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Get acquainted with the essential mathematics needed to describe, simulate, and render 3D creations

Construct and manipulate 3D animated environments using Python, Pygame, and PyOpenGL

Develop vertex and fragment shaders in OpenGL shader language to speed up rendering

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Mathematics is an essential skill when it comes to graphics and game development, particularly if you want to understand the generation of real-time computer graphics and the manipulation of objects and environments in a detailed way. Python, together with Pygame and PyOpenGL, provides you with the opportunity to explore these features under the hood, revealing how computers generate and manipulate 3D environments. Mathematics for Game Programming and Computer Graphics is an exhaustive guide to getting “back to the basics” of mathematics, using a series of problem-based, practical exercises to explore ideas around drawing graphic lines and shapes, applying vectors and vertices, constructing and rendering meshes, and working with vertex shaders. By leveraging Python, Pygame, and PyOpenGL, you’ll be able to create your own mathematics-based engine and API that will be used throughout to build applications. By the end of this graphics focussed book, you’ll have gained a thorough understanding of how essential mathematics is for creating, rendering, and manipulating 3D virtual environments and know the secrets behind today’s top graphics and game engines.

What you will learn

Get up and running with Python, Pycharm, Pygame, and PyOpenGL

Experiment with different graphics API drawing commands

Review basic trigonometry and how it's important in 3D environments

Apply vectors and matrices to move, orient, and scale 3D objects

Render 3D objects with textures, colors, shading, and lighting

Work with vertex shaders for faster GPU-based rendering

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Math skills never came naturally to me but as an indie game developer they are very useful. Penny's book makes these subjects feel less exclusive and more approachable for people like me. I highly recommend this book to anyone who struggles to learn mathematics for gaming applications.

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schaf Dec 29, 2022

Mathematics for Game Programming and Computer Graphics gives a well written introduction into a lot of basic algorithms without going too much in detail of concepts that are implemented ( in OpenGL e.g. Anti Aliasing). With easy to understand pictures the author makes sure you understand very abstract problems. At the end of each section, there's an exercise to repeat all the learnt things. Overall great read, can highly recommend!

Jj Dec 02, 2022

I’ve always enjoyed her videos, so when I saw the chance to get a book by Penny De Byl, I jumped at the chance! One of the things I’ve already really liked in the book is that there is a wealth of information, and each is culminated by an end of chapter “do one”. Theory without practice is good, in theory, so I’m really happy to be also given the chance to practice - and with the answer after, I can check anything I might not understand. You will also very likely, gain more information than just graphics with a lot of high level math also included in the book.Highly recommended for people who want to learn more about computer graphics, it also comes with a very handy QR code so you can get a PDF version of the book you can view on any device. Thanks Packt!

krethick Dec 29, 2022

As a computer science student, maths plays a major role in concepts like loops and algorithms. This book is useful not only for game developers but also for people who are interested in graphics programming, image analysis, and 3D Modelling. It even explains topics like matrices, trigonometry, graph plotting, and pixelization of images. Python language is an added advantage that helps in understanding the concepts visually. Students who are weak in maths can understand the chapters without much trouble. From my analysis, this book helps in understanding game engines, and game objects mathematically.

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