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C++ Game Development Cookbook

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785882722
Length 346 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Druhin Mukherjee Druhin Mukherjee
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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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C++ Game Development Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
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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Profile icon 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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