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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: Vengeance on December 10, 2003, 06:30:09 am

Title: Game Engine Programming
Post by: Vengeance on December 10, 2003, 06:30:09 am

People who want to learn about how CS works and all the stuff we have to build in PS (i.e. why it takes years even for the pros to make games), please read this set of articles:

Very Long but Cool Set of Articles (http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,594,00.asp)

It is about 50 (yes 50) pages which explains 3d engines and game engines in a lot of detail, but fairly non-technical.  Maybe some of you who want to learn about game coding will read it and learn.

- Venge

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Post by: BlueScreenJunky on December 10, 2003, 09:43:33 am

thanx, I\'ve only read a few pages but it sounds interesting ^^

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Post by: kyp14 on December 10, 2003, 12:09:53 pm

I\'m very interested in games, but being on the more arty site of things I don\'t know to much about programming so maybe this will shead some light on the matter thanks veng.

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Post by: Niber on December 10, 2003, 05:28:47 pm

*bookmarked* As soon as I\'m intrested in coding agian I\'m going to read the whole article

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Post by: ChrisM on December 10, 2003, 07:04:31 pm

Hi,

very interesting! :)

CS == Crystal Space?

ChrisM

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Post by: dfryer on December 10, 2003, 07:49:43 pm

In the context Vengeance was using, CS == Crystal Space.

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Post by: RonHiler on December 10, 2003, 08:31:01 pm

Nice article.  It\'s overly simplistic, but it\'s meant to be :)  Developers will know all that stuff already.  But it\'s a nice overview for people just starting or who just want to see what programming a 3D engine is all about.

Tip:  Nothing will get me to stop reading an article faster than having to load a new page every three paragraphs.  That drives me insane.  Especially on a site (like ExtremeTech\'s) that reloads the *entire page* every time.  Fortunately, they\'ve supplied a \"print\" button near the table of contents which not only gives you a nice format for printing, but actually shows the entire article in one long page, which I find *much* easier reading :)

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Post by: kyp14 on December 11, 2003, 01:28:30 am

yeh I agree with RonHiler go to the print link on the site if you want to read it without having to reload a page every 2mins.

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Post by: Niber on December 12, 2003, 10:12:37 am

I have read all 50 pages now  :D
I especially like that they explained what Eagle was, I have always been wondering that.

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Post by: elscouta on December 12, 2003, 01:12:48 pm

thanks Vengeance :)

Looks interesting...

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Post by: Altharion on December 12, 2003, 03:09:24 pm

and if you know c++ then you can join the team??
isnt there more to game making? skinning, modeling, mapping and sound stuff dont you need help there??

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Post by: Moogie on December 12, 2003, 06:08:22 pm

Of course they do, but I think they\'re only interested in people with lots of talent for those other areas. What with the game engine constantly improving, and the graphics, models, animations etc getting better in PS, they will be looking for talented people who can produce high quality work within set deadlines.

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Post by: Rulzern on December 12, 2003, 06:12:47 pm

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Nice article. It\'s overly simplistic, but it\'s meant to be  Developers will know all that stuff already. But it\'s a nice overview for people just starting or who just want to see what programming a 3D engine is all about.

Agreed.

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Post by: zedd_owd on December 17, 2003, 12:27:38 am

very interesting read indeed

Mogura

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Post by: Moogie on December 17, 2003, 12:31:52 am

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Mogura

Yes? ?(

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Post by: Xordan on December 17, 2003, 01:00:34 am

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Originally posted by Mogura

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Mogura

Yes? ?(

I think he likes you.... ;)


Very interesting read. Shed some light for me... I\'m only just starting to learn this stuff. :D