Game Development Resources

The following contains links to a few useful game development resources and web pages. This list is far from complete, and indeed a complete would be way too long. I hope this can serve as a starting point for your search.

Magazines, Conferences, and Online Communities:

• Gamasutra
• GameDev.net
• GDC: The Game Developer's Conference

Graphics/Physics/Game Engines/Etc:

• Unity 3D: An extensive game development system.
• Unreal Engine: An (even more?) extensive game development system.
• CryEngine: Yet another extensive game development system.
• Bullet Physics Engine: An open-source physics engine.

Modeling:

• Blender3D: A free open source 3D content creation suite.
• Autodesk 3ds Max: State-of-the-art modeler. (Unfortunately it doesn't come cheap.)
• Tinkercad: Quick and free 3D modeling site (CSG).
• Thingiverse: One of a number of sites with free 3D models.
• Meshlab: Free software for mesh viewing and editing.
• itSeez3d: Works with Structure.io sensor for 3D scanning.
• Mixamo: Free character models and animations.

Sound:

• FMOD An powerful cross-platform music and sound effects system.

Books:

General:

• Game Engine Architecture (2nd edition) by Jason Gregory, 2014. A very broad treatment of a variety of issues in the design of games: programming, graphics, modeling, mathemetics, physics, and more.
• Game Programming Gems. Small vignettes covering many topics in game programming, some interesting, some not.
• Introduction to Game Development (2nd edition), ed. S. Rabin, 2009. A comprehensive collection of essays on many different aspects of game programming. Many of them are quite good.

Math and Physics:

• Foundations of Game Engine Development (Vol. 1: Mathematics), by Eric Lengyel, 2016. A nice survey of the basic mathematics of graphics and games.
• Game Physics Engine Development (2nd edition), by Ian Millington, 2010. Another good book on physics. A bit more accessible than Eberly's.
• Game Physics (2nd edition), by David H. Eberly, 2010. A very comprehensive source of information.
• Game Physics Engine Development (2nd edition), by Ian Millington, 2010. Another good book on physics. A bit more accessible than Eberly's.
• Real-Time Collision Detection, by Christer Ericson, 2005. Covers many algorithms and data structures for efficient collision detection.

Artificial Intelligence:

• Game AI Pro: Collected Wisdom of Game AI Professionals, ed. S. Rabin, 2013. A collection of essays on many different elements of game AI.
• Artificial Intelligence for Games (2nd edition), by Ian Millington and John Funge, 2010. Good coverage of the basic elements of AI relevant to game design.
• AI for Game Developers, by D. M. Bourg and G. Seemann, 2004. Rather slim on theory but contains many examples of basic AI techniques.

Networking:

• Algorithms and Networking for Computer Games, by J. Smed and H. Hakonen, 2006. One of the few theoretically solid books on game programming, but not much about networking.
• Unix Network Programming, Volume 1: The Sockets Networking API (3rd Edition), by W. Richard Stevens. Standard guide for Unix network programming.

Individual Web Pages:

• Amit's Game Programming Information
• Beej's Guide to Network Programming. An entertaining explanation of the basic elements of Unix sockets.

Game Programming Courses at Other Universities:

• CS 15-466 at Carnegie Mellon University.
• CE 318 at the University of Essex.
• Laboratory for Recreational Computing at the University of North Texas. Contains links to some of their recent courses.
• CSE 381 (Advanced Game Programming) at SUNY Stonybrook.
• CSE 786 (Game Design) at Ohio State.