Jason Gregory - Game Engine Architecture (2nd edition) [2014, PDF, ENG]

Foreword to the First Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgements
I Foundations
1. Introduction
1.1 Structure of a Typical Game Team
1.2 What Is a Game?
1.3 What Is a Game Engine?
1.4 Engine Differences Across Genres
1.5 Game Engine Survey
1.6 Runtime Engine Architecture
1.7 Tools and the Asset Pipeline
2. Tools of the Trade
2.1 Version Control
2.2 Microsoft Visual Studio
2.3 Profiling Tools
2.4 Memory Leak and Corruption Detection
2.5 Other Tools
3. Fundamentals of Software Engineering for Games
3.1 C++ Review and Best Practices
3.2 Data, Code and Memory
3.3 Catching and Handling Errors
3.4 Pipelines, Caches and Optimization
4. 3D Math for Games
4.1 Solving 3D Problems in 2D
4.2 Points and Vectors
4.3 Matrices
4.4 Quaternions
4.5 Comparison of Rotational Representations
4.6 Other Useful Mathematical Objects
4.7 Hardware-Accelerated SIMD Math
4.8 Random Number Generation
II Low-Level Engine Systems
5. Engine Support Systems
5.1 Subsystem Start-Up and Shut-Down
5.2 Memory Management
5.3 Containers
5.4 Strings
5.5 Engine Configuration
6. Resources and the File System
6.1 File System
6.2 The Resource Manager
7. The Game Loop and Real-Time Simulation
7.1 The Rendering Loop
7.2 The Game Loop
7.3 Game Loop Architectural Styles
7.4 Abstract Timelines
7.5 Measuring and Dealing with Time
7.6 Multiprocessor Game Loops
7.7 Networked Multiplayer Game Loops
8. Human Interface Devices (HID)
8.1 Types of Human Interface Devices
8.2 Interfacing with a HID
8.3 Types of Inputs
8.4 Types of Outputs
8.5 Game Engine HID Systems
8.6 Human Interface Devices in Practice
9. Tools for Debugging and Development
9.1 Logging and Tracing
9.2 Debug Drawing Facilities
9.3 In-Game Menus
9.4 In-Game Console
9.5 Debug Cameras and Pausing the Game
9.6 Cheats
9.7 Screenshots and Movie Capture
9.8 In-Game Profiling
9.9 In-Game Memory Stats and Leak Detection
III Graphics, Motion and Sound
10. The Rendering Engine
10.1 Foundations of Depth-Buffered Triangle Rasterization
10.2 The Rendering Pipeline
10.3 Advanced Lighting and Global Illumination
10.4 Visual Effects and Overlays
10.5 Further Reading
11. Animation Systems
11.1 Types of Character Animation
11.2 Skeletons
11.3 Poses
11.4 Clips
11.5 Skinning and Matrix Palette Generation
11.6 Animation Blending
11.7 Post-Processing
11.8 Compression Techniques
11.9 Animation System Architecture
11.10 The Animation Pipeline
11.11 Action State Machines
11.12 Animation Controllers
12. Collision and Rigid Body Dynamics
12.1 Do You Want Physics in Your Game?
12.2 Collision/Physics Middleware
12.3 The Collision Detection System
12.4 Rigid Body Dynamics
12.5 Integrating a Physics Engine into Your Game
12.6 Advanced Physics Features
13. Audio
13.1 The Physics of Sound
13.2 The Mathematics of Sound
13.3 The Technology of Sound
13.4 Rendering Audio in 3D
13.5 Audio Engine Architecture
13.6 Game-Specific Audio Features
IV Gameplay
14. Introduction to Gameplay Systems
14.1 Anatomy of a Game World
14.2 Implementing Dynamic Elements: Game Objects
14.3 Data-Driven Game Engines
14.4 The Game World Editor
15. Runtime Gameplay Foundation Systems
15.1 Components of the Gameplay Foundation System
15.2 Runtime Object Model Architectures
15.3 World Chunk Data Formats
15.4 Loading and Streaming Game Worlds
15.5 Object References and World Queries
15.6 Updating Game Objects in Real Time
15.7 Events and Message-Passing
15.8 Scripting
15.9 High-Level Game Flow
V Conclusion
16. You Mean There’s More?
16.1 Some Engine Systems We Didn’t Cover
16.2 Gameplay Systems
Bibliography
Index