Game Coding Complete

Key differences between 4th and 3rd editions

• Time gap between editions: 3 years (2012 vs 2009).
• McShaffry's game coding book was first published in 2003.
• The source code for Fourth edition is now based on the current versions of DirectX and Visual Studio.
• New Chapter 6 written by David Graham, explains the process of creating game actors and components.
• Chapter 12 contains an essentially updated material on programming language Lua.
• New Chapter 15 3D Vertex and Pixel Shaders.
• Previously uncovered topics:
• Common coding styles
• Main loop organization
• Fitting the loop into the operating system and the other applications running on it.
• DirectX's Text Helper and Dialog Resource Manager
• Graphics and Shader Debugging
• How to implement an error logging system
• Profiling - increasing the program execution speed and removing any hindrances from the code