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C++ Game Development By Example: Learn to build games and graphics with SFML, OpenGL, and Vulkan using C++ programming

Siddharth Shekar

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3.3 (7 Ratings)

Paperback May 2019 420 pages 1st Edition

Siddharth Shekar

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3.3 (7 Ratings)

Paperback May 2019 420 pages 1st Edition

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Key benefits

Learn how you can build basic 2D and complex 3D games with C++
Understand shadows, texturing, lighting, and rendering in 3D game development using OpenGL
Uncover modern graphics programming techniques and GPU compute methods using the Vulkan API

Description

Although numerous languages are currently being used to develop games, C++ remains the standard for fabricating expert libraries and tool chains for game development. This book introduces you to the world of game development with C++. C++ Game Development By Example starts by touching upon the basic concepts of math, programming, and computer graphics and creating a simple side-scrolling action 2D game. You'll build a solid foundation by studying basic game concepts such as creating game loops, rendering 2D game scenes using SFML, 2D sprite creation and animation, and collision detection. The book will help you advance to creating a 3D physics puzzle game using modern OpenGL and the Bullet physics engine. You'll understand the graphics pipeline, which entails creating 3D objects using vertex and index buffers and rendering them to the scene using vertex and fragment shaders. Finally, you'll create a basic project using the Vulkan library that'll help you get to grips with creating swap chains, image views, render passes, and frame buffers for building high-performance graphics in your games. By the end of this book, you’ll be ready with 3 compelling projects created with SFML, the Vulkan API, and OpenGL, and you'll be able take your game and graphics programming skills to the next level.

Who is this book for?

If you’re a developer keen to learn game development with C++ or get up to date with game development, this book is for you. Some knowledge of C++ programming is assumed.

What you will learn

Understand shaders and how to write a basic vertex and fragment shader
Build a Visual Studio project and add SFML to it
Discover how to create sprite animations and a game character class
Add sound effects and background music to your game
Grasp how to integrate Vulkan into Visual Studio
Create shaders and convert them to the SPIR-V binary format

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Product Details

Publication date : May 03, 2019

Length: 420 pages

Edition : 1st

Language : English

ISBN-13 : 9781789535303

Category :

Game Development

Languages :

C++

Concepts :

3D Game Development

Tools :

OpenGL

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17 Chapters

Section 1: Basic Concepts

C++ Concepts

Program basics

Summary

Mathematics and Graphics Concepts

3D coordinate systems

Vectors

Matrices

GLM OpenGL mathematics

OpenGL data types

Space transformations

Render pipeline

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Section 2: SFML 2D Game Development

Setting Up Your Game

An overview of SFML

Downloading SFML and configuring Visual Studio

Handing player movement

Summary

Creating Your Game

Starting afresh

Creating the Hero class

Creating the Enemy class

Adding enemies

Creating the Rocket class

Collision detection

Summary

Finalizing Your Game

Finishing the Gameloop and adding scoring

Adding text

Adding audio

Adding player animations

Summary

Section 3: Modern OpenGL 3D Game Development

Getting Started with OpenGL

What is OpenGL?

Creating our first OpenGL project

Summary

Building on the Game Objects

Creating the MeshRenderer class

Creating the TextureLoader class

Adding Bullet Physics

Adding rigid bodies

Summary

Enhancing Your Game with Collision, Loops, and Lighting

Adding a RigidBody name

Adding an enemy

Moving the enemy

Checking collision

Adding keyboard controls

Game loop and scoring

Adding lighting

Summary

Section 4: Rendering 3D Objects with Vulkan

Getting Started with Vulkan

About Vulkan

Configuring Visual Studio

Vulkan validation layers and extensions

Vulkan instances

The Vulkan Context class

Creating the window surface

Picking a physical device and creating a logical device

Summary

Preparing the Clear Screen

Creating SwapChain

Creating Renderpass

Using render targets and framebuffers

Creating CommandBuffer

Beginning and ending Renderpass

Creating the clear screen

Summary

Creating Object Resources

Updating the Mesh class for Vulkan

Creating the ObjectBuffers class

Creating the Descriptor class

Creating the SPIR-V shader binary

Summary

Drawing Vulkan Objects

Preparing the GraphicsPipeline class

The ObjectRenderer class

Changes to the VulkanContext class

The Camera class

Drawing the object

Synchronizing the object

Summary

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About the author

Siddharth Shekar

Siddharth Shekar is a game developer and teacher with over 6 years' industry experience and 12 years' experience in C++ and other programming languages. He is adept at graphics libraries such as OpenGL and Vulkan, and game engines such as Unity and Unreal. He has published games on the iOS and Android app stores. He has also authored books including Swift Game Development, Mastering Android Game Development with Unity, and Learning iOS 8 Game Development Using Swift, all published by Packt Publishing. He currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand, and is a lecturer in the games department at Media Design School. He teaches advanced computer graphics programming, PlayStation 4 native game development, and mentors final year production students.

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