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Product type Book

Published in Nov 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801077330

Pages 444 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Concepts

Game Optimization

Author (1):

Penny de Byl

Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Essential Tools

2. Chapter 1: Hello Graphics Window: You’re On Your Way

3. Chapter 2: Let’s Start Drawing

4. Chapter 3: Line Plotting Pixel by Pixel

5. Chapter 4: Graphics and Game Engine Components

6. Chapter 5: Let’s Light It Up!

7. Chapter 6: Updating and Drawing the Graphics Environment

8. Chapter 7: Interactions with the Keyboard and Mouse for Dynamic Graphics Programs

9. Part 2 – Essential Trigonometry

10. Chapter 8: Reviewing Our Knowledge of Triangles

11. Chapter 9: Practicing Vector Essentials

12. Chapter 10: Getting Acquainted with Lines, Rays, and Normals

13. Chapter 11: Manipulating the Light and Texture of Triangles

14. Part 3 – Essential Transformations

15. Chapter 12: Mastering Affine Transformations

16. Chapter 13: Understanding the Importance of Matrices

17. Chapter 14: Working with Coordinate Spaces

18. Chapter 15: Navigating the View Space

19. Chapter 16: Rotating with Quaternions

20. Part 4 – Essential Rendering Techniques

21. Chapter 17: Vertex and Fragment Shading

22. Chapter 18: Customizing the Render Pipeline

23. Chapter 19: Rendering Visual Realism Like a Pro

24. Index

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The scripting language used in this book is Python. You should be familiar with coding in Python or at the very least have a working knowledge of an object-orientated programming language, such as C# or C++. Later in the book, when the OpenGL Shader Language is introduced, skills in this area are not required. Though an understanding of how procedural languages, such as C, are formatted would be beneficial. The projects created herein have been tested in the macOS and Windows environments.

Software covered in the book	Operating system requirements
Python	Windows or macOS
Pygame	Windows or macOS
PyOpenGL	Windows or macOS
PyCharm	Windows or macOS
OpenGL Shader Language (GLSL)	Windows or macOS

The downloading and setup instructions for this list of software are covered in the book as they are required.

If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.