Game Coding Complete
- Table of Contents
- BackCover
- Game Coding Complete
- Foreword
- Introduction
- What You Should Know Before You Knock on My Door
- Source Code and Coding Standards
- How This Book Is Organized
- Part I: Game Programming Fundamentals
- Chapter 1: Game Programming is Wacky Because...
- The Good
- The Bad
- The Ugly
- It s All Worth It, Right?
- Chapter 2: What s in a Game?
- Mixing 2D and 3D Technologies
- Do I Have to Use DirectX?
- User Interface Code
- Resource Caching
- The Main Loop
- Other Bits and Pieces
- Chapter 3: Dumb Stuff all Game Programmers Should Know
- Design Practices You Shouldn t Live Without
- Smart Pointers and Naked Pointers
- Using Memory Correctly
- Game Scripting Languages
- Mike s Grab Bag of Useful Stuff
- Well, That Wasn t So Dumb
- Part II: Get Your Game Running
- Chapter 4: Building Your Game
- A Little Motivation
- Creating a Project
- Source Code Repositories and Version Control
- Building the Game: A Black Art?
- Creating Build Scripts
- Multiple Projects and Shared Code
- Some Parting Advice
- Chapter 5: User Interface Programming and Input Devices
- Getting the Device State
- Working with the Mouse (and Joystick)
- Working with the Keyboard
- User Interface Components
- More Control Properties
- Some Final User Interface Tips
- Chapter 6: 2D Stuff Every Game Programmer Should Know
- 2D Drawing and DirectX
- Basic 2D Drawing Concepts
- Drawing Text
- Working with Sprites
- Graphics Files Formats
- Conclusion
- Chapter 7: Initialization and the Main Loop
- Initialization 101
- Some C Initialization Pitfalls
- Initializing Your Game
- The Main Loop
- Stick the Landing: A Nice Clean Exit
- Can I Make a Game Yet?
- Chapter 8: Loading and Caching Game Resources
- Art and Sound Formats
- Resource Files
- Data Compression
- iPac: A Resource File Builder
- The Resource Cache
- World Design and Cache Prediction
- I m Out of Cache
- Part III: Building Out Your Games
- Chapter 9: 3D Graphics all Game Programmers Must Master
- Your DirectX 9 Playground
- 3D Math 101
- Enough Math - Please Stop
- 3D Graphics - It s That Simple
- Chapter 10: 3D Engines
- Using a Scene Graph
- What s Missing?
- 3D Middleware Review
- Rolling Your Own 3D Engine
- Physics Engines
- Still Hungry?
- Chapter 11: Special Considerations for Developing Windows Games
- What About Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC)?
- Windowed Mode and Full-screen Mode
- Operating System Specific Stuff
- Designed for Windows Logo Program
- Conclusion
- Chapter 12: Debugging Your Game
- The Art of Handling Failure
- Debugging Basics
- Debugging Techniques
- Different Kinds of Bugs
- Parting Thoughts
- Part IV: Professional Game Production
- Chapter 13: The Art of Scheduling
- Good Schedules, Bad Schedules
- The Key to All Schedules: Milestones
- Things to Know Before Scheduling Begins
- Creating the Schedule
- Getting It Right
- Chapter 14: Everything (You Hate) to Know About Testing
- Test Plans
- Scheduling Testing
- Automated Testing
- The Bug Database
- Which Bugs Get Fixed?
- Statistical Analysis of Your Bug Database
- The Testing Team
- The Public Beta
- A Final Word
- Chapter 15: Driving to the Finish
- Finishing Issues
- Dealing with Big Trouble
- The Light - It s Not a Train After All
- Index
- Index_A
- Index_B
- Index_C
- Index_D
- Index_E
- Index_F
- Index_G
- Index_H
- Index_I
- Index_J
- Index_K
- Index_L
- Index_M
- Index_N
- Index_O
- Index_P
- Index_Q
- Index_R
- Index_S
- Index_T
- Index_U
- Index_V
- Index_W
- List of Figures
- List of Tables