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Game Programming Gems: v.2 by Mark DeLoura
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    • Product code: 157741
    • ISBN: 1584500549, ISBN13: 9781584500544, 614 pages, BOOK & CD PACKAGE
      Published by Charles River Media on 2001
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    Description of Game Programming Gems: v.2

    With ideas, techniques, and algorithms, this text aims to provide game developers of all levels with tips and tools. Written by game programming experts, each contribution provides a hands-on solution to a programming problem, or a creative method for reducing programming time and redundancy. This collection covers the major topics needed to develop a state-of-the-art game engine and provides coverage of audio issues. From animation and artificial intelligence to Z-buffering, lighting calculations, weather effects, curved surfaces, audio tools, multiplayer Internet gaming, music and sound effects, all of the major techniques needed to develop a competitive game engine are covered. All of the source code for each algorithm is included and can be used by advanced programmers immediately. For aspiring game programmers, the text for each algorithm explains the algorithm in detail, gives suggestions for beneficial modifications and optimizations, and includes references to related material.


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