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Basics of the Game Engine

Introduction

Preparing a basic file structure for the game engine

Making a stack

Making a queue

Making a prioritized queue

Extending ipairs for use in sparse arrays

Creating Lua modules

Handling errors with pcall, xpcall, and assert

Using Lua with existing projects written in C/C++

Getting LuaSDL for libSDL 1.2

Designing the main application loop with LuaSDL

Introduction

Processing input events with LuaSDL

Using the keyboard input

Using the relative mouse position

Using the absolute mouse position

Using timers

Graphics – Common Methods

Introduction

Creating a window in libSDL

Creating surfaces

Surfaces manipulation

Using colors

Cursor manipulation

Initializing the graphics mode with OpenGL

Getting OpenGL information

Using OpenGL extensions with GLEW and Lua

Loading images with SDL_image

Creating textures

Loading and using bitmap fonts

Loading and using TrueType fonts

Displaying the text

Creating texture atlas with the rover-design pattern

Using tiles and tilesets in the game

Graphics – Legacy Method with OpenGL 1.x–2.1

Introduction

Drawing primitives in immediate mode

Setting up blending

Moving, rotating, and scaling objects

Setting up the orthogonal and perspective cameras

Setting up materials

Setting up lighting

Using display lists

Setting up the vertex buffer

Graphics – Modern Method with OpenGL 3.0+

Introduction

Loading and using GLSL shaders

Using uniform variables with shaders

Writing a vertex shader

Writing a fragment (pixel) shader

Drawing primitives using vertex buffers

Rendering to texture

Applying highlights and shadows to the scene

Bumpmapping

The User Interface

Introduction

Drawing a simple window

Moving the window

Using the window hierarchy

Showing the part of the window with the stencil test and window content scrolling

Window controls and interaction

Physics and Game Mechanics

Introduction

Using Box2D with Lua

Using vector math

Choosing the correct vector scaling for the physics engine

Creating static and dynamic objects

Setting up object properties

Moving objects

Setting up bullets

Running the physics simulation

Detecting object collision

Setting up object collision filtering

Setting up object joints

Artificial Intelligence

Introduction

A simple pathfinding algorithm for a maze

Pathfinding for tile-based environments with obstacles

Using a fuzzy logic for decision making

Sounds and Networking

Introduction

Initializing the audio subsystem

Playing sound samples

Playing background music

Network communication with ZeroMQ

Creating a basic client-server architecture

Sending messages to many hosts at once

Communication between threads

Customer Reviews

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image format
- URL / How to do it…
images
- loading, with SDL_image / Loading images with SDL_image, How to do it…, How it works…
- loading, directly to surface / How to do it…
- loading, with RWop / How to do it…
immediate mode
- primitives, drawing / Drawing primitives in immediate mode, Getting ready
input events
- processing, with LuaSDL / Processing input events with LuaSDL, Getting ready, How to do it…
ipairs function
- extending, for use in sparse arrays / Getting ready, How it works…
Ipairs_sparse function / How it works…
isPrintable function / How it works…

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neighbours function / How it works…
network communication
- ZeroMQ, using / Network communication with ZeroMQ, How to do it…, How it works…
NormalMap Online
- URL / Bumpmapping

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Lua Game Development Cookbook

By : Mario Kasuba, Mário Kašuba

Lua Game Development Cookbook

By: Mario Kasuba, Mário Kašuba

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