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Building a game engine from the beginning book?

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Building a game engine from the beginning book?

Emper0r	12 Jan, 2008 - 09:13 PM Post #1
D.I.C Head Joined: 7 Dec, 2006 Posts: 59 My Contributions	Hey guys, I'm looking for a book that guides you step by step in the process of programming a game engine via C++. Is there a book like this out there?
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Martyr2	RE: Building A Game Engine From The Beginning Book? 12 Jan, 2008 - 11:01 PM Post #2
Programming Theoretician Joined: 18 Apr, 2007 Posts: 5,260 Thanked: 227 times Expert In: C/C++, Java, VB, VB.NET, C#, PHP, Web Development, HTML & CSS, Javascript My Contributions	There are plenty actually. It depends on what kind of game engine you are looking to do and the languages you know to build it. Below is a link to the chapters bookstore showing you several books on game engine building from 3D to physics engines to AI engines. Chapters.ca - Search results for Game Engine Developement and Design Hope these books prove useful to you. Enjoy!
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Tom9729	RE: Building A Game Engine From The Beginning Book? 13 Jan, 2008 - 10:03 AM Post #3
Debian guru Joined: 30 Dec, 2007 Posts: 1,463 Thanked: 10 times Dream Kudos: 325 My Contributions	How much programming experience do you have? How many games have you made? A book will help, but a game engine is a very complex thing, and if you want to make one you should already have a lot of experience making games.
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Martyr2	RE: Building A Game Engine From The Beginning Book? 13 Jan, 2008 - 10:20 AM Post #4
Programming Theoretician Joined: 18 Apr, 2007 Posts: 5,260 Thanked: 227 times Expert In: C/C++, Java, VB, VB.NET, C#, PHP, Web Development, HTML & CSS, Javascript My Contributions	I agree with Tom. Make sure that you have at least an intermediate level understanding of programming before even an attempt. Expect a couple of failures, but with each you will learn something new and eventually you will have success. There is a reason why some companies focus purely on developing game engines and selling them for tens of thousands of dollars each.
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