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C++ Game Animation Programming

You're reading from C++ Game Animation Programming Learn modern animation techniques from theory to implementation using C++, OpenGL, and Vulkan

Product type Paperback

Published in Dec 2023

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803246529

Length 480 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

OpenGL

Concepts

Animation

Authors (2):

Gabor Szauer

Michael Dunsky

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Building a Graphics Renderer

2. Chapter 1: Creating the Game Window FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Building an OpenGL 4 Renderer

4. Chapter 3: Building a Vulkan Renderer

5. Chapter 4: Working with Shaders

6. Chapter 5: Adding Dear ImGui to Show Valuable Information

7. Part 2: Mathematics Roundup

8. Chapter 6: Understanding Vector and Matrix

9. Chapter 7: A Primer on Quaternions and Splines

10. Part 3: Working with Models and Animations

11. Chapter 8: Loading Models in the glTF Format

12. Chapter 9: The Model Skeleton and Skin

13. Chapter 10: About Poses, Frames, and Clips

14. Chapter 11: Blending between Animations

15. Part 4: Advancing Your Code to the Next Level

16. Chapter 12: Cleaning Up the User Interface

17. Chapter 13: Implementing Inverse Kinematics

18. Chapter 14: Creating Instanced Crowds

19. Chapter 15: Measuring Performance and Optimizing the Code

20. Index

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21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Additional resources

The GLM website: https://glm.g-truc.net/0.9.9
Wolfram Alpha matrix inverse calculator: https://www.wolframalpha.com/calculators/matrix-inverse-calculator

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Authors (2)

Michael Dunsky

Michael Dunsky

Michael Dunsky is an educated electronics technician, game developer, and console porting programmer with more than 20 years of programming experience. He started at the age of 14 with BASIC, adding along the way Assembly language, C, C++, Java, Python, VHDL, OpenGL, GLSL, and Vulkan to his portfolio. During his career, he has also gained extensive knowledge of virtual machines, server operation, infrastructure automation, and other DevOps topics. Michael holds a master of science degree in computer science from the Fern University in Hagen, focusing on computer graphics, parallel programming, and software systems.

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Gabor Szauer

Gabor Szauer

Gabor Szauer has been making games since 2010. He graduated from Full Sail University in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in game development. Gabor maintains an active Twitter presence, and maintains a programming-oriented game development blog. Gabor's previously published books are Game Physics Programming Cookbook and Lua Quick Start Guide, both published by Packt.

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