Victor G Brusca - Introduction to Video Game Engine Development: Learn to Design, Implement, and Use a Cross-Platform 2D Game Engine

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This book is, first and foremost, about the design and development of a 2D game engine. The examples and code presented in this text are from the Java implementation of the game engine, but this book includes functionally equivalent implementations of the engine written in both Java and C#. The API-level code is very similar between the two programming languages, so it should be very easy to follow along in C# if you should desire to do so.

This book will cover, at the class level, each piece of the game engine along with explanations and demonstrations. As you review the code through this text, youll begin to see the structure of the design patterns that power the engine. These patterns, or interactions of classes, are what give the game engine life. Its what makes the software an engine as opposed to an implementation of a game.

This book is broken down into three parts. Part 1 of the text, Chapters , we dive into the application-level code. We review, again class by class, the code responsible for loading resources, game settings, preparing the games window and drawing surfaces, and mapping user input from different input sources. Finally, in Part 3, we apply what weve learned and build games from the ground up using only the code weve reviewed in this text and an IDE (Integrated Development Environment).

The game development world is a large and complex place. If youre interested in building the next great games, then you need experience working with advanced game development tools. Learning these tools can be a daunting task to say the least. Youll have to learn at least two complex pieces of software, at least one intricate API, and at least one programming language.

This book is designed to give you experience building and working with game engines, at the code level, by providing an example implementation to review in detail. This book will give you experience working with IDEs (Integrated Development Environments), complex cross-platform APIs (Game engine APIs in Java and C#), game engine design patterns, and building games using the game engine introduced in the text. By the end of this book, youll be able to make your own games directly in code, and youll be poised to take on the next challenges in your game development career.

Id like to take the time to acknowledge my wife, Katia, for putting up with me writing and coding at my desk for days on end. Love you, bbg:-*.