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Game Coding Complete, Second Edition

By Mike McShaffry
Second Edition January 1900
Publisher: Paraglyph Press
Pages: 928
ISBN 10: 1-932111-91-3 | ISBN 13: 9781932111910
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Game Coding Complete, Second Edition is the essential hands-on guide to developing commercial quality games written by master game programmer, Mike McShaffry. This must-have second edition has been expanded from the bestselling first edition to include the absolute latest in exciting new techniques in game interface design programming, game audio development, game scripting, 3D programming, and game engine technology.
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Mike McShaffry's first edition of Game Coding complete rapidly became one of the top-selling game programming books and was widely praised by readers around the world. The best description of the first edition comes from two Amazon reviewers; the first proclaiming, "I got the same feeling of enlightenment when reading this one as I did all those years ago when I read the classic book "Code Complete" and the second stating "This is the first game book I have read that I was sorry when I got to the end because there wasn't any more." For Game Coding Complete, Second Edition, McShaffry returns with many more of his highly popular, shoot-from the hips war stories and expert game programming insight that only a real insider could provide. McShaffry uses his experience as a leading programmer for Origin Systems, Microsoft, and Ion Storm a division of Eidos, to illustrate real-world techniques and solutions, including examples from his recent work on the major game, Thief Deadly Shadows. Game Coding Complete, Second Edition takes programmers through the complete process of developing a professional quality game using hundreds of insider tricks and techniques developed and perfect by the author from over a decade of game development experience. It covers a range of topics that will appeal to the most discriminating programmers such as key "gotcha" issues that could trip up even veteran programmers. The new edition features expanded coverage of 3D programming, several new chapters on game interface design, game audio, game scripting, game engine technology, code optimization, production and scheduling, plus it now includes a CD-ROM packed with valuable source code and game development tools. The appendix offers solid advice on starting your own game company. The C++ language is used to explain specific programming concepts with added discussion of development with C# and Managed DirectX programming.

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Great but Flawed, March 05 2008

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I haven't bought this yet, but I just wanted to say that the source code is available before I forget. It seems a bad trend in a lot of books I read to leave off the fact that they have a website, most do so it's a good idea to look for one.

The website for this book is located here
http://www.mcshaffry.com/GameCode/

All source code can be obtained there.

(if I read it and want to lower my 5 star rating I'll come back)

Great but Flawed, October 05 2007

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The book is great but you really need the source code if someone has a copy i would be really grateful if someone could send it or point out where i can get it from. In fact if i could get a copy i would set up a website to permanently host it for anyone else searching for a copy.

Great but Flawed, July 03 2007

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Submitted by merrod [Respond | View]

A wide ranging coverage of the game programming reality, with example code in the text. The level of this code is equivelant to the game programming gems series genrally being more practical and less academic. The FLAW and its a big one is the lack of code, no CD and the auther explaines at lenght that to give the best upto date working code only a well maintained web site will do. He also expresses exasperation at poor code in other titles. Well he beats that, what about no code at all. web site inaccessable. no links and no replies from seller auther or publisher. If you want a great book with NO CODE and a lot of typing then this is for you. I myself have found the complete lack of code too annoying. If you bought the book for typing practice then all is well. I rate this a 5* if the code was avalible and 0* as it stands. My advice for what its worth is dont buy it untill you check out the web site and the code promised in the book is avalible.

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