Game Coding Complete

by McShaffry, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781932111910
• ISBN10: 1932111913
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-02-28
• Publisher: Oreilly & Associates Inc

Summary

For Game Coding Complete, Second Edition, McShaffry returns with many more of his highly popular, shoot-from the hips war stories and expert game programming insights that only a real insider could provide. McShaffry uses his experience as a leading programmer for Origin Systems, Microsoft, and Ion Storm--a division of Eidos, to illustrate real-world techniques and solutions, including examples from his recent work on the major game, Thief Deadly Shadows. The book takes programmers through the complete process of developing a professional quality game using hundreds of insider tricks and techniques developed and perfected by the author from over a decade of game development experience. The CD-ROM is packed with valuable source code and game development tools.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiv
Introduction	xviii
The Unique World of Game Programming	1	(18)
The Good	2	(7)
The Bad	9	(4)
The Ugly	13	(4)
It's All Worth It, Right?	17	(2)
What's in a Game?	19	(30)
Game Architecture	20	(2)
Applying the Game Architecture	22	(2)
Application Layer	24	(5)
Game Logic	29	(5)
Game View for the Human Player	34	(5)
Game Views for AI Agents	39	(1)
Networked Game Architecture	40	(2)
Do I Have to Use DirectX?	42	(5)
Other Bits and Pieces	47	(2)
Coding Tidbits and Style That Saved My Butt	49	(42)
Smart Design Practices	50	(8)
Smart Pointers and Naked Pointers	58	(5)
Using Memory Correctly	63	(13)
Mike's Grab Bag of Useful Stuff	76	(14)
Developing the Style That's Right for You	90	(1)
Building Your Game	91	(28)
A Little Motivation	91	(1)
Creating a Project	92	(8)
Source Code Repositories and Version Control	100	(8)
Building the Game: A Black Art?	108	(3)
Creating Build Scripts	111	(4)
Multiple Projects and Shared Code	115	(4)
Game Initialization	119	(40)
Initialization 101	120	(1)
Some C++ Initialization Pitfalls	120	(6)
The Game's Application Layer	126	(22)
Stick the Landing: A Nice Clean Exit	148	(8)
Getting In and Getting Out	156	(3)
Controlling the Main Loop	159	(26)
Inside the Main Loop	159	(22)
A Base Class for Game Logic	181	(2)
Can I Make a Game Yet?	183	(2)
Loading and Caching Game Data	185	(44)
Game Resources: Formats and Storage Requirements	186	(12)
Resource Files	198	(14)
The Resource Cache	212	(11)
World Design and Cache Prediction	223	(4)
I'm Out of Cache	227	(2)
Programming Input Devices	229	(30)
Getting the Device State	229	(6)
A Few Safety Tips	235	(3)
Working with the Mouse (and Joystick)	238	(6)
Working with a Game Controller	244	(7)
Working with the Keyboard	251	(5)
What, No Dance Pad?	256	(3)
User Interface Programming	259	(30)
The Human's Game View	260	(26)
More Control Properties	286	(1)
Some Final User Interface Tips	287	(2)
Programming Sprites and Fonts	289	(52)
The Art of 2D Drawing with DirectX	289	(7)
2D Drawing Under DirectDraw	296	(16)
2D Drawing in a 3D World with DirectX 9	312	(25)
Graphics Files Formats	337	(1)
Conclusion	338	(3)
Game Events and Scripting Languages	341	(44)
Game Events	342	(30)
Game Scripting Languages	372	(11)
SendEvent(``chapter_done'');	383	(2)
Game Audio	385	(50)
How Sound Works	385	(6)
Game Sound System Architecture	391	(33)
Other Technical Hurdles	424	(5)
Some Random Notes	429	(5)
The Last Dance	434	(1)
3D Graphics Pipeline	435	(1)
3D Basics	435	(42)
3D Math 101	436	(22)
Enough Math---Please Stop	458	(18)
3D Graphics---It's Just the Beginning	476	(1)
3D Scenes	477	(62)
C++ Math Classes	477	(13)
Scene Graph Basics	490	(43)
What's Missing?	533	(1)
3D Engines That the Games Industry Uses	534	(4)
Still Hungry?	538	(1)
Collision and Simple Physics	539	(44)
Mathematics for Physics Refresher	540	(7)
Choosing a Physics SDK	547	(2)
Object Properties	549	(1)
Collision Hulls	550	(6)
Using a Collision System	556	(2)
Integrating a Physics SDK	558	(23)
But Wait, There's So Much More	581	(2)
Network Programming for Multiplayer Games	583	(54)
How the Internet Works	583	(20)
Making a Multiplayer Game with Sockets	603	(33)
Gosh, If It's That Easy	636	(1)
Special Consideration for Developing Windows Games	637	(52)
What About Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)?	639	(3)
What About C#?	642	(1)
Windowed Mode and Full-Screen Mode	643	(14)
Operating System Specific Stuff	657	(3)
``Designed for Windows XP'' Logo Program	660	(27)
Conclusion	687	(2)
Debugging Your Game	689	(46)
The Art of Handling Failure	690	(2)
Debugging Basics	692	(15)
Debugging Techniques	707	(16)
Different Kinds of Bugs	723	(11)
Parting Thoughts	734	(1)
A Game of Teapot Wars!	735	(40)
Game Actors	737	(3)
Game Events	740	(5)
The Game Logic	745	(11)
The Game View for a Human Player	756	(14)
The AI View and Listener	770	(4)
The Rest Is Up to You	774	(1)
The Art of Scheduling	775	(36)
Good Schedules, Bad Schedules	776	(1)
The Key to All Schedules: Milestones	777	(13)
Things to Know Before Scheduling Begins	790	(6)
Creating the Schedule	796	(13)
Getting It Right	809	(2)
Everything (You Hate) to Know About Testing	811	(48)
Why Are Games Buggy?	811	(3)
Test Plans	814	(11)
Scheduling Testing	825	(1)
Automated Testing	826	(9)
The Bug Database	835	(11)
Which Bugs Get Fixed?	846	(5)
Statistical Analysis of Your Bug Database	851	(3)
The Testing Team	854	(1)
The Public Beta	855	(2)
A Final Word	857	(2)
Driving to the Finish	859	(26)
Finishing Issues	860	(9)
Dealing with Big Trouble	869	(11)
The Light---It's Not a Train After All	880	(5)
Index	885