Game Engine Architecture

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Game Engine Architecture Jason Gregory A K Peters, Ltd. Wellesley, Massachusetts ...

A K Peters/CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487- © 2009 by Taylor a ...

Dedicated to Trina, Evan and Quinn Gregory, in memory of our heros, Joyce Osterhus and Kenneth Gregory. ...

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vii Contents Foreword xiii ...

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I Foundations Preface xvii 1 Introduction 1.1 Structure of a Typical Game Team 1.2 What Is a Game? 1.3 What Is a Game Engine? 1 ...

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xiii Foreword T he very fi rst video game was built entirely out of hardware, but rapid ad- vancements in microprocessors have c ...

xiv Foreword The recent explosion of downloadable and casual games has added even more complexity to the diverse world of commer ...

Foreword xv world. While teaching a course in game programming at USC, Jason found himself facing a shortage of textbooks coveri ...

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xvii Preface W elcome to Game Engine Architecture. This book aims to present a com- plete discussion of the major components tha ...

xviii Preface play programming, including player mechanics, cameras, and AI. However, by necessity, the scope of these discussio ...