Game Engine Design and Implementation

Description

Almost every video game on the market today is powered by a game engine. But, what is a game engine? What does it do? How are they useful to both developers and the game? And how are they made? These, and other important engine related questions, are explored and discussed in this book. In clear and concise language, this book examines through examples and exercises both the design and implementation of a video game engine. Specifically, it focuses on the core components of a game engine, audio and sound systems, file and resource management, graphics and optimization techniques, scripting and physics, and much more. Suitable for students, hobbyists, and independent developers, this no-nonsense book helps fine tune an understanding of solid engine design and implementation for creating games that sell.

CONTENTS:

Part 1 Theory, Design, and Preparation

  Chapter 1 Game Engines - Details and Design

  Chapter 2 Configuring a Game Engine Project

Part 2 Implementing the Engine

  Chapter 3 Error and Log Manager

  Chapter 4 Resource Management

  Chapter 5 2D Render Manager with SDL

  Chapter 6 2D Scene Manager

  Chapter 7 Music and Sound with the AudioManager

  Chapter 8 Reading and Processing User Input

  Chapter 9 3D Render Manager with DirectX 10

  Chapter 10 Scene Management and OGRE 3D

  Chapter 11 Rigid Body Physics with Bullet Physics

  Chapter 12 Focus on DX Studio: Engine Tools, Editors and Scripting

  Appendix A Game Engines, Tools and Libraries

  Appendix B OIS Keyboard Scan Codes

  Appendix C DX Texture Format Constants

  Appendix D Windows Messages

  Appendix E BSD Licence

  Appendix F MIT License

  Appendix G The zlib/libpng License