Chloe Conrod Delivers Inspirational Game Development Talk At The 2020 Christian Games Developers Conference (CGDC)
/in Event, Frontpage Article, News/by Philip ConrodChloe Conrod delivers an inspirational game development talk at the 2020 Christian Games Developers Conference (CGDC) on August 30, 2020! Click on the link below to view her talk on the CGDC YouTube Channel:
Summary of Chloe’s Talk:
Throughout the years, gaming has created a beautiful and mesmerizing way to escape the real world. Hundreds of these amazing creations have been released towards those of multiple generations, and have been used as an inspiration towards other aspiring game developers on what they may want to create. However, it is never a rare case for a game developer to feel burdened with the over-piling work that they have to face. From financial problems to feeling weighed down by the comments of our audience, to being exhausted from all of our hard work and wondering if we should start over, there are many in the gaming industry who have decided to quit. But, the truth is, our failures actually come from not realizing how close that we were to success, until we gave up. Us, being only human, need to realize how far that each and every one of us have come from where we originally started. Whether it’s been years of constantly working on a game, to just beginning to piece together what you want to create, or even having only attended this conference to spark and further your interest, each of us have something to be proud of. Now, this is where many of you may ask, “But, why me?” And to that, I will explain an even more important question, “Why not you?”
BookAuthority Selects Philip Conrod and Lou Tylee’s 11th Edition Java Swing Tutorials As the Best New Java Swing Books to Read in 2020
/in News/by Philip ConrodPhil Conrod Joins the Christian Game Developer’s Conference (CGDC) Board of Directors
/in Event, News/by Philip ConrodThe Christian Game Developers Conference Board of Directors announced that they welcomed Phil Conrod as a new Board Member for a 2 year term. Phil Conrod has also published over two dozen textbooks which are used in K-12 schools & universities to help teach App & Game programming. You can read more about his many apps, games and textbook tutorials at https://www.biblebytebooks.com and https://www.kidwaresoftware.com.
Phil is very honored and humbled to serve the Christian Game Developers Community on the CGDC Board of Directors. Please let him know how he can serve the CGDC community best in this new Board Member role.
Phil Conrod and Kris Murray Host a Unity Workshop on the Unity Multipurpose Avatar (UMA ) and Navigation at the 2019 CGDC
/in Event, News/by Philip ConrodPhil Conrod and Kris Murray Host a Unity Workshop on the Unity Multipurpose Avatar (UMA ) and Navigation at the 2019 CGDC. The Workshop for Unity 3D to create customizable characters and get them to walk around a 3D scene. Learn the Unity Multipurpose Avatar and how to change skin and hair color, body, proportions and clothes. Take that same 3D character and set it to motion on its own using Navmesh. Preparation required: Bring a laptop, download and install Unity, and get the free Unity Assets “Standard Assets” and “UMA 2” from the Unity Asset Store. Participants should have a cursory understanding of C# scripting.
Friday, 1:15pm – 2:30pm, Trail Room
Our Visual Visual Basic and C# Programming Tutorials Have Been Updated to Visual Studio 2019!
/in News/by Philip ConrodAll Of Our Java Programming Tutorials Have Been Updated to Java JDK11 LTS
/in News/by Philip ConrodAll of Our Java Programming Tutorials have Been Updated to Oracle Java JDK11 LTS! Oracle plans to support and provide security updates for Java JDK11 LTS until September 2023. We should also note that Oracle ended Premier support for Java SE JDK10 (the previous JDK) on September 2018. Click on the book covers above to see the latest edition of each programming tutorial!
BookAuthority Selects Computer Bible Games with Java as One of the 3 Best New Java Swing Books To Read In 2019!
/in Event, Frontpage Article, News/by Philip ConrodPhilip Conrod & Lou Tylee’s Textbooks Win In 8 Different “Best Books Of All Time” Award Categories in 2019!
/in News/by Philip Conrod
In June 2019, Eight of our Award Winning Textbooks were named the “Best Books of All Time” by BookAuthority!
Our Learn Java GUI Applications, Programming Games with Java, and Java Homework Projects Textbooks Sweep the Best 3 Java Swing Books of All Time Awards:

Our Java Textbooks also placed in the “Best Java Books of All Time”, “Best GUI Books of All Time” and the “Best User Interface Books of All Time” categories:




Our Visual Basic and Databases was also Named #1 in the 60 Best Databases Books of All Time:

Latest News
OpenAI Released GPT-5.5 on April 23, 2026April 24, 2026 - 4:42 pm
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.4 and it is State of the Art (SOTA) across Key Coding BenchmarksMarch 11, 2026 - 7:24 am
WHO IS PHILIP CONROD?
Philip Conrod has authored, co-authored and edited over two dozen technology related textbooks over the past 40 years. Philip holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems and a Master’s certificate in the Essentials of Business Development from Regis University. Philip has also served in various Information Technology leadership roles for companies like Sundstrand Aerospace, Safeco Insurance, FamilyLife, Kenworth Truck Company, Paccar, Darigold and Kidware Software. Philip currently serves as an Adjunct Professor at Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington.



















