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Mathematics for Game Programming and Computer Graphics

You're reading from Mathematics for Game Programming and Computer Graphics Explore the essential mathematics for creating, rendering, and manipulating 3D virtual environments

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801077330

Length 444 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

OpenGL

Concepts

Game Optimization

Author (1):

Penny de Byl

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Table of Contents (26) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 – Essential Tools

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

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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Technical requirements

In this chapter, we will be using Python, PyCharm, and Pygame, as used in previous chapters. Before you begin coding, create a new folder in the PyCharm project for the contents of this chapter.

The solution files containing the code can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Mathematics-for-Game-Programming-and-Computer-Graphics/tree/main/Chapter03.

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Authors (1)

Penny de Byl

Penny de Byl

Penny de Byl is a full stack developer with an honors in graphics and Ph.D. in artificial intelligence for games. She has a passion for teaching, teaching games development and computer graphics for over 25 years in universities in Australia and Europe. Her best-selling textbooks, including Holistic Game Development with Unity, are used in over 100 institutions. She has won numerous awards for teaching, including an Australian Government Excellence in Teaching Award and the Unity Mobile Game Curriculum Competition. Her approach to teaching computer science and related fields is project-based giving you hands-on workshops you can immediately get your teeth into. The full range of her teaching interests can be found at H3D Learn.

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