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Game Development Patterns and Best Practices

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Product type Paperback

Published in Apr 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781787127838

Length 394 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Concepts

Game Scripting

Authors (2):

John P. Doran

Casanova

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Title Page

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Introduction to Design Patterns FREE CHAPTER

2. One Instance to Rule Them All - Singletons

3. Creating Flexibility with the Component Object Model

4. Artificial Intelligence Using the State Pattern

5. Decoupling Code via the Factory Method Pattern

6. Creating Objects with the Prototype Pattern

7. Improving Performance with Object Pools

8. Controlling the UI via the Command Pattern

9. Decoupling Gameplay via the Observer Pattern

10. Sharing Objects with the Flyweight Pattern

11. Understanding Graphics and Animation

12. Best Practices

Introduction to monitor refresh rates

These days, flat screen Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitors are very common. However, to understand refresh rates and double buffering, we need to understand how older monitors display an image. Along the way, we will learn about common graphics terms, such as pixels and screen resolution:

Figure 11.1 - Simplified cathode ray tube diagram

Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) monitors contain screens with millions of tiny red, green, and blue phosphor dots. These dots glow for a short time when struck by an electron beam that travels across the screen to create an image. The cathode is a heated filament inside a vacuum sealed glass tube. The ray is a stream of electrons generated by an electron gun, which is directed by magnetic deflection plates. By adjusting the magnetic field of the plates, the electron beam can be moved around and adjusted to strike every part of the screen.

The screen is coated with phosphor, an organic material that glows for a short time when...

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Authors (2)

John P. Doran

John P. Doran

John P. Doran is a passionate and seasoned Technical Game Designer, Software Engineer, and Author who is based in Songdo, South Korea. His passion for game development began at an early age. He later graduated from DigiPen Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Game Design and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Bradley University. For over a decade, John has gained extensive hands-on expertise in game development working in various roles ranging from game designer to lead UI programmer working in teams consisting of just himself to over 70 people in student, mod, and professional game projects including working at LucasArts on Star Wars: 1313. Additionally, John has worked in game development education teaching in Singapore, South Korea, and the United States. To date, he has authored over 10 books pertaining to game development. John is currently an Instructor at George Mason University Korea. Prior to his present ventures, he was an award-winning videographer.

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Casanova

Casanova

Matt Casanova has been programming indie games in C++, as well as mobile games and applications in Java and Objective C, for over ten years. For the last seven years he has assumed the role of technical director for his students. He specializes in 2D game engines and tools. Matt was an instructor for two years at Digipen Institute of Technology's Singapore campus, where he taught The Advanced Certification in 2D Game Development. This was a six month graduate-level course that specialized in creating 2D game engines. He then spent five years teaching undergraduate courses such as C++, data structures, and game engine architecture for Digipens degree in Real Time Interactive Simulation in South Korea. He has helped dozens of student teams make successful game projects and avoid the pitfalls of bad code. He currently works as lead mobile developer at a software company in Las Vegas.

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