Chapter 1. Points and Lines
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Have you ever thought about programming a game and wondered where to start? How does the computer know where to place objects? And how does it make them move? This chapter addresses those questions and lays the groundwork for the rest of the book. This chapter first defines the point so that you can position objects on the flat 2D screen or in a complex 3D world. This chapter establishes standards for the coordinate systems; they are consistent throughout this book. From there, you can examine the idea of a line in both 2D and 3D. The point gives a position, but a line can determine a motion path or even the edge of ...
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