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C++ Game Development Cookbook

By : Druhin Mukherjee
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C++ Game Development Cookbook

By: Druhin Mukherjee

Overview of this book

<p>C++ is one of the preferred languages for game development as it supports a variety of coding styles that provides low-level access to the system. C++ is still used as a preferred game programming language by many as it gives game programmers control of the entire architecture, including memory patterns and usage. However, there is little information available on how to harness the advanced features of C++ to build robust games.</p> <p>This book will teach you techniques to develop logic and game code using C++. The primary goal of this book is to teach you to create high-quality games using C++ game programming scripts and techniques, regardless of the library or game engine you use. It will show you how to make use of the object-oriented capabilities of C++ so you can write well-structured and powerful games of any genre. The book also explores important areas such as physics programming and audio programming, and gives you other useful tips and tricks to improve your code.</p> <p>By the end of this book, you will be competent in game programming using C++, and will be able to develop your own games in C++.</p>
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
C++ Game Development Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Introduction


Data structures are used in the video games industry to organize code into more cleaner and more manageable. An average video game will have about 20,000 lines of code at least. If we do not use an effective storage system and structure to manage that code, it will become very difficult to debug. Also, we may end up writing the same code multiple times.

Data structures are also very useful for searching elements if we have a large data set. Let us consider that we are making a MMO. From the thousands of players online playing the game, we need to isolate a player who has the most points on a certain day. If we have not organized the user data into some meaningful data structure, this might take a long time. On the other hand, using a suitable data structure can help us achieve this within seconds.