Game Coding Complete, Third Edition

by McShaffry, Mike

• ISBN13: 9781584506805
• ISBN10: 1584506806
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-05
• Publisher: Charles River Media

Summary

Welcome to Game Coding Complete, Third Edition, the newest edition of the essential, hands-on guide to developing commercial-quality games. Written by a veteran game programmer, the book examines the entire game development process and all the unique challenges associated with creating a game. An excellent introduction to game architecture, you’ll explore all the major subsystems of modern game engines and learn professional techniques used in actual games. This third edition features expanded content and coverage of the latest and most exciting new game programming techniques including AI, multiprogramming, working with scripting languages such as Lua, and writing C# tools like your level editor. All the code and examples presented have been tested and used in commercial video games, and the book is full of invaluable best practices, professional tips and tricks, and cautionary advice.

Table of Contents

The Unique World of Game Programming

Whats in a Game?

Coding Tidbits and Style That Saved My Butt

Building Your Game

Game Initialization

Controlling the Main Loop

Loading and Caching Game Data

Programming Input Devices

User Interface Programming

LUA Scripting

Game Events and Scripting Languages

Game Audio

3D Basics

3D Scenes

Collision and Simple Physics

Network Programming for Multiplayer Games

Simple AI

Debugging Your Game

A Game of Teapot Wars!

Writing a Simple Game Editor in C#

Driving to the Finish

Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.