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C++ Game Development Cookbook

You're reading from C++ Game Development Cookbook

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785882722

Length 346 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Visual Studio

Concepts

Game Scripting

Author (1):

Druhin Mukherjee

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface

1. Game Development Basics FREE CHAPTER

2. Object-Oriented Approach and Design in Games

3. Data Structures in Game Development

4. Algorithms for Game Development

5. Event-Driven Programming – Making Your First 2D Game

6. Design Patterns for Game Development

7. Organizing and Backing Up

8. AI in Game Development

9. Physics in Game Development

10. Multithreading in Game Development

11. Networking in Game Development

12. Audio in Game Development

13. Tips and Tricks

Index

Chapter 1. Game Development Basics

In this chapter, the following recipes will be covered:

Installing an IDE on Windows
Choosing the right source control tool
Using call stacks for memory storage
Using recursions cautiously
Using pointers to store memory addresses
Casting between various datatypes
Managing memory more effectively using dynamic allocation
Using bitwise operations for advanced checks and optimization

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Authors (1)

Druhin Mukherjee

Druhin Mukherjee

Druhin Mukherjee is currently the co-founder and technical Director at GodSpeed Games. He has, over the years, worked with clients such as Lightning Fish Games, Chromativity, Rockstar North, Tag Games, BBC, Dynamo Games, and Codemasters. Druhin has been balancing making games and teaching video game programming to enthusiastic students. He spent 3 years in Auckland, New Zealand as a Senior Lecturer in the Games department at Media Design School. As a passionate games developer, Druhin has been sharing his knowledge on the Internet as blogs and websites. His recently started website for solving game development puzzles has over thousand subscribers. Druhin has collaborated with other writers and published many journals and papers; however, this is his first official effort to write a book.

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