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The heart of object-oriented problem solving is the construction of a model. The model abstracts the essential details of the underlying problem from its usually complicated real world. Several modeling tools are wrapped under the heading of the UML ™, which stands for Unified Modeling Language™.
Practical UML: A Hands-On Introduction for Developers
Software design is a process of problem solving and planning for a software solution. After the purpose and specifications of software are determined, software developers will design or employ designers to develop a plan for a solution.
Software design - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Game programming , a subset of game development , is the programming of video games . Though often engaged in by professional game programmers , many novices may program games as a hobby . Some software engineering students program games as exercises for learning a programming language or operating system . [ citation needed ] [ edit ] Development process
Game programming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Video game development is the generally involved and lengthy process of creating a video game .
Video game development - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A physics engine is computer software that provides an approximate simulation of certain physical systems , such as rigid body dynamics (including collision detection ), soft body dynamics , and fluid dynamics , of use in the domains of computer graphics , video games and film .
Physics engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
engine - Tips for writing the main game loop? - Game Development - Stack Exchange
Game loops often do the same type of work for most games, so I have been thinking of a way to make a generalized game framework. It is better to write one implementation of a game loop and share it between games. It saves work when creating a new game, and improvements to the shared game loop can be shared by all games (for example, adding a FPS counter or screen capture feature).
The game loop is the heartbeat of every game, no game can run without it. But unfortunately for every new game programmer, there aren’t any good articles on the internet who provide the proper information on this topic. But fear not, because you have just stumbled upon the one and only article that gives the game loop the attention it deserves.
deWiTTERS Game Loop – Koonsolo Games
In the previous article we discussed how to integrate the equations of motion using an RK4 integrator. Integration sounds complicated but really it’s just a way to advance the your physics simulation forward by some small amount of time called “delta time” (or dt for short).
Fix Your Timestep!
Features - Multithreaded Game Engine Architectures
Even though multicore processors have been available for the PC for well over a year, and the Xbox 360 has already sold millions, there is still a lack of knowledge regarding the development of game engines for multicore platforms. This article will attempt to provide a view to game engine parallelism on an architecture level.
This article originally appeared in the "Inner Product" column in Game Developer Magazine, February 2006
Cowboy Programming » Multi-core Processors
I personally would use polymorphism here. Why have a missile vector, a tower vector, and a creep vector..when they all call the same function; update ?