documents as well as programming in several languages.
He is always learning new programming languages and facing new challenges. Currently, he is creating applications and games for iPhone, Macintosh, Android, GoogleGlass, and Ouya. You can see part of his work at http://goo.gl/k5tOSX
Vamsi Krishna Veligatla is the director of engineering at Hike Messenger Pvt Ltd. He was the lead developer on some iconic games, such as Shiva: The Time Bender and Dadi vs Jellies developed at Tiny Mogul Games.
He has a master's degree in computer science from the International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. Previously, he worked at Nvidia Graphics Pvt Ltd, AMD (ATI), and the University of Groningen, Netherlands.
He's also worked on Cocos2d-x by Example: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition as a reviewer
Chatchai Mark Wangwiwattana is a game researcher and designer. His work is related to developing and designing computer games for changing human behavior and facilitating learning by utilized behavioral psychology and artificial intelligence. To learn more about his work and publications, visit www.chatchaiwang.com.
He's also worked on Cocos2d-x by Example: Beginner's Guide - Second Edition as a reviewer