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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

Using graphs to store data


In this recipe, we will see how easy it is to store data using the graph data structure. The graph data structure is extremely useful if we have to create a system like Facebook to sell and share our game with friends, and friends of friends. A graph can be implemented in a few ways. The most commonly used method is by using edges and nodes.

Getting ready

To work through this recipe, you will need a machine running Windows. You also need to have a working copy of Visual Studio installed on your Windows machine. No other prerequisites are required.

How to do it…

In this recipe, we will see how we can implement graphs. Graphs are a very good data structure for interconnecting various states and data together with edge conditions. Any social networking algorithm uses the graph data structure in one way or another:

  1. Open Visual Studio.

  2. Create a new C++ project.

  3. Select Win32 Console Application.

  4. Add the CGraph.h/CGraph.cpp files.

  5. Add the following lines of code to CGraph.h:

    #include...