Game Design and Programming Tutorials and Articles

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Open Source 3D Package for Game Creation: Crystal

http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/01/Crystal_Space.pdf

Article entitled, “Open Source 3D Package for Game Creation: Crystal Space,” discusses why you should use Crystal Pace libraries and models to create 3D games.

Book Excerpt: Massively Multiplayer Game Developme

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050613/amir_01.shtml

Book excerpt from Massively Multiplayer Game Development 2: Architecture and Techniques for an MMORTS,” by Gideon Amir and Ramon Axelrod.

The Video Game Translator Wishlist

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050615/monton_01.shtml

Article entitled, “The Video Game Translator Wishlist,” discusses the issue of localization and how game developers can work with translators early in the game development process to improve the quality of the localized game.

Video: The Age of Empires 3 Graphics Engine

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050621/pottinger_01.shtml

Video presentation entitled, “The Age of Empires 3 Graphics Engine.”

Video: Game Technology and Content Creation for th

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050707/sweeney_01.shtml

Video presentation entitled, “Game Technology and Content Creation for the Next Generation.”

Book Excerpt from Object-Oriented Game Development

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20050720/gold_01.shtml

Book excerpt from Object-Oriented Game Development: Iterative Development Techniques,” by Julian Gold.

Book Excerpt from Advanced Game Development with P

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051003/watt_01.shtml

Book excerpt from Advanced Game Development with Programmable Graphics Hardware: Shadow Techniques for Relief Texture Mapped Objects, by Alan Watt and Fabio Policarpo.

Threading 3D Game Engine Basics

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051117/gabb_01.shtml

Article entitled, “Threading 3D Game Engine Basics.”

Writing Efficient Game Code for Next-Gen Console A

http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20051220/thomason_01.shtml

Article entitled, “Writing Efficient Game Code for Next-Gen Console Architectures,” discusses the key elements of high-performance code.

Game Programming Questions and Answers

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Tutorial: Strategy Game Programming: The Basics

http://www.fierz.ch/strategy1.htm

Tutorial: “Strategy Game Programming: The Basics,” discusses internal representation of the game position, move generation, DoMove and UndoMove, tree searching and more.

Designing User Interfaces to Simulation Games

http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/simcity/WillWright.html

Article entitled, “Designing User Interfaces to Simulation Games,” provides a summary of an interview with Will Wright—designer of several popular computer games including SimCity and SimEarth.

Tutorial: Techniques for Achieving Play Balance

http://www.gamedev.net/reference/design/features/balance/

Tutorial entitled, “Techniques for Achieving Play Balance,” discusses how to achieve balance throughout your game (time, skill-level, power, etc.).

Programming Languages Used for 3D Simulation and G

http://www.euclideanspace.com/software/language/index.htm

Learn more about the programming languages used for 3D simulation and games.

Learning to Program for Addiction (or Game Program

http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=322

Article entitled, “Learning to Program for Addiction (or Game Programming 101).”

Top 10 Features In a Game

http://www.exaflop.org/docs/inagame/

Article entitled, “What’s in a Game?” discusses the top 10 features in a game such as playability, accessibility, sound, graphics and more.

Tutorials: Game Programming

http://www-cs-students.stanford.edu/~amitp/gameprog.html

Game programming hobbyist provides short game programming tutorials, FAQs and recommendations. Topics include shortest paths, artificial intelligence (AI), objects, scripting, tiles, hexagons, adventure and economics. Includes a game programming blog.