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C++ Game Development By Example

By : Siddharth Shekar
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C++ Game Development By Example

By: Siddharth Shekar

Overview of this book

Although numerous languages are currently being used to develop games, C++ remains the standard for fabricating expert libraries and tool chains for game development. This book introduces you to the world of game development with C++. C++ Game Development By Example starts by touching upon the basic concepts of math, programming, and computer graphics and creating a simple side-scrolling action 2D game. You'll build a solid foundation by studying basic game concepts such as creating game loops, rendering 2D game scenes using SFML, 2D sprite creation and animation, and collision detection. The book will help you advance to creating a 3D physics puzzle game using modern OpenGL and the Bullet physics engine. You'll understand the graphics pipeline, which entails creating 3D objects using vertex and index buffers and rendering them to the scene using vertex and fragment shaders. Finally, you'll create a basic project using the Vulkan library that'll help you get to grips with creating swap chains, image views, render passes, and frame buffers for building high-performance graphics in your games. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready with 3 compelling projects created with SFML, the Vulkan API, and OpenGL, and you'll be able take your game and graphics programming skills to the next level.

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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Preface
Preface
Who this book is for
What this book covers
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Get in touch
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Section 1: Basic Concepts
Section 1: Basic Concepts
2
C++ Concepts
C++ Concepts
Program basics
Summary
3
Mathematics and Graphics Concepts
Mathematics and Graphics Concepts
3D coordinate systems
Vectors
Matrices
GLM OpenGL mathematics
OpenGL data types
Space transformations
Render pipeline
Summary
4
Section 2: SFML 2D Game Development
Section 2: SFML 2D Game Development
5
Setting Up Your Game
Setting Up Your Game
An overview of SFML
Downloading SFML and configuring Visual Studio
Creating a window
Drawing shapes
Adding sprites
Keyboard input
Handing player movement
Summary
6
Creating Your Game
Creating Your Game
Starting afresh
Creating the Hero class
Creating the Enemy class
Adding enemies
Creating the Rocket class
Collision detection
Summary
7
Finalizing Your Game
Finalizing Your Game
Finishing the Gameloop and adding scoring
Adding text
Adding audio
Adding player animations
Summary
8
Section 3: Modern OpenGL 3D Game Development
Section 3: Modern OpenGL 3D Game Development
9
Getting Started with OpenGL
Getting Started with OpenGL
What is OpenGL?
Creating our first OpenGL project
Summary
10
Building on the Game Objects
Building on the Game Objects
Creating the MeshRenderer class
Creating the TextureLoader class
Adding Bullet Physics
Adding rigid bodies
Summary
11
Enhancing Your Game with Collision, Loops, and Lighting
Enhancing Your Game with Collision, Loops, and Lighting
Adding a RigidBody name
Adding an enemy
Moving the enemy
Checking collision
Adding keyboard controls
Game loop and scoring
Adding lighting
Summary
12
Section 4: Rendering 3D Objects with Vulkan
Section 4: Rendering 3D Objects with Vulkan
13
Getting Started with Vulkan
Getting Started with Vulkan
About Vulkan
Configuring Visual Studio
Vulkan validation layers and extensions
Vulkan instances
The Vulkan Context class
Creating the window surface
Picking a physical device and creating a logical device
Summary
14
Preparing the Clear Screen
Preparing the Clear Screen
Creating SwapChain
Creating Renderpass
Using render targets and framebuffers
Creating CommandBuffer
Beginning and ending Renderpass
Creating the clear screen
Summary
15
Creating Object Resources
Creating Object Resources
Updating the Mesh class for Vulkan
Creating the ObjectBuffers class
Creating the Descriptor class
Creating the SPIR-V shader binary
Summary
16
Drawing Vulkan Objects
Drawing Vulkan Objects
Preparing the GraphicsPipeline class
The ObjectRenderer class
Changes to the VulkanContext class
The Camera class
Drawing the object
Synchronizing the object
Summary
Further Reading
17
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