| Game Coding Complete - Fourth Edition! |
| Posted by mrmike on 01-12-2012 21:34 |
I'd like to announce the imminent publication of Game Coding Complete, Fourth Edition! This book was authored by me and my co-author, David Rez Graham, who you all know on this site as simply, Rez. Together we have gone through every chapter and every line of code and made huge additions and improvements:
- Rez has added his Tales from the Pixel Mines in almost every chapter!
- Updated the projects to work with Visual Studio 2010
- Implemented a new, Direct3D 11 based graphics pipeline and added an entire chapter on implementing pixel and vertex shaders
- Added a modern, component based Actor system based on XML, and written an entire chapter to cover it
- Refreshed the Resource Cache to allow preloading and tight integration with other SDKs, especially DirectX
- Overhauled the Lua scripting architecture, allowing all game specific code to be scripted, rather than hard coded
- Added decision trees and fuzzy logic to the AI system
- A complete rewrite of the C# game editor, allowing it to be extensible with XML
- Removal of Boost C++ in favor of making the code easier to download and compile
- Significant improvements and corrections to all the existing code and text
The book will be available in early March 2012 everywhere, as will the source code. This book was inspired by the good readers of this web site, without your daily posts and support none of this would have happened! |
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| Big Brothers Big Sisters 2012 Fundraiser |
| Posted by mrmike on 01-12-2011 22:18 |
Please help me support a very important cause: Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Texas. When I was growing up, I was lucky enough to have a Big Brother by the name of Al Suarez, who spent time with me, my brother Mark, and my sister Karen while he was a senior at Texas Christian University. You may not have the same kind of time Al had, but you can all put $25 to good use and help this organization provide for other deserving kids who need a little help.
Especially now, we need to make sure more kids are growing up with positive adult mentors who know how to love not hate, think for themselves, and contribute to their world. Big Brothers Big Sisters can do exactly that!
If you aren't crying your eyes out and donating all your hard earned money to the cause just yet - watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sx2l8K6xNKM and just try to keep that money to yourself!
Thanks, my friends! I wouldn't ask if it weren't important to me.
Click here to donate - and many thanks for your support! |
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